God is good, all the time

The past few days Matt and I have been feeling the hit on our checkbook because I was off work while in Haiti for three weeks. Three weeks is a long time to not be working if you are dependent on that money. When I first had the opportunity to go for three weeks I didn't hesitate at all (I'm all about doing things without thinking) so I agreed. Then as the time came closer I started to get nervous about not making that money. I prayed a lot about it and just had to have faith that the Lord would provide for us. Wednesday when our checkbook was getting smaller and smaller we really started to worry. We were both on edge and was very careful that what we did buy was a must have. We had no food and not enough money to buy any but Matt's mom surprised us with several bags of groceries. Neither of us knew she was going to do this but we were very thankful. I finally got paid but my check was still smaller than normal because I had a the flu and missed a day of work. After we paid rent we would only have about 90 dollars left for everything else to last us two week and we needed to get several things for the house (toilet paper, trash bags, etc) and more food. I called Matt really upset and he was very short with me on the phone "I can't talk right now, but don't worry okay?" I figured he had someone in his office or something. About 10 minutes later he text me and said "don't worry, we have just been blessed, I'll explain later." I had no clue what he was talking about. Later he called me and told me someone walked in his office asked about the issues we had with my trip (paying for a hotel we didn't need, the extra money for the rental car for insurance and gas, etc.) Matt explained what happened and this person handed him a check for quite a bit of money. This person said "you two are like our children and we want you to have this, use it for whatever you need." Matt was so grateful he started crying in his office. 

That night I called this person to thank them. They said this to me "when we were your age a lot of people helped us out and you will do it for someone else when you are our age. But it isn't from us it's from the Lord."

I am still amazed about the faithfulness of the Lord. He provides for those who are obedient, He called me to go to Haiti for three weeks and He blessed us for that. Please remember that God is good, all the time!

Until next time...Romans 8:28