Blessings

 I am so thankful for my Heavenly Father.  I know that he knows me and loves me.  We've had rough year financially.  Joe has worked hard at his job but it is 100% commission which can be hard.  He was offered a job that would have been salary but would have started out lower than what we would have liked but had the potential to grow.  We seriously considered this job and prayed about it. We really felt like he wasn't supposed to take it and was supposed to continue with what he was doing.  We felt like if he had wanted an easier way we could do that job so we didn't have to stress so much about money every month, but that the lord would help us if we continued with his job but it wouldn't be easy.  Then a week later we learned that if he didn't make a certain amount of money by the end of the year (3 months) he would be fired January 1st.  We were really nervous once we found this out and wondered if we'd made the right choice.  Again, we felt that we had and to continue on our path. Now we are 2 months in with only 1 month left and he still hasn't made close to the amount he needs to make. I wonder often if it is going to happen, but I know that we are following what we have been asked to do. It isn't easy and I get stressed sometimes about it.  Just this last week though there have been several instances where we knew that our Heavenly Father knows us and is aware of us.  One day I was trying to decide what to make for dinner and I thought I would make soup but then realized we didn't have enough milk to last us the rest of the week if I made the soup I wanted to make.  I could have gone to the store but I didn't want to until Saturday.  Within 15 minutes a friend texted and asked if we could use a gallon of milk because she had a gallon that was expiring the next day. I knew right then that the Lord knows me and that was a simple way to show that he is there. The next week we were getting ready to go to my parents house for Thanksgiving, but we didn't have the money for gas.  I was stressing about it and trying to come up with a way to pay for it.  I thought maybe we could use some Walmart gift cards that we have but the closest Walmart gas station to us is 30 minutes in the wrong direction.  Soon there was knock on the door. It was another neighbor with a card with $100 in it.  It was enough to get us to and from my parent's house and pay for some prescriptions that we needed.  Again, I knew that Heavenly Father knows me and is there.  Then on Sunday Joe decided to go talk to the bishop to seek advice.  He thought maybe he would be able to tell us what we could do. He said he didn't have any advice but during the conversation he learned that we had borrowed $60 from Maddie to help pay for a test Joe needs to take for work.  He said just this week he found $60 in an envelope that had been slipped under his door.  He said he didn't know what to do with it, but at that moment he knew it was meant for us.  Again, we knew that Heavenly Father knows us. We have been so grateful for other blessings we have received like being able to borrow my brother's car so we could go to Thanksgiving or receiving $80 in gift cards to use at restaurants in November or receiving numerous goodies from neighbors.  I am so grateful for these reminders that we have received during this trial. I don't know how everything will work out. If things don't work out at his job I know that the Lord has something else in mind for us and we will pray that we can be directed to where we need to go, but right now I do not doubt that my Heavenly Father is there and that he hears and answers our prayers.