Our fear realized...

(Another long one...)

If you read the previous post you kinda know what has been going on in our lives. Well, it happened Thursday, Todd no longer has a job, nor will he be receiving a paycheck for his work last week. He is trying to get as many resumes out as he possibly can. The upside is, he hasn't touched but 1/2 of his list of possible jobs. Usually, it is a pretty short list of contacts, but this time the list keeps growing, thanks to the people in our lives!

I am still really nervous and not sure of things to come in the very near future. Bills come due and there is no more income from his job. I am very excited as to where he will be working. I want him to be happy at the new job. I didn't realize until he mentioned it the other night, but he had been at his current job for 8 years. Of those 8 years, he has liked his job approximately 3 months (accumulative!). I hope and pray that we will be blessed with a job that he enjoys going to and will benefit our family. (Side note: I have never once been able to be added to his insurance since we have been married; the Premiums were 2x higher than me on a individual plan. Since Collin was born, he has been on my insurance because it was cheaper, still. The insurance we did have was AWFUL! It didn't pay hardly anything out to cover well visits or other services like shots. I loathed writing the check every month to the ins. company because I knew we would never get it back. We were just throwing our money away!) All that being said, I am really hoping for great benefits, too!

We are still in desperate need of prayer. Since we have no income coming in, we are pulling savings and a few other resources to pay bills. Pray that this will keep our heads above the rushing waters until he gets his new job. Please pray for our strength and patience during this time. When things like this happen, you want it resolved yesterday. We will need every bit of patience we have to get through this. Please pray for us as a family. I don't want the stress of this situation to overcome our relationships with one another. Satan is trying to weasel his way in, and I don't want him to gain an inch. God is in control. He knows our situation and he knows the outcome.

I was at the store yesterday grocery shopping. My mom, bless her heart (& sore back), met up with me to help me out with the bill. I was standing talking to a friend I had happened to run into, and a random stranger walked past. She was going through her coupons and walked up to me and handed me a $5 coupon off my total grocery bill! That might not sound like much to you, and it normally wouldn't to me, but that was very meaningful to me in that moment. Little did she know she had just "blessed the socks off of me"! In that moment God said, "See, I am taking care of you! Don't worry." It is so hard in the good times to listen to God and pay attention to His blessings. It is in the hard times you stop and realize he is walking right beside you and holding your hand the entire ride. That $5, by no means, covered my grocery bill, but that moment was the best encouragement anyone could have given me at this point in our lives.

Moral of the story: Bless others! You NEVER know how much someone needs a blessing.

I am sorry for the long posts lately, but there is a lot I have had on my heart!