As many of you might know, I went through a REALLY
tough time in the past 8 months.
- For 5 months I did not have income that paid my bills.
- I had to sell my car because I did not have the money
to get it fixed. - I lived from hand to mouth for all this time, not knowing
where my next meal would be coming from and living
dependent on the generosity of others.
In all this time I never went homeless. I always had a place to
sleep.
My faith went through an incredible transformation, though.
God kept whispering in my ear through all of this, saying,
"Trust Me."
In the beginning, I went into "Find a Job" mode, getting my
resume updated and making all the preparations a person
would need to secure an hourly position that would pay the
bills.
What happened next stunned me beyond my ability to
understand what was happening.
- 4 times in a row, people got jobs I was qualified for
just because they got their resumes to the employer
before I did. - Once I GOT HIRED at McDonalds as an assistant
manager, only to find out one day before my
background check came back and I was to start,
that the regional manager had told all the general
managers to go on a hiring freeze, because
of the lack of income for the franchise. I did not
get the job.
After these things happened to me, I was put into a place
where I was questioning what was happening to me.
I kept asking God, "Why....".
I got no response.
I had done everything I needed to, but it seemed a wall to
my progress had been erected.
THEN it happened......... I trusted the Lord, even though
I did not understand what was going on.
I was then asked a question by a brother in the Lord
whom I had spoken to over the past year and we had
become trusted friends.
He said to me.......... "If you had to start all over again
with just what you could take with you somewhere, would
you go?"
I was stunned...... and I was at the point of becoming
evicted from the place I was living in, because the ability
to pay for it had run dry.
My answer to that question was YES.
He then told me he had a one way plane ticket for me
free of charge to anywhere in the country.
I was stunned..... again.....
So, off I went to Chicago, where I had been given a job
offer to join Rice Property Management and Realty.
The drama does NOT stop there. I THOUGHT everything
would be fine.
Little did I know my adventure in believing God for my life
would NOT stop there.
Eventually through a breakdown in communications, I
had to leave the place in Chicago I was living in and find
a place to stay in TWO days!! We all know how difficult
that sounds, right?
GOD had other ideas.
Unknown to me, another employee at a Red Lobster I
had been hired at was able to help me by making me
his room mate for only $300.00 per month!!!
NOW.. remember this...... out of ALL the Red Lobsters I
could have been hired at, I got hired at one where an
employee could let me become his room mate on ONE
DAYS notice!!!!!
God had shown me AGAIN that if I had a NEED, He would be
RIGHT there to help me!!
How many times has this happened to me in the past?
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I can mention MANY more times where God has met my need(s) just because I trusted Him to do so.
Proverbs 3:5,6 say it best:
Trust in the LORD with all your heart
And do not lean on your own understanding.
In all your ways acknowledge Him (put His ways #1) ,
And He will make your paths straight (successful).
Psalm 52:9 sums up what I feel now:
I will praise you forever for what you have done;
in your name I will hope, for your name is good.
I will praise you in the presence of your saints.
Psalm 62:7,8 :
My salvation and my honor depend on God;
he is my mighty rock, my refuge.
Trust in him at all times, O people;
pour out your hearts to him,
for God is our refuge.
Selah
Psalm 91:1-3 :
He who dwells in the shelter of the Most High
will rest in the shadow of the Almighty.
I will say of the LORD, "He is my refuge and my fortress,
my God, in whom I trust."
Surely he will save you from the fowler's snare
and from the deadly pestilence.
Thanks to www.fiickr.com and:
nathangibbs , laffy4k , A U D E ,
caribb , and loswl for the great pictures.
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