Sometimes when I am super overwhelmed, like with this move and all of the costs involved. I start to whine and stress about how it is all going to work. I have this great friend who constantly tells me(I can quote it cause she tells me so often. Wait, what does that say about me?), "Kathlen, the Lord is mindful of you and your needs. He will bless you with those things that you need." Now my mother and my mother in law can attest that when something is said to me that I don't want to hear, I just ignore the advice. So for many months now I have ignored my friend's comment. I mean come on, I know the Lord is mindful. It doesn't mean that anything is going to happen, when I need it to, right? I had pets growing up and I was always mindful of them, but they got fed on my schedule. Which meant that they were often neglected(please don't report me to PETA). So with that in mind, I have always felt that it was up to me to make it work. We moved in to our little place and I just wanted to die. We were going to have to pour so much money into this place, and I didn't know where we were going to get the money from. We were hoping to use our deposit form our last place. I was discouraged about that. In the past it has always taken us a month to get it and then half of the deposit is gone for sometimes legitimate reasons(only one landlord had legit reasons), but mostly for lame excuses to keep my money.
I hit that amazing garage sale and walked away with tons of loot for the house. Our deposit came with in a week of moving out. Even more amazing, we got back every single penny of it. I kept finding things on craigslist or on sale at the store. I was talking to my friend two weeks ago and we were talking about how things were going with the house. I remember feeling overcome with the Love of my Heavenly Father as I told her that I have really felt that the Lord has been mindful of us in this move. Her response to me was, "Good I am glad."
I don't think that I could even begin to express the love and gratitude that I feel right now. Sure we have still had to pour a lot of money into the house, but I know that the Lord is mindful of me. Not the kind of mindful I was with my pets growing up, but he is truly mindful of us and our situations. It makes it easier for me to go to Him when I need help and know that He is there.
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great post. I am glad things are starting to work out. :)
That is so true Kathlen. What a blessing it is to know that the Lord is in control, and that He knows even the details of our lives.
Aren't we fortunate that he isn't as mindful as kids with their pets? I'm glad things are going a little better and that you can at least fee loved. Great post by the way.
Dad had a similar experience this week. Dad got a blessing after he over did it yesterday. But only after I said "maybe you should get a blessing" and he responded maybe I should. With that I called the HT's. I was gone when the HT's showed up and gave Dad the blessing. When I got back Dad said to me "you won't believe what happened As soon as Bro. Landoe finished the anointing my pain was cut in half. No, I was not suprised! I've only been after him to get a blessing since he torn his rotator cuff over 2 weeks ago.
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