tithing

I've been searching for jobs high and low this past week, seeming to have no success. As I was wallowing in self pity "oh, I'm never going to get a job!" I had a light bulb moment; I needed to pay my tithing. I worked one time during spring break at gymboree and made about $20 so I owed $2 in tithing. I had set aside the money when cashing the check but I hadn't thought twice about it since. This morning before church I dug through one of my 3-drawer containers and found the bank envelope with the 2 month old tithing money in it. After turning in my envelope I didn't really feel any different. As soon as the closing prayer was finished, my friend Jana who sits beside me asked if I wanted to help her with her cleaning business and a few hours later I got offered a babysitting gig. It just all fit together so perfectly and really strengthened my testimony on tithing.

quite obviously paying tithing is not the first thing I do when I get a paycheck but I feel like I should make it more of a priority in my own life. The blessings I receive from paying my tithing are more valuable to me than the money itself and it's such a simple thing! 10% is not much at all and the money is the Lord's anyway.

I went to the YSA sacrament meeting today for the first time since being home and it was so much better than I thought it would be! Me and Blake rode together so we both knew at least one person. One of my old friends who I haven't seen since BYU (oh, BYU) was there so it was nice to catch up with her and my friends who are twins were there too and everybody was just so happy and cheerful and it made me really excited to go next week! I've made arrangements with Blake to carpool for FHE tomorrow too. Maybe really being a YSA won't be so bad afterall!