God is there

So, our budget has been taking a major beating for the last year and a half, as my wife stopped working so that we could have her stay at home and raise our child. It's what we both want, and see it as an investment into the child's future.

Anyway, before the wife quit her job, we piled up $5,000 from the time we found out she was pregnant until the April before the birth (about 7-8 months), to help us coast on just my income.

Since then, we've burned up all our savings, and the only thing keeping us afloat is the occasional side job that comes my way -- otherwise, every month our budget is $400 more than our income. And yes, I still tithe in spite of that.

Well, this August has gotten really rough. We were down to $40 in checking after bills. $25 in savings. We're on WIC (government program for mothers and kids thingy, for milk, bread and cereal, stuff like that), but we make too much for food stamps.

Anyway.

I've been battling depression over it, because I feel like I'm powerless. Nobody's really biting on any big video side jobs, just little $100-$200 things here and there, and those little things suck me dry from being able to make any real legit progress on my films or planning out what it is I want to do with the rest of my life.

So, this Sunday, or maybe Monday, I'm in the car, driving, and I'm keeping my cool, but I'm just telling God, I'm just done. I'm asking Him if He's there, if He hears me, and I say, "God, I need a thousand dollars". I dunno, I just picked the number out of the air.

I come in this morning, there's an envelope waiting for me with my name on it. There's a letter inside, with printed words, "God placed it upon our hearts to provide this to you this morning. God bless you!" No name.

Inside the letter is ten $100 bills.

'Nuff said.