Blessed!

Mike and I are extremely blessed in so many ways. We have a beautiful little daughter who is happy and very healthy! We have family and friends who are a blessing to us in many ways. We are blessed to have the restored gospel of Jesus Christ in our lives. We know Christ lives and will return again. We believe in paying tithing, 10% of all income we earn. Mike has been greatly blessed to have been awarded scholarship money for school. His grandfather also has generously set up a trust fund for all of his grand kids to help with college expenses. What a blessing both of these have been in our lives as Mike has decided to return to school to do what he loves! We had a feeling that we needed to pay tithing on this money (scholarships and trust money). Although it was not money we earned, we felt we needed to pay it anyways. The bible talks about giving the Lord 10% of our increase. For us, we felt that because this was an increase (although not earned income) and so we would pay tithing on it. It was a substantial amount of money to pay, for us, but we had faith and we want to give as generously as we can because we are incredibly blessed. So we paid our tithing on Sunday. Our check cleared on Tuesday. It just so happens, that same day, I was working on Mike's ASU school schedule for this Fall Semester. I was online at the ASU website all day. A notice popped up under Financial Aid, so I clicked on it. When I looked, I was shocked! Mike had received enough money in scholarships (for good grades, go Mike!) to cover his entire year of tuition at ASU for ALL of next year!!!! Wow! That is not a coincidence! We are truly grateful for our Heavenly Father watching over us and blessing us in so many ways! And even if Mike had not received any scholarships, we would still be very grateful to pay tithing to the Lord. We are indeed blessed!!!!