more then a mouth full..

Can you guess the meaning of this post?

Yes I have a lot to share ;)

Yes I have issues of the mouth ;)

But really I'm getting platefuls of spiritual food these days ;)


Funny thing is they all have different meanings..yet there's a common bond as you'll soon read.


Recently I shared how I've been struggling with work, remember soon after I shared how I felt restored and blessed :)

Well it never ends..I realize that as long as I am consulting HIM the more I see HIM at work!

About a month ago I noticed an announcement that my Churches womens conference would be hosting a retreat nearby themed "Beauty is a Light in the heart" ..sounds lovely right!?

What made it especially desirable was the distance..close to my town. Nice!
This was until I put figures to it, cost of gas/food/lodging/fees for conf. ugh..maybe not.

Remember I'm still having uncertain unresolved financial concerns in the middle of this so really I have no business planning a retreat that would cost nearly $400 out of our family income..sigh.

So I pondered a few days and then prayed.

"Lord if this is something I should attend please make a way for me to go.."

Really that's it I didn't give HIM suggestions or ideas instead I turned in my request and let HIM do the rest.

Answer: a couple of weeks later I was scanning through the info again, on the website and this time I saw the conference was now offering a rate that included two meals for just one day. No hotels charges..yay! Feeling this was more attainable I decided to invite others at church.
Even offered to host some fundraisers in attempt to lower rate for a day trip even mentioned that maybe we could get some sponsorship as well as offering to carpool.
 
Nothing.

Not one women came up to me..or showed any interest.

Shrugging it off..I got busy with other things in life and decided come October I would decide then if we could afford the extra expense.  Then the following week I was approached by a church member who told me "we want to pay for you to go..how much do we make the check out for?"

I was surprised to say the least and even said "oh! no..no..no, I was asking for a whole group, but no ones expressed interest.."

Their reply: "we want to do this for you..we really want you to go."

I realized right then that I had I told HIM. "if you want me to go provide a way.." and cried. 
How wonderful is that?!

Faith filled.

Next..

My DH took 8 days off last week..it was supposed to be vacation time off.

But as you've seen in previous post we didn't take a trip, instead we worked.

Hard.

Minus an evening to Fiesta TX. (Six flags park) with the kids. 

There was also the day we took the kids tubing with some friends between cement textures drying..so we did have a little fun. Very little.

During the rest of the time there was stress..most caused from all the funds going into the project that added up..and of course still no work for me so I'm kinda stressing with him.

Finally I did the same thing above.."Lord we are willing to work..please bless our efforts and open some doors for this to happen." 

Right after I prayed this prayer my DH calls to check on a side job that he put a bid in for, answer: they want him to do the job!

This means we will have enough from this job to pay our kids school tuition for the year!

Faith filled.


OK I'm almost done here..told you it was a mouthful ;)

TODAY:  I had an appt. with the dentist and it was unnerving because:

a) I don't enjoy these visit.."open up and say OUCH!"

b) Hello, I don't want to pay for pain!

Still I had to make an appt. because one night last week I injured my gum behind the lower right wisdom tooth while eating corn chips and salsa.
Well the injury is more like decay on the tooth because it's hard to clean. :0/

Prayer went something like this.."you know what can be done, you are the provider and I am trusting this will work to bring you glory.."   

What do you think?

Miracle healing?  Not this time..

Treatable with Rx?  Not quite..

Spit it out Dawn?!

OK..ok..results are in I have a mouthful of wisdom teeth that all need to come out.

Are you seeing $$$ , yeah , I was also.

I expressed a desire to fix the problem not all the future problems..however it would depend on cost and the insurance coverage..he really took time to listen and was understanding, he had his office call the insurance and put everything in writing. Turns out it's better to do it all at once more is covered!

Only billed the insurance the standard x-rays that didn't cost me out of pocket, however ended up doing four bigger shots of the nerves w/out charging me.

Today's visit didn't cost a thing.
And next weeks extractions will cost $251.00 because the x-rays showed them to be removable on location..non-surgical!
And I should mention I'm made enough at work this week to cover this "unexpected expense".

The bill of Faith was filled again..as it always will be due to our supplier.