Money

It's funny that Chandler read Matthew 6 this week, because that is exactly what I have been learning and struggling with lately. We have had sooo much random stuff to pay for and we have been living paycheck to paycheck the past few weeks and I have been a little frustrated to say the least. Some days I will be feeling great, trusting God and knowing that He is in control...but some days I am definately struggling.

This week is good so far...also so far we haven't had any unexpected expenses this week...so that always makes it easier! It just has seemed like lately we have had everything in the world go wrong with our cars and all of our huge bills are coming due, like Eric's school, apartment deposits that come with the move...not to mention my Dentist bills that we haven't even begun to think about paying!

I'm learning it's okay though. There have been little mini blessings in between...for instance we are getting a refund on one of my Dentist bills because the insurance paid more than we initially thought...so that will help pay off part of those bills ($400 is quite a nice refund!) and last week we went out to eat at Olive Garden for Eric's nieces graduation (her choice...obviously we would have picked McDonald's if we were choosing because it's cheap) and unexpectedly somebody covered the bill for the entire table...which had to be well over $100, ours wasn't too expensive because we shared something, but it's always a nice blessing to expect to pay money for something and then not have to :)

But, even if we didn't receive the mini blessings I'm still thankful that God is trying to teach me to trust Him. I go through this about every few weeks when I get stressed about our money and our bills, but it's always a nice reminder! I don't know why I can't just get it! This time God is even bringing it up in my quiet time and in the book I'm reading "Money, Sex and Power" by Richard Foster and now in Matt's sermons. He's really ready for me to get it! I'm really ready for me to get it too!