Blessing

I had something awesome happen last night. Totally unexpected and a confirmation that God hears our prayers and wants to take care of us.

As you know, I have no health insurance. I’ve worried about paying for the bills during this current health crisis of mine, but have managed to scrape things together -- credit card, etc. -- so far.

Yesterday evening, a friend called and said he was going to drop by and see me. Since he’s a prayer buddy, that wasn’t unexpected. I figured we’d have prayer together, and that was a good thing.

But when he came by, he brought me $1,000! He had inherited the money from his grandmother’s estate, and he said that, when his father handed the money to him Monday afternoon, he knew God intended me to have it. I tried to refuse the money, but he said he wasn’t going to take it back. It was never his money, he said. God intended me to have it.

I was overwhelmed. This blessing renewed me, and I needed it because I was floundering. Unknown to him, I had found out that afternoon that my next CT scan was going to cost $2,500 instead of the $1,200 I had budgeted for it. I wasn’t sure where the money was going to come from. My roomie had assured me that he would help me -- and he would because he’s a wonderful friend, too -- and things would work out, but still it was $1,300 more than I had. I felt like I couldn’t win. How could I beat whatever this is when I couldn’t even afford the tests?

And then out of nowhere, I receive this unexpected gift. Never had I asked my friend for money; not that he isn’t a friend, of course, but that’s just not something I do or would expect him to do. Money is tight for everyone these days.

To receive this incredible gift made me cry. Yeah, I don’t do that a lot. But I did. I have a God who loves me, I have friends who love me, I have family who love me. Despite everything that’s going on, I am deeply blessed.

This is a public thank you to my friend Kelley and to my Heavenly Father. I am grateful beyond words for you both.

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