answered prayers

[blackribbon]

My life is an exhausting mess right now. It is lonely, money is tight, and my schedule is packed beyond belief. I was feeling really down last week and just asked God to give me some sign that I'm not invisible and loved.

So I got asked out by someone I don't even know last Friday night...(I guess I can't be too ugly after all).

I received TWO scholarships awards this week...that mean I will be able to meet all the bills this month after all. I had given up hope last week since I hadn't heard anything yet.

I found out that my husband's retirement fund that I'm going to have to access is worth MORE than I thought it was (not a lot since we drained it a couple times to get through his battles with cancer)...however, considering how many times the market has fallen apart when I started to access it earlier this year, I was expecting it to have tanked. This means we should to make it financially until I finish school.

And it became abundantly clear how I was going to solve a transportation issue involving how to get both my son to class and me to clinicals twice a week by finding out they placed me in a facility only 5 miles from my house. Woohoo...big time since we have zero say in where we get placed.

So I am still tired and exhausted and lonely...and money is tight (but relief is in site)....however, how can I deny that God wasn't showing me that I am both loved and exactly where He wants me to be at this point...

His message to me is still "be still" and "wait"....but He loves me.

How has God answered your prays lately? ... especially the little ones ....

 

[Life2Christ]

That is wonderful!

 

[blackribbon]

And I already have another. I need nursing shoes when I start my clinical...this is big deal in that my feet have always been an issue...and good supportive nursing shoes are expensive...and the school has some very specific requirement.

So I found this shoe in a real life store and was able to try it on...wonderful!!!...but they didn't carry the white version. So I went home to order it online...and decided to call the local store to see if it was in stock...no, but they sent me to call another local outlet....which didn't have it in stock, but could order it...ship it to my house postage free...and gave me a 20% discount on top of that...and she also expeidited the shipping time so I will get it a few days sooner...again, no charge.

(And now I know where the outlet store is so I can save on other shoes!)

God is good...even when life is hard.

 

[power2theweak]

So happy to hear how God is blessing you!!!

 

[Life2Christ]

Can you wear these? Click the white version
Crocs™ Mercy Work | Comfortable Womens Work Shoes | Crocs Shoes Official Site

 

[blackribbon]

Can you wear these? Click the white version
Crocs™ Mercy Work | Comfortable Womens Work Shoes | Crocs Shoes Official Site

I can't wear the Mercy because they have a strap in the back...against school rules....HOWEVER, the Crocs Neria does meet code and is what I ordered. (And as soon as I get my scholarship money, I will be going back to all Croc shoes because I forgot how good they feel...I have my eye on a pair of casual shoes (need them for my psych rotation) and a pair of boots because I like boots. )

 

[memoriesbymichelle]

Praise the Lord! Praise the Lord! Praise the Lord! I am SO happy for you blackribbon!!!! God is good ALL the time, it's just that His timing is different than our timing, and we don't always see the big picture until after the fact.


Again...Praise the Lord!!

 

[MennoII]

PRAISE GOD!

Thanks for sharing God goodness in your life.

 

[blackribbon]

Okay...the real point was to ask if anyone else recognizes answered prayers...in the little things in life....like when he provides shoes that you can afford....

I think we often forget to praise God for these little things...or fail to recognize them as answered prayer. The word "coincidence" starts getting tossed around...instead of what it really is...a GODidence. Too often it is easy to think that the problem "took care of itself"....and then wonder why God doesn't answer our prayers....

It would have been easy to think that I solved my transportation problem...but honestly, too many things had to fall in perfect place in order for this to happen...it was more than me just putting the pieces together...

 

[memoriesbymichelle]

I don't believe in coincidences myself and I DO agree with you, that we often forget to thank God for the little things. The bible says he knows our needs and that includes all the little things like food and shelter and clothes.
But God IMO also wants to be our hero and be glorified. And He wants to make sure that NO ONE else can claim that Glory, like in the Red Sea parting. No one can explain that away...it had to be God. Just like the manna falling from the sky...had to be God.
Oftentimes I think we don't expect God to act miraculously so He doesn't. I myself, long for God's Glory. I am waiting for Him to do something miraculous in my life that can only be explained as God doing it. Like in my finances it would be easy to explain it away if I won the lottery even if I never play and played that one time, or if a relative left me money or something like that. But say for example if ALL my debts were suddenly paid off, how could THAT be explained away. I'm not saying God will even do that, I'm just using that as an example.

I was thinking also about how I met my husband. I met my husband in a BAR! It made me think about how a certain member was saying we should never ever ever hang out in "those" kind of places. God can and will move heaven and earth to do HIS will if HE so choses. Do I hang out in bars now? NO! Can I go to one if I want to? Yes, but I wouldn't expect to meet anyone there. God's glory is also revealed everyday when the sun rises and sets, or if you look at a mountain or a bird or a flower. We just don't let Him in our lives enough IMO or we would see more of His glory.

 

[blackribbon]

God doesn't trust me to be rich...and that is okay. He has always provided when I needed it. I will say that there was a period of time when the money would show up right before the expense...and that was God's way of getting my attention that He was still there. I remember getting a big refund from something...something like $1400 and I hid the check because I was just waiting to see what was about to happen in my life. Sure enough, the car needed $1395 worth of work the following week...but I had it! That is how it always worked....

 

[memoriesbymichelle]

God doesn't trust me to be rich...and that is okay. He has always provided when I needed it. I will say that there was a period of time when the money would show up right before the expense...and that was God's way of getting my attention that He was still there. I remember getting a big refund from something...something like $1400 and I hid the check because I was just waiting to see what was about to happen in my life. Sure enough, the car needed $1395 worth of work the following week...but I had it! That is how it always worked....

Wow that's cool when we can actually "see" God working that way. I don't care much about being rich. I just would like to be debt free and have some extra to bless others with. God knows my heart and knows I would gladly give away money or whatever if I had it. I like doing it anonymously too, I don't care about getting "credit" for it here. I would rather build my rewards in heaven. And then maybe the people I bless would realize there is a God, who knows.