Frustrating Situation

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I’m frustrated I honestly don’t know why I can’t seem to get it together. This month my husband and I are finally working together to make the journey to financial freedom via the “Dave Ramsey plan”. We are using envelopes for Grocery and Blow money and we are diligently creating a snowball to pay down debt. You wouldn’t believe what lengths I’ve gone to in order to scramble up some snowflakes (cash), but no matter how hard I try it seems like Murphy is around every turn.

I just keep having issues, whether it be yesterday’s Paypal mishap, ugh or the fact that we are faced with cookie dough sales from the school at $15 a pop or any other random thing. I must inform you of the Paypal mishap though because it has GOT to be the most frustrating thing that has happened to me in a long time.

On Friday I had some Paypal cash I wanted to transfer to my bank account. It was a pretty good amount of money so I was excited. Somehow, wires got crossed however and on Monday I check my bank account to find that Paypal has instead withdrawn that amount of money from my bank account overdrawing it. I was then faced with a possible overdraft fee unless I covered the money that day and when I called to find out how to fix the issue I had to pay a $20 stop payment fee to have the money stopped.

As of this morning the money has still not been returned to my account and I am waiting on a new transaction to transfer money from Paypal to the bank yet again. I have most of my money “hanging in the air” right now between Paypal and the bank account. Can you say frustrated?

Menu Plan Monday – March 8

Another week is here, hard to believe but we gotta eat!  Here’s what on the menu this one is a big longer because I have to stretch my groceries until hubby gets paid on the 15th.

1.  pork roast, roasted red potatoes, beans

2.  Southwest chicken taco salad

3.  chicken parm over lasagna florentine (had this Sat night yum)

4.  Broccoli and cheese soup & muffins

5.  Greek tillapia, mashed potatoes, salda

6.  Sourdough bacon sandwiches, fries

7.  great gravy pork chops, mashed potatoes, beans (never had this last week)

8.  stir fry, rice, chicken

9.  homemade pizza

You can find more menu plans at one of my favorite blogs, Org Junkie.com

I Set My Mind To . .

Funny how I’ve always been taught, “you can do whatever you set your mind to.” Yet, in doing even the simplest of things, namely taking care of my home, I struggled.  The truth is, my mind nor my heart was in it.  I was focused on other things, good things mind you, mostly ministry and creating an income for my family, but nonetheless my mind was elsewhere, and we all know where are thoughts are there is our heart.

For where your treasure is, there your heart will be also. Matthew 6:21

I am grateful for how quickly things can change, for the fact that I can set my mind to changing and I can do it. For the fact that I can call on friends to pray, they do so and I feel their prayers. My heart and my mind and my treasure are in a much different place than they were a few weeks ago and for that I am grateful.

Thank you Lord for being a God of second, third and fourth chances and thank you for allowing me to do. . . whatever I set my mind on.

So we fix our eyes not on what is seen, but on what is unseen. For what is seen is temporary, but what is unseen is eternal.

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