why now?

I guess I need to start this with a little background. I have worked in the field of physical therapy and sport medicine for 12 years - all of them as staff, not management. About 6 weeks ago, my current boss came to me and proposed that I take on a new role in the clinic - that of clinical coordinator. I thought and prayed over it and in the end accepted the new role. It has not been a drastic change - just the addtiion of some new responsibilities regarding the function of the clinic, solving problems here and there, researching ways to keep getting reimbursed from insurance companies for what we do, etc. It also came with a nice raise. Not anything that is gonna make me jump too many tax brackets or anything but enough to make a nice little difference in the bottom line. More background.....as I eluded to in a previous post, my husband and I were convicted by God about the shameful state of our finances soon after marrying, and, to make a long story short, God showed mercy on us and allowed us, through hard work, sacrifice, and his amazing blessings, to pay off our huge credit card debt recently.
So.....Friday we were sitting at Applebee's having lunch and I brought up a question that had been nagging at me for a few days. "Why do you suppose that God chose NOW to give me a promotion and pay raise and didn't do it a couple years ago when our finances were a mess?" It seemed to me that we could have used the extra money back then more than now. He thought for a moment and replied, "Maybe it's just like it says in the Bible, ' Therefore if you have not been faithful in the use of worldly wealth, who will entrust the true riches to you?' (Luke 16:11). This was one of the verses we had memorized when we were going through Crown Financial Ministries classes and I was so impressed at his ability to recall it. That was EXACTLY it! Back a couple years ago, we hadn't shown to God that we could handle correctly any more than He was already giving us. In fact, we both had handled things pretty badly up to that point. I feel like this promotion and raise are a reward from God for committing to handling the incomes God blesses us with in a manner that is pleasing to Him. We continue to pursue Godly stewardship of His blessings and are thankful that God spared us the financial ruin that we deserved - a true exhibition of His mercy. The Bible says that when we have debt was are as slaves to our lenders and I can tell you from experience that is exactly what we felt - enslaved! The sense of freedom we feel now is a beautiful thing. We still have some things to work on but we know we are following the Greatest Financial Advisor of all - Jesus Christ.
God is so good and His timing is impeccable!

Kendra