Blessings

I was given the book, Multiple Blessings by Jon and Kate Gosselin (of Jon and Kate + 8) by our first group of Secret Santa's/Angels. In the book Kate talks about her fears, frustrations and most importantly her faith and trust in God. In the book she talked about how Jon didn't have a job during her pregnancy with the sextuplets and then after their birth. She talked how they wondered (and prayed) everyday to make ends meet. And each day God provided with volunteers, donations, gifts, and the love of everyone around them (even people they didn't know).

Towards the end of the book Kate was telling the story about a family her sister was telling her about that were going through some tough times. Kate really wanted to help but didn't know how even with them being so strapped for cash. She heard God calling to her to give a little. So she wrote out a check and put it in the mailbox. When she opened the mailbox there was a card in there for them. She opened it up and it was a gift card for the exact amount of money she wrote out to the family.

Isn't it amazing how God provides just when we need it?

Onto my point, Daddy brought in the mail yesterday and I saw our energy bill came. I opened it up and noticed it doubled. DOUBLED! Winter is here alright. Even though we haven't used more heat. After the shock wore off I realized something. I only used one of the gift cards to Cub this week and it took off HALF of our bill. The EXACT amount that was added to our heating bill. God does provide!

I am just in awe at how he does provide just when we need it. With the Christmas season over and the New Year here we pray that phone calls and emails start coming in with possible interviews and job offers. We continue to trust that God will provide for us. We know he will.

By the way, I highly recommend the book. I know alot of us don't have twins AND sextuplets but we sure do have hard times in our lives and to see how God provided for the Gosselins it opened my eyes to see how he provides for us.