Hi, everybody,
Is encouraging and uplifting to see how God is working in the lives of my brothers and sisters in Christ.
Richard, I too was layed off recently. I would like to share how God is providing for me, and is not in the way that I thought it would
come!!!
About little over a year ago, I had offered my body a living sacrifice to the Lord.
On 5.21. of this year the fire fell!!!!!!!!!!!
Believe me, I tried very hard not to think it strange
On that day I got fired!!!
Although it was a reason, it was totaly unfounded.
3 days latter, here came the prosecution. It came so hard, I didn;t know what hit me.
Things escalated to the point that my life was threatened and I had to go file a police report.
5 days later my dad, who is not a beliver, had a stroke. Never been sick a day in his life.
Same day, (in the emergency room next to my dad) had a heart attack!!!
Combined, they had 4 surgeries in the same day.
Wait, there is more
In order that you may understand how is God providing for me in this season, I must take you back
4 years. My husband and I got separated after 16 years of marriage. I was the one who left!!!
I was gona show him!!!!!
Come back to the present day.
Guess where I had to go after I lost my 6000$ a mo. job?
??
Yes, you guessed it!!!!
Back to my holier than thou, I am always right, everybody is stupid, I have the answer to all things,
I am never wrong, I can do all things, unbelieving husband!!!!!!!!!!!!
Wait, there is more!!!
Although I had applied to about 40 to 50 jobs in the past 3 mo, and despite the fact that I am a nurse with 7 years
teaching experience and 14 years of bedside experiece, I did not get as much as ONE PHONECALL or EMAIL
with an offer of any kind.
My car is to be repessessed in about two weeks.
Meanwhile, at home, God is prospering my husband in everyway!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
If you think that I was envious, don't. Oh, may be for a moment.
In the process, he, my husband, became more holier than thou, IF THAT IS POSSIBLE.
And, in his eyes, I can't do anything right.
Despite the fact that I am a mother (that's a full time job by itself) I cook, clean, serve, wash,
type, file, I take care of 3 dogs and one bird, I visit my parents (dad is paralized) and cook, clean, serve etc.
then comes the issue of looking good. I must look good too!!!
No matter what I do, he is never happy, not a peep about how good of a job I do, or even acknoledging that I even do a job.
If a piece of furniture is here, or an object there, it should always be somewhere else, even with an inch.
Mean while, I am trying sooooo hard to give God honor!!!!
Yes God is burning, pruning, scourging, cutting, and breaking my sanctified self!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Now I got to the point where God is providing.
When I moved in the house, the house was in foreclosure. He had not payed the mortgage for the past 7 mo.
Honestly, I was expecting God to take the house too, but he didn't.
Not only that He didn't, the loan (balance) was modified with an interest of 2 % until 2011, and 5 % after
that, and can never go ove 6 %. Not only that, but we don't have to make any payments until Dec!
What you think about that?
Blessed be the Lord forever!!!
In the mean time, all the bills are payed (mind you my beloved husband thinks that is all him
and his majesty that is doing all this) we have food on the table, even he was able to make some improvements on the house.
We don't have what we want, BUT WE HAVE ALL THAT WE NEED!!!!!
In the middle of all this I feel like the morning after a freight train hit you.
There are days that I don't know if I can put one foot in front of the other, much more accomplish my duty as a wife and mother.
And today is one of those days.
And if I hear one more time "You call yourself a christian??" out of his mouth.....................
Or another good one: "God is on my side, can't you see?"
Enough of that.
In conclusion, God is providing richly!!!
One scripture that the HS took me to is in the Book of Ezra:
"Who is there among you
of all His people? his God be with him,
and let him go up to Jerusalem, which is in Judah, and build
the house of the Lord God of Israel (He is God,) which is in Jerusalem.
And whosoever remains in any place where he sojourns,
let the men of that place help him with silver, and with gold,
and with goods, and with beasts, beside the freewill offering
for the house of God that is in Jerusalem" Ezra1:3,4
It was to me for a confirmation that when you are building the temple of the Lord,
(which temple you are) God takes care of his children. He is a faithful Father!!!!!!
As for me "I forgot prosperity" like Jeremiah lamented.
Can any of you send me a picture of a 20$ bill??? LOL
Is ok, God is teaching me and molding me.
And this will serve me right, because when I had money, I did not know how to spend it faster.
Can anybody out there relate?
Love you all,
your sister Ariel.