It started last week when I still hadn't received my short term disability check and Joseph got his normal paycheck. We went to church and as Joseph was filling out his tithing slip, he handed one to me and asked me to give a fast offering even though I wasn't fasting nor have I been paid in the past month and a half. So I did. I knew that if I was going to make this fast offering then I really had to make it a sacrifice or else it wouldn't be worth it. As I mentioned, I have not received a paycheck since the middle of December, and even then, that paycheck was only for $40. Big whoop. We had to start dipping into our savings this week to pay our bills. Once we started doing that it felt like it drained so fast! It really scared me. I have been working with the short term disability people for a few weeks now because there were some complications with my claim. yada yada yada, I called them yesterday and was told I may not be getting paid but he had to research something and that I would get a phone call back in an hour.. but never did. I was laying in bed last night and just kept thinking about my upcoming physical therapy appointments this week and that they only accepted cash. I didn't think we would have enough money to even pay for those or the gas to get there, even though I really need them to help with my recovery. So I prayed for help.
On top of everything, I've been sick since Monday. So I went to my new primary care doctor today (Dr. Stoeckmann at Agave Family Physicians in Maricopa.. she was awesome btw) and she told me that I had bronchitis. That meant we had to pay the co-pay and for any prescriptions she gave me. So we dropped off my prescriptions at CVS and went home for an hour until they were ready. In the mean time I called the short term disability people again where they put me on hold for about 5 minutes. The woman came back on the line and told me they are mailing out my check on Monday!!! Yes! AND not even 2 minutes later, Joseph pulled up our bank account and saw that our State Taxes Refund was deposited!
This was such a strong testimony builder for me. I know that if we make sacrifices for the Lord, He will bless us. I am so truly grateful for this experience.
Not too shabby, huh? I was pretty excited about it. Since this plate turned out well, I felt it was time to start my real project. I wanted to put a glass etched rose on a vase. And this is how it turned out:
