A week of blessings.

The blessings are abounding, and now I need to jot them down!

My first blessing is this: I've needed new contacts for a while, so I scheduled an eye appointment with my doctor. Total cost of what the appointment would be? $109. Total cost of the contacts? $22 a box. After telling a friend this, she recommended 1-800-Contacts. I put my prescription in with them and the total cost came to $79.99, including shipping. That was less ($19.99 a box) than what my eye doctor would charge ($22 a box) and I didn't have to pay for the appointment! Total savings? $117.01!

Onto the next blessing: I called my cell phone company the other day and asked about putting a "hold" on my plan for when I'm gone. At first the guy said that he could only do 90 days for me. Then he put me on hold and talked to his supervisor. He came back and said he could put a hold on my phone for 6 months and at the end of that 6 months, I need to call again to see if I can get an extension. My plan would have expired in January, but once they put a hold on my plan, it will just continue on as happy as can be where I'll actually be using it when I return:o). Total savings? $250 over 6 months!

My third blessing: I did a yard sale last Saturday, even while having a sprained ankle. You see, I have some pretty amazing friends who came and loaded all my stuff up and set it out at another friend's house. We started at 8 and were done by 5 and almost the whole day was spent sitting around talking. My targeted goal was $150, and I made $148. I still have lots of stuff left over, so we're going to be doing another yard sale before I leave for Thailand. The Lord answered my prayer because this yard sale covered the cost of my contacts and some luggage as well!

Another blessing I have is this: I've been doing the MyPoints program for a while now and just redeemed some points for a $25 gift card to Walmart. After I did that, I got an e-mail saying I could receive another $25 gift card if I sign up for a MyPoints credit card. All I had to do was activate it and use it once and now another $25 gift card is on its way to me. $50 in gift cards are going to come in handy when I start preparing to buy for my trip!

My fifth blessing is this: I switched my car insurance in February and knew that I would be getting a new card here in August. For some reason I thought it was only a 6-month policy so I was planning on having to pay for car insurance... which would have been due the day after I leave! Well, I got my new card last night... but no bill. I was a little confused at first, but then realized that I actually paid for a whole year of insurance back in February, instead of only 6 months! The Lord is so good because now I'll only have to pay it in February, not in August!

God is so good to me and I want to do what the psalmist said: "in the midst of the congregation will I praise thee." I praise the Lord for all that He has done and is doing in my life!

Job 31:4 says, ~ "Doth not he see my ways, and count all my steps?" That is exactly what the Lord has done for me as I take it step by step... He is seeing my ways and counting my steps!