My husband's a good man!

My husband asked me last night if I was still writing on my blog. I asked him if he had read it at all. He said he really hadn't even read my first one. I had asked him to help me figure a couple of things out on the first day....so I thought that he had at least read my first one. But no. So I told him that since he wasn't reading on it, then I could complain about him there. He didn't find that all that amusing. So...instead of complaining, I thought that I would do a little bragging instead.

God has blessed me this last year with a precious new friend. She is one of the most encouraging people that I have ever been around. Her love and passion and fire for Jesus just pours from her spirit and you just can't help but feel blessed by her when you are with her. Her two children are both in Daria and Caden's classes at school. Their family has also started attending our church in the last couple of months. That has been such a blessing. They have also been struggling a little financially lately. That has been hard for me to hear as a friend.

This is where my wonderful husband comes in. I usually come home from my times with my friend and tell Tim about it. I was telling him a little about their financial troubles. The next morning, I wake up and there is a note on the table telling me that we could help them if I wanted to. Hmmm...not sure how to do that properly.

A few weeks ago, I had asked my friend to consider going to Women's Retreat with me. Our women's group at church offers a 50% so it makes it quite reasonable to go. She was so excited when I asked her to come. She said she wasn't sure how she was going to pay for it...but she was going to trust God to provide the way.

So, when Tim suggested to me that we could help my friend somehow, I wasn't sure how to do it. If I anonymously paid for her way to women's retreat, she would know it was me. I was the only one who knew them well enough at our church to do something like that. So, after thinking about it a while, I dropped it...I just didn't see how it could be done.

Last week, Tim gave me a gift. He told me that I could just tell my friend that we would pay her way. This comes from my husband who is so cheap that he no longer has cheese on his hamburgers at Burgerville, because he says it costs to much. (I tell him that I am worth the cheese, so he buys me cheese for my burgers.) He has a reputation for being cheap. But, I was reminded that the reason that he is so cheap is so that he can be rich toward others and towards God.

What fun it was to tell my friend of my husband's gift. She just about blew Tim over with her enthusiasm. He had to ask me later what in the world she was talking about because he could hardly understand her through her excitement. He usually likes to lay low when he blesses others....so he isn't use to that in-your-face thankfulness. That, and I had put the full gift on him. I told her that the gift was from Tim....not me. I just got to be the bearer of good news.

And what a blessing this gift was to me, too. Tim blesses me every year in allowing me to go to Women's Retreat. I know that he doesn't necessarily understand why I enjoy it so much. I know that it puts more work on him for me to be gone for such a long weekend. It is a sacrifice to him....but it is a blessing to me. This year, he blessed me double by helping my friend to come, too. So...I just had to share. My man is a good man!