August 5, 2008 ~ Weekly Update #37

Great is the Lord and worthy of glory……..

Great is the Lord and worthy of praise…….

Last night shortly after 5:00pm I received a phone call from the office of Social Security. The call was coming in from the supervisor; of the manager; of my case worker.

She had just gotten off the phone with a supervisor at the Federal Reserve. She informed me that my case had been taken out of review and that she would call me Tuesday as soon as she received additional information.

This morning (Tuesday) I received another phone call from her… this time it was to tell me that I will be receiving two checks within the next 7 – 10 days. One check with the correct monthly amount (approximately) $1,340 and the second check being retro pay.

I immediately began praising my Lord for answering this prayer and for providing for me over the last 3 ½ years.

There were many times that God would allow me to fall out of the nest and I would flail about while I was trying to figure out where we would get food to eat or how the rent or utilities would be paid. Sometimes God would let me thrash around for awhile (sometimes days)…

God never went anywhere; I simply elected to try to figure it out on my own; once I released my hold on the situation and gave it back to God I was immediately filled with His peace.

The problems were never solved the way I would have done it; they were solved the way God designed for them to be…

With God being in complete control of my life I am still living in this gorgeous three bedroom home with plenty of food to eat and wanting for nothing.

God provided thru so many of you… the yard sale last year, one couple handed me a check for $1,000; other’s (many of you) loaned me money; others gave me money as much and as often as you could.

Others of you continue to bring food to my home; you have continued to bring things over that can be sold either on eBay or in another yard sale. (By the way we are doing a yard sale at my house on Saturday, August 30th – more details to follow).

Even this week; two different families are separately giving us two bedroom sets; this is something that have been in need of; one for Nicholas and one for my daughter.

Then there were the great folks at Children’s Hunger Fund… saying thank you to them just isn’t enough. There were many days that we would have gone without eating a decent meal if it weren’t for them. http://www.childrenshungerfund.org/

This past Christmas so many of you went above and beyond in being generous; this included our own West Valley Division Police Department. We had more presents under the tree this past year then we have ever had before.

And then there were those of you who simply prayed for me daily… that meant more to me then you will ever know.

So please take a moment out of your busy day and give God thanks for all that He has done and for all that He is continuing to do.

As a side note… for those of you who will… please pray for my son Rick (22 years old)… Rick is finally getting in to see a cardiologist tomorrow (Wednesday) at 4:00pm.

Please pray that God will give his doctor wisdom above and beyond his years and education. That the proper tests will be ordered and the correct diagnosis will be made.

With much praise to my Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ...

Diana