Blessings

Sometimes I can't believe how much the Lord blesses me. This semester has been the busiest I have ever had. I am taking sixteen credits and there just never seems to be enough hours in the day for all of the homework/studying and spending time with my friends. Somehow, throughout the semester I have been able to keep A's in almost all of my classes and find time to hang out with friends. A few Monday's ago I had a very frustrating experience. It was the last day to take my chemistry test and I had to go to the Family History Center to complete a project. As soon as my class my last class of the day finished at about 2 in the afternoon, I went straight to the library and got to work. I studied for chemistry for a few hours then did my family history project which took about an hour and a half. After that I went back to studying for my Chemistry test. I had planned to get to the testing center by 6:30 or 7, that way I would have about three hours to take my test. When I finally went to go take my test, all the lights were off and the doors were locked. I had missed my test. It wasn't till then that I remembered that they just started closing the testing center early on Mondays for FHE. Needless to say I was devastated. I made the long walk back to my apartment in the rain while trying to hold back the tears but failing miserably. After being comforted by my wonderful roommates, I decided to do some organizing in my room to help me calm down. As I was going through a box of random things from over the summer, I pulled out a sealed envelope addressed to my mother from me. I couldn't believe my eyes. It was my first check from Platinum Protection that I never sent home for my mom to deposit. I ripped open the envelope only to see a check for about $480. This check was such a blessing because, recent events made it so I barely had any money in my account and didn't know how I was going to live off of that much for the rest of this semester and the next. The cool thing is that one of the reasons why I didn't have much money was because I had just paid my tithing from the summer of over a hundred dollars. I had taken into account that check for $480 that I didn't really have yet when I paid that tithing. It is amazing, the ways the Lord can bless us when we give him the opportunity to.