From whom have I received extraordinary gifts?

From God and all those God used or uses to show me his love for me and for the world.

My mother bought me my apartment that I still live in 21 years ago. I saw that as a gift from God. It was a foreclosure and affordable for my mother who only wanted to help me get started after leaving a cult church after 20 years. I gave all my money to the church, my time and energy and the chance to get married and have children was also swallowed up. I had nothing when I left. My youth was gone, my sanity nearly gone, I was crushed and broken down. I nearly lost my faith. My roommate threatened to hurt me after she left the church first. She was bitter and angry and potentially violent, I had no fight left in me. All my delusions were gone. My mother helped me get back on my feet. I saw that as an extraordinary gift from God and it began to restore my faith. It was the first time I lived alone and still do after all these years of recovery from that cult. Without the generosity that my mother gave me I would not have hope and life would not be worth living. I could not make it on my own. So with the apartment payed for all I had to do was pay my bills and the maintenance fee. I kept my job and was able to handle my expenses and survived. So with the help of God, my mothers love (she passed 13 years ago) therapy, my spiritual director at my current church God is putting me back together to trust in life again after all these years and I’m doing the best I can. I can’t change the past but I can move past it, one day at a time. I recently found a recovery site that has directly helped people from the cult I was a part of. I might check that out further. The stories the members tell are similar to mine. It might open something up for me. Trust does not come easy as you can imagine. So I will proceed (or not) with caution.