God's Blessings

God blesses us everyday.

Whether it be big or small.

Below is a quick story about obedience & blessings.

I have a love for astronomy.  I always have.  I secretly wanted to be an astronaut, but was too afraid to be in space with nothingness around me for any amount of time; let alone the tight ride up.  I'm slightly claustrophobic.  On a clear night,  I can just go out and look at the stars for hours.  I don't get bored of it.  It all amazes me.  With my little amount of knowledge, I know where the Dippers are, where Orion's Belt is, where Polaris is, Mars, Venus, and so on.

Well, all summer I had been collecting money from babysitting, tutoring, and other little odds and ends.  I had saved up enough money to get the telescope of my dreams.  I had gotten the last dollar needed right before Christmas.  Christmas.  We don't buy a lot for the kids for Christmas, but we were tight on money at the time.  It was either me get a telescope, or we buy some gifts for the kids.  Of course, buying gifts for the kids trumped.  And I told myself, just hold off.  You'll get it in due time.  More of life's financial challenges popped up before Christmas, and soon I was left with about a third of what I had begun with.  So, I decided I'd just use the money to buy myself a cheap laptop.  My five year old Dell was getting the job done, but was having issues.

Soon after this decision, God had spoken to my heart.  He did not want the money to go to a new laptop.  I struggled.  I prayed.  I asked if He was sure.  I prayed some more.  Yep, He was sure.  Making certain my heart in this matter was right (cheerful), I obeyed.  Now my savings was at ground zero.  And that was okay.  The money was all a blessing to begin with.

Soon after, a package came in the mail.  It said not to open until Christmas.  I waited, but it was hard.  I love surprises though, so it made that week fun for me: the anticipation. :)  On Christmas morning, I opened the package.  It was a laptop.  It was WAY better than what I would've ever bought myself.  All I could do was thank God for showing me His love through this blessing.

A huge blessing from a wonderful family.  You know who you are.  Thank You!!

So now it's after Christmas.  I'm walking and talking with a friend and telling her of the blessing of the laptop.  I'm also, expressing to her the fact that I don't need a telescope.  I mean, I want one badly, but I don't need it.  And besides, where would I store it?  [I just love when I try to talk myself out of things I really desire. ha!]

The next day, and I mean next day, I was given an envelope.  Upon opening it, there was enough money to buy a better telescope than what I had been looking at in the first place, plus some extras.  The money was designated specifically for the telescope.  I started to cry, but then realized I didn't have waterproof mascara on and I needed to be at Sunday evening church in minutes.  So I stopped the crying process real quick, but I was SO thankful for God showing his love once again.

This was supposed to arrive during the bad weather. It came late Friday night.  I was just thankful it made it here in one piece!!  Or I guess two pieces . . .

Excited kids posing with the scope

And an excited husband posing with the base

Another huge blessing from another wonderful family.  Again, you know who you are.  Thank you!!

Court standing beside it to show size

I told her to look into the lens to see if she needed a stool.  She didn't.

This blog post isn't about, It's all about me!  Look what I did!  I prayed and I got this and that.  Nor is it about if I pray, I get what I want.  This isn't about me AT ALL!  This is about a loving God who cares about me, knows my desires, cares about obedience, and pours down His blessings on me daily (big and small).  I just wanted to share this with you all, because I felt it was important enough to share.