Testimonies 1

I have some things that I need to write about for me today. First I have to acknowledge my gratitude to the Lord for the blessings he's given me for my faith to pay my tithing. A week and a half ago I made a truck payment that I neglected to write in my check registry. I wrote out my first round of bills and we were thinking that we were really doing well financially and would be able to get back on top of a few bills we were getting a little behind on.

As I tried to balance out the check book I realized that I had forgotten to write down the truck payment. That small mistake put us in the hole over three hundred dollars. I called Kent and just cried in frustration. As many of you know living on a single (well almost single, my paychecks aren't THAT large) paycheck doesn't leave you with much extra cash unless you have some in savings. We have tried to tuck some in saving, but the bills and a harder year financially have left us with little in savings.

Amazingly we were able to find money through my Mary Kay sales, Kent's extra change in a jar, Kent picking up barrels from a guy who pays him to haul them off, and our little bit in savings. We found enough money to cover ourselves by $4.33 without overdraft charges and without asking for money from family as we thought we would have to do. I don't usually like to be so open with my finances, but I wanted to remember for myself how particular the Lord is in his blessings. I know that we were blessed for paying our tithing and praying for help.

Before we started paying bills Kent was unsure if he'd feel ok about paying tithing because he was feeling so overwhelmed with bills. I knew that I could not feel good about not paying tithing and finally Kent remembered that he'd have a little extra so we'd be ok. I am so thankful that Kent was able to feel good about paying tithing. I know if we hadn't paid tithing we would have been short at least one hundred dollars. I was amazed that we had that much money in so many different places, but I am so grateful. I know that as we pay our small portion to the Lord he blesses us with so many blessings that there will not be room enough to receive it. I feel this is what he has done for my family. I am truly grateful for His help.