I HAVE THE MOST AMAZING STORY TO SHARE!
A few weeks ago, we had a bill to a local hospital for $480. I really didn't think we owed the money, and I was on hold with the insurance. I was thinking about it, and I decided I would much rather give it to my son's memorial library than the hospital.
(I firmly believe money really isn't ours. G-d decides at the beginning of the year how much money we are going to earn. So if I was supposed to get $X amount of dollars, and I got $XY, then I have to "give" $Y back, right? How does G-d "take back" money? Those are the not so fun things in life, like when your oven breaks the day before a 3 day yom tov. Or your washer breaks right before the 9 days. [BTDT on the last one!] People get sick, have medical bills, car accidents, even straight out lose money. That money isn't yours. G-d is just collecting what you weren't supposed to have. So back to the story ... )
So while I on hold, I thought in my head, "If she comes back and says I don't own the money, I'll give $480 to Yossi's (a'h) Memorial Library." Never mind that I no long work, and have no way to get that money! It was just a nice thought that popped into my head. Right then she comes back and says, "You don't owe the money." My jaw dropped. Where in the world was I going to get $480???? We aren't talking a little sum here. We are talking big bucks for someone who doesn't work.
YIKES!
So I figured I would sell some stuff on Ebay, and then use the money to pay off my pledge. The first thing to go was a pair of John Harding earrings. That pulled in a profit of $179.95.
$301.23. Now you don't need to pull out your calculators; I already pulled up mine. Add those two together, and what do you get? Sit down folks. Cuz here it is ...
ta da -- $481.18 !!!!!!!!!!
Do you get it? G-d gave me the means to pay off the pledge because, IMHO, I was meant to have that money. When I pledged it away, He had to "give it back" to me. It's late; I'm rambling, and I really wanted to watch the last episode and a half of Project Runway that I have waiting for me. I am just so excited about this. I love when things work out and you can see the hand of Hashem, literally!
Stay warm friends!
2 comments:
I love the story, but your algebra is bothering me. If you are supposed to have $X and you instead have $XY, giving away $Y won't really help. You'd have to give away (X-1)Y. I think you meant $X+$Y. Unless X and Y are both $2, because that's the only possible way to make it work the way you wrote it.
LOL! You love math. Me, I can't add to save my life. You get the idea right? If your supposed to make $100, and you make $150, you can't keep the extra $50, because it isn't yours. However, if you are supposed to make $100, and you give away $50, Hashem has to give it back to you, because it is your money.
Anyway. I am debating about going for the gold and finally working on getting a sefer Torah l'iluey nishmas. I am so scared to make that leap though, even though Hashem has shown me time and time again that I should do it.
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