So..for the past few months Ive been having some financial issues. Ive been wondering how I would be able to give what God has told me to give and still have enough to pay my tuition and the car that I gotta get in a year.
For one month, I stopped giving out of fear and alot of rationalizing - that hey I got bills to pay, textbooks and heck ODU is expensive. The next month I gave about half, outta guilt and because I wanted to send something, just not the entire amount. This month, I decided that I would not be ruled by money, that I was given this to be a steward of it and I was gonna give it where God wants me to give the moo. I made this decision and trusted that God would provide. And He did.
The exact amount He told me to give was provided for in my paycheck.
Glory to God

Such a sweet, tender ending. And gently bittersweet. When I watched the first episode, I didn't know what the heck this anime was gonna be like. And as I found myself halfway through, and when I was near the end, I still didn't know if what I was watching was worth the time. But the final episode, and the passing, made the journey of watching these people meaningful. To see the happiness, and the decision that everyone made, the closeness that was created from the struggles. I've cried before in final episodes before, over grief when someone dies. But for this I'm not even sure why exactly I'm so touched. Maybe it's that that one character finds redemption, acceptance, love. That when he saw that his time had come, he wasn't afraid, or emotionally pained. No, he had known, he had lived and loved, and he was content. Maybe a little was for the one who was left behind, and with the last small actions we see, showed the depths of how much he cared. Thank you, Nabari no Ou.