Paid In Full

I got a call from the director at Assert today. "Hi Kathryn! I just called with some good news. An anonymous donor just paid for Carter's program fees for the rest of the year. If you've received a bill, ignore it, and we won't be sending you any more." On the spot, all I could manage was, "Oh! Well, thank you! Um, have a good one, ok?"
I hung up the phone and sat for a minute, lost in thought. I was thinking about how we were a month behind in those payments, how understanding all the staff had been already. I was thinking about how I found a $5 bill in my coat this morning, probably from last winter. I thought about the mortgage being late this month. About how in the world we were going to afford Christmas. I remembered that a few days ago, I got a call from an old friend, asking if her girls could take piano and voice lessons from me. She wrote me a check for $80. I thought about the guys at the AT Lab at USU. I took them a pumpkin pie.
The next thought I had has stuck with me in a big, humbling, yet empowering sort of way.
I am loved. And I am expected to show love in return.
I can't take a pie to the person who did this for us. I can't even send a thank you card. But I can pay it forward. I can thank the Lord on my knees for His goodness, and pray for the insight to help out someone else in a meaningful way.
My heart is full. My tears are sweet. Thank you. SO much! Now it's my turn.