I am married to the greatest man, I am truly convinced of that. He is perfect for me, and is so full of faith. I am a numbers person, and since I'm mainly the one who pays the bills, I know the ins and outs of our money. Tonight I asked Isaac what we were going to do financially, since the medical bills are STILL coming... He said, "It's going to work out." I said, "Yeah, but how?" I admit, I was kind of exasperated at this answer thinking to myself, "
I don't think you fully understand our financial situation, honey." To my question he replied, "Because we're promised. In the scriptures we are promised that if we do what we are supposed to be doing, like keep paying tithing, Heavenly Father will bless us. He has promised us that. We need to have FAITH." Man, didn't I feel a little faithless? Isaac is always teaching me life lessons, I am so grateful for him! So I was looking up scriptures, and I happened to remember this one in 3 Nephi, and I wanted to share it because it's one of my favorites, and it reminds me of what Isaac was talking about.
"Bring ye all the tithes into the storehouse, that there may be meat in my house; and probe me herewith, saith the Lord of Hosts, if I will not open you the windows of heaven, and pour you out a blessing that there shall not be room enough to receive it." 3 Nephi 24:10And there it is. I mostly love this scripture because of what I think of when I read it. When I was a kid I would imagine a window that was bursting with sunlight, and upon opening the window presents fell into the room so numerous they couldn't be counted. (Keep in mind I was young and presents were the best kind of blessing I could imagine!) One thing I LOVE about reading the scriptures is that inevitably whenever there is a commandment (i.e. paying tithing) there ALWAYS follows a blessing. One time when I was reading the Book of Mormon on my mission, I was having a really rough time, and decided to focus on how blessed I was. I marked everything that we are commanded to do, and then in a different color, what we are blessed with. I encourage you to pay attention to that as you read the scriptures, it really opened my eyes to how blessed we are/ can be if we follow the commandments. Sometimes it may seem hard to follow certain commandments, everyone struggles, but when we are able to realize that what we can be blessed with far outweighs what we have to 'give up' or do, it becomes a little easier.
Thank you for all of your love and support, we are so grateful to you all!
