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Of the changes I'm trying to make in my life, prayer is probably the hardest. It doesn't come naturally, and it doesn't take much at all to fall out of it.

One of the first things I started praying about regularly was our finances, and the second big life changing move was a decision to start paying tithe. It seems impossible to give over $300 a month back to God when you're running in the negative already, but I decided to give it a try.

Boy was it hard to drop that check into the offering plate the first time! In fact, I forgot to do it when the offering was taken up and had to put it in one of the offering boxes by the door instead!! LOL I prayed about that tithe, and the next one, and the two I haven't written yet because we haven't gotten the checks for our new bank account.

Last week I got a phone call when I got home from a friend's parents. They got a new computer that they couldn't get to work right and they wanted me to come get it going for them. And they'd pay me. I've worked on their old computer several times without pay, so this was something of a shocker. It wasn't much, but every little bit helps, right?
When I was finished Mrs. C told me that I should do this for a living, figure out a fair price for my services (I had them just pay what they felt was right) and with as good of a job as I do, and as quickly as I do it, I could make some money. She could be right, but that's just not something I've ever really wanted to pursue. Once you touch someone's computer, you get called for EVERYTHING! Plus it would keep me away from my family in the evenings. So I dismissed it.

It wasn't until a few days later that it occurred to me that the whole situation could have been an answer to prayer.

Yesterday one of the girls in the office sent a message on our internal message program that she was looking for some computer help and did we know anyone she could hire to help her out with a few things on her new computer. With the answer to prayer thought still fresh in my mind, I immediately replied that I could probably help her. We talked more specifically about what she was wanting and it turns out she was wanted to do some simple web page work, kinda teaching herself, but needed help getting started. Could this BE anymore up my alley?! We agreed on a price and met yesterday after work.

Also, the other day I was trying to project our finances a bit because we're making a trip over to Loveland this weekend. I don't know how, but it looks like we'll be ok, and I even figured in a double credit card payment and extra money to savings! How does that happen?!

At the very beginning of all of this I told Stac that I wanted that moment from Facing the Giants... "God, it's too much." Although no one has towed away my car and replaced it with a brand new truck, I'm already starting to feel it.

I am not worthy, but God is awesome!