Be A Cheerful Giver

    The lessons God gives us can sometimes be so obvious that you would have to be asleep to miss them. Such is the case with me starting about 12 hour ago. My daughter called me somewhat late last night asking if I could help out a friend of hers who had no where to go and was living out of his truck. My first though was "at least he has a roof over his head." Thankfully I didn't voice my opinion. There were other thoughts rolling through my mind like: "I've got to work in the morning" and "Jesus and his followers lived most of the time under the stars." These were valid points in my mind but there was one problem. I felt guilt for thinking them.

     So I prayed about it. My situation has been rather slim on the financial side of things here lately and I didn't want to take that out on others. It's not their fault that I have two jobs but no hours to speak of. Why this morning my boss sent me a text saying that my main client is still in the hospital and I won't be needed. That leave me with 5 hours of actual work this week if no one calls. That really burns. So, after getting the message, I'm still praying.
     Then more bad news kicks in. The boy who had spent the night is trying to leave but has a flat tire. "Mom can he use your car to run and get air in his tire?"
     "No!" is my reply but not the only option here. My insurance wouldn't cover if something happened. I can take him though. Since I'm not working, its a good time to get to know the kid and a little more about his situation. In the end, I gave him 3 cans of fix-a-flat and a tire patch kit. I respect the kid. It's not like he isn't trying, the economy is just bad. Then I realized this was how God had answered my prayer. He kept me from work so I would give all that I have to help someone in need. That is, in a worse situation then myself. I feel like Joana trying to run away from Ninnava and getting sent there anyways. I'm thankful that I got to experience this though. I may be broke and unable to tithe but the Lord really doesn't need our money. What he really wants from us is to love and help one another. Peace out!