I felt a lot more confident going into week two. My goal for this week was to focus on stocking up on meat (for the right price of course.) My confidence quickly dwindled when I was finished my shopping and started heading towards the front to pay. $100 dollars a week cut in half is not a whole lot of money for groceries. I knew I was going to be over budget (not by much but still over.) I thought about putting some of my stock up items back, but this feeling came over me to keep going. I stood at the register and watched the total get closer and closer to my $100 budget. The sweet lady ringing up my items finally finished and told me my final total - $95.32. I thought I was going to cry! How was this possible? I had calculated every item I put in m cart. I double check my receipt to make sure she hadn't missed anything. To my surprise, everything was there. I could blame this on my calculating skills but I knew that I had just experienced a tender mercy from a loving Heavenly Father. I know with all my heart that He cares about the things that I care about. I am so grateful for this simple, yet powerful, testimony builder.
on the right is our weekly groceries and on the left is our stock up items.
It doesn't look like much but each week we add a little more to our stock stock pile
this week our stock up items were
boneless skinless chicken breasts
pork loin
pork carnita (will make two meals)
pork chops
hot dogs
4 cans of soup
1 can of chicken broth
2 cans of spaghetti sauce
1 can of salsa
6 boxes of cake mix and
1 family size pancake mix
my advice would be - don't doubt the power of Heavenly Father's help in things that may seem so temporal.
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