Today is my sister's birthday and the whole family will be together to celebrate. I look forward to that tonight. But for my days, I am still getting used to being "off" to do whatever it is I want to do. I see signs for farmer's markets and I forget I can do that! It is so surreal. And when I think of how we are affording this time for me , God shows me that while I have been home for almost one month, He has provided the same amount of income for us through our home sales, actually more. When you work, you have to gas your car, pay your toll, use 90 miles a day on your vehicle and thus more frequent tires replacements, brake repair, oil changes etc. We had a professional pool service that cleaned and managed our pool twice a month, we had the highest level of cable service with every channel. I write down the illustration to see how amazing God is. I write down in one column my previous take home pay. I then multiply it by 4, to represent the 4 pay periods I would have earned a regular paycheck. I then deduct $400 a month for the commuting expenses I would have spent , $400 on food I would have spent, $200 a month for pool service, $50 we spent on the extra premium channels we never watched (you know who you are!) so our real take home salary was after these monies were spent. So deducting $1050 a month reveals what monies were left so to speak. I do not equate my weekly tithes in to this equation. But I will tell you this, the Lord is not pleased with my previous employers. Because of them treating me the way they did, God had to remove me from there. So His kingdom could have been robbed of those tithes and offerings from lost income. However He is an amazing God and His kingdom received more tithes and offerings in this past month than if I had worked. That is a miracle! How do you ask? When I then add up our surprise check that came 2 weeks ago unexpected and our home sales from 3 different venues we actually made $627 more. Now if someone didn't believe that the Lord provides then please by all means, believe it now. I am reminded each and every morning that The will of God will never lead me where the Grace of God cannot keep me.
Dinner: We go out to celebrate Lisa's bday so no dinner in tonight. I have to admit, I am happy about that! :)
Malachi 4:1-3
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