God gives and takes away

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From our "Really?" department here is today's short blog:

A year ago, as part of my Bankruptcy thingie, I had to have the house appraised.  Money was tight but I managed to scrape together $350 to have it done.

The guy came and took pictures and everything but I never saw the appraisal.  I just assumed that the guy talked to my attorney and decided the appraisal wasn't needed and felt sorry for me and didn't cash the check.

That was a year ago.

An hour ago the guy calls me and tells me he notices he never cashed my check and could he have it re-issued.

God gives and God takes away.  At the time it was a hardship.  Today, the money is in the bank.  I am starting to think though that maybe the money I got was not an answer to a prayer, but just a rather large blessing!

I don't know.

I'm thankful thought that God knew this was coming my way and prepared me for it.

I never know what's going to happen next.

For example, this little nugget:  I wanted to go to the Salvation Army thrift store today and look for a range for downstairs.  Shortly before leaving, June tunes to a program she taped and the episode starts out in Bend, Oregon.  OK, I'm not listening.  I just went downtown and passed a car from Oregon.  The Salvation Army thrift store is not open on Monday.  So I drove home and of course passed another car from Oregon.

On this lovely coastal day, why not?


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