The Dentist, and Gods Provision

The first of this month, I took Punkin to visit the dentist for the first time. She was SUCH a big girl! Of course she had to wear a dress...would mine wear anything else? She did everything they asked her to do. We found out she had an abcess...she hadn't even been complaining (she may be girlie, but she's tuff stuff apparently). So they referred us to a ped dentist, because Dr Rushing thought she would need to be sedated. So....

Off to the pediatric dentist we go, on Wed August 6th. Found out our dental wouldn't pay them anything, even though it was a referral. Uggh! Got the treatment plan, and total cost. YOWZA! $1100!! She needed two teeth pulled, and space maintainers to help her 6 year molars and other adult teeth come in straight, which will save big bucks later. (for those of you who dont know, we've been taking care of my mom since June, including some of her bills, our new dog has heartworms, and Punkin starts preschool next month). Needless to say, I dont have $1100 lying around. AND we have to have $300 to even make the appointment!

So we come home, and I tell Darlin'. He says hmm. Guess we'd better ask God for some help.

We go to church wed night, and wouldn't you know it, Jehovah Jireh - God the Provider was one of the topics. So I filled out my prayer card, and dropped it in the basket. I felt at peace...didn't now how God was going to do it, but knew it would work out. We found the $300 to make the appointment, and set it for the last week in August, thinking that would give us the time to rearrange stuff and so forth. Well, late last week, Punkin started complaining for the first time with her tooth. It was rough! She cried and cried, I felt so bad.

So we called and asked the dentist about it, and they moved her appointment to yesterday, Tues the 19th. Still didn't have the other $800, and no idea where it was going to come from. Figured we have to whip out the plastic, and really hated it. But God was telling me not to worry, so I wasn't (new for me too). Monday, I got the mail, and there was a check...for more than $1400!

What happened was Darlin used to work for a contractor in V'burg, and participated in the 401K. When he got his current job in Jackson, we couldn't move his 401 K right then because they weren't going to put the company match in for like a year later...something crazy about fiscal year, whatever. So we just let it sit, and really forgot about it. They decided that the amount was too "small" for them to maintain, so they docked the taxes and sent the check as a dispersment. Darlin' knew they were going to do it, but had NO IDEA it would be anywhere NEAR that much, with the market being so crazy the last few months AND the check wasn't even supposed to cut until later in the year. So imagine MY suprise, when a check comes the DAY before we have to have the money!! I nearly fainted, then I cried, and then we both praised GOD!! HE knew we'd have desperate need for that money back when we couldn't move it. He helped us "forget" it, and then sped up the process so we wouldn't have to use the plastic. And he even made sure there was enough for most of the heartworm treatment too.

Godly Arthemtic has certainly been working for us this summer, Praise GOD!