Why worry?

My roommate Kari is an angel.  An absolutely God-sent angel. I've known since I met her last year that she was extremely sweet and selfless, but sometimes she really outdoes herself. ;)

I recently got a text from her saying that a friend had a whole dorm set that she was giving away. Because Kari already had everything she needed, she was wondering if I wanted the lot for our apartment this fall. We went back and forth for awhile because I wanted to be absolutely certain that this girl was positive about just giving it all away, and that Kari didn't need any of it for herself. After awhile, Kari let it slip that she already had the stuff sitting at her house. I asked a few times if her friend wanted anything for the it (it was an AWFUL lot of stuff), and finally Kari admitted that she bought the set from a community sale just for me. She wouldn't tell me how much she paid for it, but she assured me that she got it for "next to nothing" and refuses to let me pay her back for any of it.

I had never mentioned to Kari the financial troubles that my family and I have been facing this year. She had no idea that I had been stressing over how I was going to afford back-to-school shopping.

Had Kari not been so generous with her gift to me, I would have been heading back to school next month with the same blankets and room accessories that I've been using for years. When Kari sent me the pictures of the set (above), I felt so incredibly blessed that it brought tears to my eyes.

I felt like God had His hand placed on my shoulder and was whispering in my ear, "See? Money or not, things CAN work themselves out. Everything will be okay."

I am so blessed to have a life full of people like Kari. It's times like these when I have to stop and wonder why I bother stressing over money when I'm surrounded by such wonderful people and watched over by a Heavenly Father who never fails to provide for my family and I.