So finally a moment I can spare to update the blog!
God is doing some amazing things for me. My whole attitude towards life has changed. I no longer feel disheartened or hopeless (as I have in some incidents). There is so much going on in my family and church on top of my personal struggles that I'm surprised I'm as upbeat as I am these days. Most things I'm not at liberty to discuss in public as the outcomes have not been made apparent to a multitude of situations. I am still amazed at how calm I am at everything. But it's like I know the most plausible outcomes and have settled them in my mind, whether I'm happy with them or not.
Yet in all the struggle I have had a lot of blessings. I can imagine that God has done that to soften the blow of the trials. ;) I'm not sure though. I have found that since the company has gotten out of Chapter 11 we are receiving a check of our vacation time that was cut off the day we went in. Of course none of us were told this information when it happened so I still owe hours back to the company that I took off after we filed for Chapter 11 and I had no hours to use. But oh well. It wasn't like I was planning on going on vacation anyways, I had already had a heads up when this happened.
But what I didn't know and just found out yesterday is how much the check is that I'm getting back! Talk about a blessing! I will be able to pay off some credit card debt... a huge chunk of it! I will either pay off the lower one all together and put the rest towards my ex's debt, or I will put it all on my ex's debt and have less to go on it... I'd prefer to pay off mine and then the amount I pay on it monthly will go to my ex's and it could be paid off by the end of the year! I'm sooo excited! I will be pretty much debt free! How awesome would that be!? Then from Jan - Jul of 2006 I can put the money I put towards debt to savings for a down payment on a new car! :-D I mean I need a new car by July anyways... so this works out great! I was worried about saving the downpayment and now I won't have to. Though I think some of the check will go towards savings and every month just like tithe, well maybe 5% of my check will go towards savings each time. It still sucks that I have had to pay for my ex's debt, but in the end I'm sure there will be a blessing and there was definitely a lesson learned!
Well it's 9:00 am and I need to get ready for the day. I'm taking my sister out to lunch and to the movies. With everything going on in her life I really need to support her and be there with her. I hope and pray it's a nice break away from her life.
posted by Charity at 8/27/2005 09:01:00 AM 
