I know most of us have been in tough times in our lives when we come to a difficult situation that we just do not know what to do about. Have you been there? I know that I have. Sometimes we think we have to handle everything in our lives by ourselves.. Solve every problem. But that isn't how it should be for those that know and love God.
Back in the late 90s after raising our kids up to be teenage to adult, (we had 4) we found ourselves in a precarious situation. We had previously purchased a small farm a couple of years before that. And then my husband had been laid off his job due to the plant he worked at had shut down and moved across the United States. For the first time in many years, I had had to get a job to help get us through. After working at a couple small jobs, I was able to get a job through a friend whose mother needed home care. It was for minimum wage but I volunteered to work many hours to help make up for what I didn't earn hourly. We somehow got by as my husband worked a job also that did not pay much. But after doing homecare for over 6 years the lady I helped take care of ended up in the hospital and it was decided by her family to put her in an extended care facility. And what I had known for those past few years ended abruptly. and without warning. Now, what were we going to do? Living in the county, transportation for me working at most jobs was a problem. And I do mean, a real problem.
However, one day I had turned on a program on a Sunday by Dr. Charles Stanley (for those that don't know of him, he teaches from the Bible on tv.) and something he had said that day, made a lot of sense to me. He said, "When you have done all you know to do and find your back against the wall, that is the time to let God take over." (May was not exact quote) And that day marked the beginning of me trusting God in this area of my life. God had gotten us through so many things before. Why not now? The situation looked impossible to me. But it was not at all to God. And so I told God, that my back is against the wall, I am asking you to provide a way. And he did! For one thing, I found out that I could go on employment, which of course was not what I had been making but it did help. And so I started going online looking for something I could do to make money. One day, my cousin sent me a job notice that was posted in another town. I did not know how I would ever get there but I went ahead and applied for it online. And within a couple of days, the manager from that place called me for a phone interview. And then she wanted me to come in for a second face to face interview. The day of that interview, my husband took me to it. The manager told me that there were other applicants that they were looking at, and she would call me when a final decision was made. In the meantime, I needed to know how I would get to that or any other kind of job I would get. We had a small town paper that came once a week and that is where I found that answer. There was a public transportation company that I had no idea that even existed that had an ad in the paper. I called and gave them my information and was told yes, they could help me. And the next thing I knew was that the manager called me to tell me that if I wanted the job, it was mine!
Now folks, this to me was no small matter. Not only had God provided my transportation, but he gave me a job that paid me double what I had been making, with insurance and paid time off. None of those existed in the job I had doing home care for the lady I had been with. I really almost could not believe it, but that is just how sometimes God works!
I found out that the experience I had had those years doing home care plus the fact that I had been faithful to my job with her, was what helped me get the job I had applied for. It was a group home with adult women and I would be doing some of the same kinds of things that I had done before.
I worked at that job another 6 plus years until I could retire and God was faithful to me all during that time. My husband also worked some jobs that also did pay more than minimum wage until he found one that paid even more those. And we moved closer to the jobs that God was faithful to give us.
And to this day I believe it was because of Dr. Stanleys teaching that day that gave us the hope that we needed to trust God in another difficult situation that looked bleak to us but it was not impossible for God
. Is anything too difficult or too wonderful for the [a]Lord? At the appointed time, when the season [for her delivery] comes, I will return to you and Sarah will have a son.” Genesis 18:14
To be sure, if God could give Sara her son at her age (and did) then he could give me a job amidst any obstacle that we might face. ( and he did)
If you are going through situations that now look too difficult for you to handle, I encourage you to do all you can to resolve them, and when your back is against the wall, ask God to do what you can't do. And I assure you, if you are sincere, he will do just what you need him to do and perhaps even more then you can imagine! I know he did for us!
Thought for the day
Friends, I pray for you blessings from heaven from God above, for he alone is our source. It is not our employer, it is not our family, it is not from anything we do in and of ourselves. God is our supplier and he alone owns the universe and what is in it! Have a wonderful day, Friends. God Bless!
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