We made a decision about a week ago to return to our old church. My earlier posts from last year reveal just how devastated leaving was for me and how strongly I believed it was the wrong move - but I'm called to submit to Tim's leading for our household, and I believe it did help him grow in the mean time where maybe he wouldn't have without the change. Anyway, I firmly believe(d) that if we returned, so would God's blessings, something I've felt was removed for over a year and a half now since we left.
In just the past week, here's a list of blessings we've received:
-Tim was on a dry spell, not selling anything. He sold something the day we decided to go back to our old church.
- I ended up picking up extra shifts at work to help us provide a Christmas for our kids and to get last month's mortgage paid.
- Tim and I were able to discuss some things in our relationship that need changing and it was done in love, with understanding, and in agreement to work on them.
- I earned double what I expected on my extra shift this week.
- Tim and Adam haven't had a fight over anything since the decision was made. Adam's been more helpful, more respectful, and has restrained his attitudes. He's finally coming out of his dark funk of depression he's chosen to stay in for almost a year.
- People in our business are giving us more positive responses, people on our team are doing tastings without us now - we all just need to stay more consistent for results to kick in.
- I "found" an extra $70 in the checkbook I didn't realize we had.
- Something I wanted to get someone for a gift was too expensive, but they needed it, and I managed to be at the right place at the right time to find it for literally, ONE-FIFTH of its normal price.
- The joy and peace I've lived without for a year and a half has returned in full force!
- Lots of my stress-induced aches, pains and conditions are declining and/or have disappeared.
All this within a week or so of making the right decision to go where God wills us to be, for HIS purposes, to help others with gifts He's given us to build up His people.
Praise God for his mercy, forgiveness, love and elaborate giving. You can't out-give God!
1 comment:
yet another blessing...we expected Tim's check this week to be hourly only, and the report says it's already done and it's $300+ than we expected and Tim can't figure out how it happened...we're just glad that God is good.
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