Faith in Action

Hi all!
So it's been a few days since I last posted. I last talked about our recent teaching series we have been doing at our church, "Trusting in Troubled Times". Well this last week, on Thursday to be precise, Alan and I had a chance to put our Faith into action. Alan has long school days on Tuesdays and Thursdays and doesn't get home from school until 10pm or later. It has been stressful for him, but he is doing great in his classes and pushing through. Well on Thursday of this last week, on his way home from his night class, he got into a minor accident. I say minor b/c he was not hurt and it did not involve another car. He was driving on the 303, and for those of you that have never been on the 303 there are no lights, when he came upon something in the road. He didn't have time to even swerve and if he did, he would have ended up in the ditch on the side of the road. Whatever the thing was in the road, most likely fell off of a construction truck or such, hit hard underneath our car and it instantly started making a noise. Alan got home and safely, but the car was still making a weird noise. He was so stressed and frustrated at this point about something being wrong with our newer 09 nissan sentra. We have already been pinching our pennies (and have saved over 800 dollars) for our move/rent/and things we need for the girls. I tried to be as encouraging as possible, telling him God would work it all out and even though it stank, we would get through this. I was praying that the damage wouldn't be too expensive. I was thinking around 100 bucks or so, maybe a loose shield or something. I knew that night that God would take care of us and see us through it. But the next morning when we took it to the shop and they called us and told us what had happened, my worry got the best of me. They told us that whatever Alan had hit was sturdy and had bent the crossbars underneath the frame of our car, even pushing up the frame of the middle part of the car. UGH. A $1,500 plus fix. Thank the Lord for insurance and that our deductable wasn't higher b/c we only have to pay $500 of it. But it was a blow to both of us, having to spend even $500 after we have been so carefully saving and planning. I was getting anxious about it all. I had a hard time swallowing that number and letting it go. To know that God still has us in His hands, that we are taken care of, to trust Him. It was hard to do. But God IS faithful! He has been reminding me so today of His concern for us, His deep Love for us! That we are not forgotten, that he knows our name. The creator of all the universe cares for me! He loves me, despite my wandering self. What a God we serve! So now, even knowing we have to pay $500, I am not worried. Yes, it stinks, but God is sovereign and He is good!

I am also so looking forward to a new study we will be doing in my Ladies bible study (Radiance) over Acts. I have read the first chapter in the study booklet and re reading acts right now. It is so encouraging to hear about all that the Lord was doing through the work of the Holy spirit and the Church. "Those who accepted his message were babtized, and about three thousand were added to their number that day. And the Lord added to their number daily those who were being saved." Acts 2:41, 47