Pay your Tithe - PLEASE

Here's my testimony for disobedience! I went 2 months without paying my tithes; simply stealing from the Lord. That period, here's what happened;  I was late paying my rent hence had to pay late fees. My checking account was overdrawn numerous times; thus I incurred bank overdraft fees.  My creditor from several years ago (mind you I had even forgotten about this debt; just assumed that  over the years the debt had been written-off); somehow decided to contact me for payment.  Everything that could go wrong with my finances did go wrong!

A friend of mine who was also as disobedient as I was had this experience in July last year:

 My friend owns truck which he uses to haul motor vehicles, nationwide. This particular day, my friend tells me that he pulled into a gas station to fill up his truck. Said he went into the shop, paid $300 for pump 3. Said he proceeded to his truck to fill up ; opened  his gas tank, pushed buttons the gas pump buttons; but nothing happened. Said he tried a few times without success, then decided to go back into the shop to report the problem.  A clerk checked their cash register; sure enough he had indeed paid; but the clerk had inadvertently credited the funds to pump 2.  In the meantime, someone had pulled into pump 3;  (must have thought Christmas came early!) filled up their vehicle (with the gas my friend had paid for) and literally flew from the gas station. As if that wasn't enough, my friend had paid in cash and the particular clerk that had taken the payment had already left for the day. (It never rains,  it simply pours when one is disobedient). The Manager intervened only to informed my friend that, their company policy was that refunds were processed by the Corporate Office; and the process  usually takes 5 to 7 business days. My friend's  immediate problem was that the $300 was the only money he had; between him and his bank!! and my friend was  1000 miles away from home.  Get this, his last paycheck had been $3000!!!!! so the $300 was exactly what he should have paid in tithes!!!

My friend and I learnt our lessons. Believe me, since I started being obedient again; my life is a lot smoother and I have all that I NEED.  Note here I said, all that I NEED not WANT!! 

I hope my testimony will help someone out there.