The Miracle

Since I mentioned in the last post that we were hoping for a miracle to pay for our A/C replacement, I figured I should give an update.  Ladies and Gentlemen- we have a miracle.

Saturday I was desperately trying to crunch numbers, weigh all of our options, and continuing to beg God to show His provision.  Otha could tell I was in thinking mode simply due to my furrowed forehead all morning.  Finally, Otha informed me at 1:40pm that I had until 2:00pm to think/be far, far away in my brain and then I needed to return to reality.  To be present.  *I am so thankful for my husband!*  The best solution I could come up with to sort out my thoughts was to call my dad.  He is wise and my parents handle money really well.  So I poured out all my thoughts to him over the phone and he helped me come up with a few possibilities to come up with $6500 in the next week with as little interest penalty/debt as possible.  By 2:00 I was ready to move forward with some ideas and felt a tad bit more at ease.  However I still felt the weight of having to pay off this huge expense over the upcoming months along with somehow paying for other house expenses like our broken water heater.

Maybe an hour and a half later, my parents called.  They informed me that there was money left from my Gramps after he died several years ago.  In fact, they had been trying to figure out the right time to gift us with $10,000.  That's right, $10,000.  For some of you that may be a small portion of what you have in savings or even your checking account.  But for us, it felt like winning the lottery.  I felt completely overwhelmed and once again absolutely blown away by how God provides.  I had been praying all week that God would either fix our A/C or flat out give us the money to fix it.  Then our comgroup prayed for His provision in this area also.  It seems crazy to pray for God to fix your A/C.  But it seems ten thousand times crazier to not pray for that and then miss out on how He wants to show His power.  I am filled with awe and joy.

Not only is it great to see God blow us away with such a surprise gift, but this has also made Otha and I feel more connected to and thankful for my Nana and Gramps.  We are thankful for the way they chose to love future generations.  This gets us excited to also invest in future generations spiritually, financially, and any other way that God calls us to leave a kingdom legacy that can be built upon.

So that's that.  We prayed.  God provided.