Six Word Saturday (2/16/13)

This Week God Really Blessed Me

A week ago I went to a luncheon for my Rachel’s Vineyard group.  I forgot to write a 6WS about it so I’ll begin this week’s with it.  There actually were only four past attendees and the rest were coordinators and counselors.  I still had a great time.  The lady who hosted it this time was supposedly a hoarder but the parts of her house I saw were just lovely.  She served cold cuts and homemade chicken soup and chocolate rum cake for dessert.  I absolutely love going to these luncheons with the retreat people because I feel like myself and I don't  have to hide anything and they are always loving and accepting!  We talked about Ben Carson, the doctor who spoke at Obama’s national prayer breakfast last month, and I learned that there is a movie called “Healing Hands” about his life that some of them saw via Netflix.  I don’t have Netflix but I took a gamble to see if someone illegally posted the movie on YouTube, and they had!  It stars Cuba Gooding Jr., and I just love him.  It is a fascinating movie.  I also watched the real Dr. Carson’s speech.

This week God answered one of my prayers too.   I can’t remember when exactly I prayed so vehemently because I’m always conscious of worrying about the low workload I’ve been getting for my typing job.  When I started working from home seven years ago, I was pulling $400 a week typing trial transcripts, and then about four years ago they switched me to just correspondence which halved my income.  Then the workload started dwindling down so badly that some weeks I didn’t make a dime, and I now consider making $30 a week to be a fantastic week.  Anyway, I remember being very upset and praying and I told God exactly why I’d like more work to do:  not to be rich, not to be busy, but just because I enjoy typing and I’m good at it and I feel like I contribute something to the family.  Every day during this past week I was assigned at least one job to do.  Yesterday I just cried and cried because I was so grateful, and then last night I got another assignment too!  I’m just amazed and still so grateful.