God is SO good. If you're down about your finances right now, please use your own judgement before reading this. I don't want any resentment coming my way! I just have to share a few amazing things that have happened this week. I just love little surprises that God throws at you every now and then.
1. On Wednesday, we opened a late Christmas letter from my Dad's sister, who I've recently come back into contact with over the last few years, but we don't really communicate outside of Christmas updates. At the end of the letter is a handwritten note, "Buy something nice for the family." I was confused until I reached back into the envelope and pulled out a $75 check. Mike and I were so excited, we immediately started plotting what we would use the money for. (so it doesn't get sucked in the bank account abyss and accidentally go toward bills)
2. A few weeks ago, our TiVo died on us and we ended up getting a DVR through our satellite company with a new dual receiver. They gave us a deal and will credit our account $10 a month for the next 10 months to give us a chunk of the money back. So it cost us very little when all is said and done, plus we got rid of a $5/month charge for having a second receiver. That was a cool situation in and of itself. But there's more...
3. The Dish Network installation guy mentioned that he could take our old receivers and they would give us a $10 refund for each, but he recommended we try to sell them on eBay. He said if we're lucky, we might get $50 apiece for them. We ended up selling them on eBay for $61 and $63. That was money we were totally not expecting and definitely made the DVR upgrade a beneficial purchase.
4. While he was selling things, Mike decided to put the finicky TiVo unit on eBay. We advertised it with all of it's problems, but the good thing is that the lifetime subscription (that they don't even sell anymore) is still active on the box. So we can transfer it to the winning bidder. And if someone's technically inclined (which we're not) they can just replace the hard drive and the unit should be back to normal again. That sold for $119. A TiVo unit that needs to be fixed...we're still in shock.
5. The biggest surprise of all was when I went to transfer the money from our Pay Pal account to our checking account. There was a deposit for $50 that I didn't recognize. When I looked in the details of the transaction, it said, "Thank you for participating in the Pay Pal 20% cash back holiday promotion. We have deposited the funds into your account for your recent qualifying purchase." (!??!?!!?) I looked back over the last few months to see what I bought through Pay Pal and I forgot that (before Mike asked me to stop spending until I can start earning money working for my mom again) I used Pay Pal to buy our new down comforter set (my Christmas gift) and my mom's Christmas gift from Overstock.com. That purchase was $250 and sure enough, 20% of that is $50. Which was a huge unexpected surprise!!!
Words to live by: "Trust in the Lord with all your heart and lean not on your own understanding, but in all things acknowledge Him and He will make your paths straight." Proverbs 3:5
Mike's a worrier by nature. Most marriages have one and he's the worrier in our relationship. I have the amazing gift of faith. I trust with my whole heart that God is completely in control of every aspect of our lives, including our finances. And when crazy little non-coincidences like this happen, how can we NOT attribute these blessings to God???
1. On Wednesday, we opened a late Christmas letter from my Dad's sister, who I've recently come back into contact with over the last few years, but we don't really communicate outside of Christmas updates. At the end of the letter is a handwritten note, "Buy something nice for the family." I was confused until I reached back into the envelope and pulled out a $75 check. Mike and I were so excited, we immediately started plotting what we would use the money for. (so it doesn't get sucked in the bank account abyss and accidentally go toward bills)
2. A few weeks ago, our TiVo died on us and we ended up getting a DVR through our satellite company with a new dual receiver. They gave us a deal and will credit our account $10 a month for the next 10 months to give us a chunk of the money back. So it cost us very little when all is said and done, plus we got rid of a $5/month charge for having a second receiver. That was a cool situation in and of itself. But there's more...
3. The Dish Network installation guy mentioned that he could take our old receivers and they would give us a $10 refund for each, but he recommended we try to sell them on eBay. He said if we're lucky, we might get $50 apiece for them. We ended up selling them on eBay for $61 and $63. That was money we were totally not expecting and definitely made the DVR upgrade a beneficial purchase.
4. While he was selling things, Mike decided to put the finicky TiVo unit on eBay. We advertised it with all of it's problems, but the good thing is that the lifetime subscription (that they don't even sell anymore) is still active on the box. So we can transfer it to the winning bidder. And if someone's technically inclined (which we're not) they can just replace the hard drive and the unit should be back to normal again. That sold for $119. A TiVo unit that needs to be fixed...we're still in shock.
5. The biggest surprise of all was when I went to transfer the money from our Pay Pal account to our checking account. There was a deposit for $50 that I didn't recognize. When I looked in the details of the transaction, it said, "Thank you for participating in the Pay Pal 20% cash back holiday promotion. We have deposited the funds into your account for your recent qualifying purchase." (!??!?!!?) I looked back over the last few months to see what I bought through Pay Pal and I forgot that (before Mike asked me to stop spending until I can start earning money working for my mom again) I used Pay Pal to buy our new down comforter set (my Christmas gift) and my mom's Christmas gift from Overstock.com. That purchase was $250 and sure enough, 20% of that is $50. Which was a huge unexpected surprise!!!
Words to live by: "Trust in the Lord with all your heart and lean not on your own understanding, but in all things acknowledge Him and He will make your paths straight." Proverbs 3:5
Mike's a worrier by nature. Most marriages have one and he's the worrier in our relationship. I have the amazing gift of faith. I trust with my whole heart that God is completely in control of every aspect of our lives, including our finances. And when crazy little non-coincidences like this happen, how can we NOT attribute these blessings to God???
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