{"id":2820,"date":"2009-09-26T11:23:25","date_gmt":"2009-09-26T18:23:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/osbornz.net\/amy\/?p=2820"},"modified":"2009-09-26T11:23:25","modified_gmt":"2009-09-26T18:23:25","slug":"encouragement","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/osbornz.net\/amy\/?p=2820","title":{"rendered":"Encouragement"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>There have been some hard things happening in our home, but from time-to-time I get a small bit of encouragement, and I don&#8217;t want to forget them!<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>A few weeks ago our oldest told us that he didn&#8217;t think he believed in God or needed God.\u00c2\u00a0 I was intially devastated but then I got on my knees.\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0 But twice recently he has said somethings that really encouraged me:\n<ul>\n<li>When I was whining about the lack of space in our van and saying we needed a bigger vehicle he instantly prayed, &#8220;God, Momma wants an upgrade!&#8221;\u00c2\u00a0 It made me laugh but also blessed me as I realized he knew from Whom that blessing would come from!<\/li>\n<li>Yesterday when I was upset about the van not starting and messing up my plan, he turned to me and said, &#8220;I don&#8217;t worry about things like this Mom.\u00c2\u00a0 God will help us fix it.&#8221;\u00c2\u00a0 I was blessed that he was reminding me that I was not alone!<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>Since experiencing a big cut to our monthly budget his summer, we&#8217;ve been having a hard time getting through the month.\u00c2\u00a0 Neither of our jobs can give us a raise, so we&#8217;ve been trying to cut back on expenses and be wise about our purchases.\n<ul>\n<li>Yesterday when the van died, Gpa O &#8220;just happened&#8221; to still have our almost brand new battery from the Ford wagon when it died.\u00c2\u00a0 It fit right in and started right up!\u00c2\u00a0 And saved us almost $80 for a new one!\u00c2\u00a0 And, nothing else was wrong with the van!<\/li>\n<li>And, I received word that a retirement plan I forgot about needed to be cashed out or rolled over.\u00c2\u00a0 After praying about it &#8211; we are going to cash it out to help pay for a few things we need to do (car maintenance, etc) and get our savings back up to a safe level.\u00c2\u00a0 I had NO memory of this money and it couldn&#8217;t have come at a better time!<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>I&#8217;m sure there are more little encouragements but Sissy has reminded me that mornings naps are not her thing anymore! :(\u00c2\u00a0 Well, at least I got my Bible study done and two blog posts typed up!\u00c2\u00a0 PTL!<\/p>\n<div class=\"sharedaddy sd-sharing-enabled\"><div class=\"robots-nocontent sd-block sd-social sd-social-official sd-sharing\"><h3 class=\"sd-title\">Share this:<\/h3><div class=\"sd-content\"><ul><li class=\"share-facebook\"><div class=\"fb-share-button\" data-href=\"http:\/\/osbornz.net\/amy\/?p=2820\" data-layout=\"button_count\"><\/div><\/li><li class=\"share-pinterest\"><div class=\"pinterest_button\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pinterest.com\/pin\/create\/button\/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fosbornz.net%2Famy%2F%3Fp%3D2820&#038;media=http%3A%2F%2Fosbornz.net%2Famy%2Fwp-content%2Fuploads%2F2014%2F10%2Fcropped-poppy-150x150.jpg&#038;description=Encouragement\" data-pin-do=\"buttonPin\" data-pin-config=\"beside\"><img src=\"\/\/assets.pinterest.com\/images\/pidgets\/pinit_fg_en_rect_gray_20.png\" \/><\/a><\/div><\/li><li class=\"share-twitter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/share\" class=\"twitter-share-button\" data-url=\"http:\/\/osbornz.net\/amy\/?p=2820\" data-text=\"Encouragement\" data-via=\"Knitnmom\" >Tweet<\/a><\/li><li class=\"share-tumblr\"><a class=\"tumblr-share-button\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tumblr.com\/share\" data-title=\"Encouragement\" data-content=\"http:\/\/osbornz.net\/amy\/?p=2820\" title=\"Share on Tumblr\"data-posttype=\"link\">Share on Tumblr<\/a><\/li><li class=\"share-print\"><a rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" data-shared=\"\" class=\"share-print sd-button\" href=\"http:\/\/osbornz.net\/amy\/?p=2820\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Click to print\" ><span>Print<\/span><\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"#\" class=\"sharing-anchor sd-button share-more\"><span>More<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\"share-end\"><\/li><\/ul><div class=\"sharing-hidden\"><div class=\"inner\" style=\"display: none;width:150px;\"><ul style=\"background-image:none;\"><li class=\"share-email\"><a rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" data-shared=\"\" class=\"share-email sd-button\" href=\"mailto:?subject=%5BShared%20Post%5D%20Encouragement&body=http%3A%2F%2Fosbornz.net%2Famy%2F%3Fp%3D2820&share=email\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Click to email a link to a friend\" data-email-share-error-title=\"Do you have email set up?\" data-email-share-error-text=\"If you&#039;re having problems sharing via email, you might not have email set up for your browser. 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