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Happy Thanksgiving Everyone |
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linda sanders |
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Nov 23, 06 - 8:59 PM |
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lssanders4673@hotmail.com |
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Hello to anyone out there! I haven't been on here for a while, but thought I'd visit today.
I have much to be thankfull for! For a long time now,(over 2 years)I have been jobless. (downsized after almost 17 years) I took a min wage job at a thrift store for a few months until I got hurt on the job. The Lord taught me a lot through that job, and I made one really good friend that I still get together with today. When I healed, I started looking for another job. And I decided to try and find one in electronics again, so that I could make better money.
I searched and searched, and it was a struggle b/c I live in the country and was way far away from anything! I got depressed. It was hard to even keep gas in my truck so that I could go out looking! I signed up with temp agancys, but wasn't getting anywhere there either. Month after month my financial situation got worse. I became depressed.
One day I accepted a friend's invitation to go to her church. He was supposed to preach part one of a 4 part series that morning. (I forget what the subject was supposed to be) But instead he decided that he would talk about depression, b/c the Lord told him that someone in the church needed help.
Well, God can use anyone, anyplace, at anytime. I hadn't even been in a church for over 4 years, and it's not likely that I'll start going back. But that one Sunday I got what I needed, and it made such a difference in my life. One thing the preacher said was that sometime's we get so down, we crawl off into a cave somewhere, and stay away from everybody. We feel like such losers that we're convinced that nobody wants to be around us. We get angry with God for letting us slip in to this awful state, so we pretty much stop talking to him as well except maybe to complain and challange his way of doing things. He said when you get like this, you don't even know how to pray. You feel so beat up that you cant even form the words anymore.
And then when we get like this, we need to come to the mouth of the cave and look up. And cry out. Say anything, but say something. Pour out our hearts to him.
Well, I started talking to the Lord again. And very shortly afterward, I got a job I probably never should have gotten. They wanted a technician (which I'm not) and I only got 23 out of 50 questions right on their test. I was totaly shocked when they called me the next day! And this isn't just any job. It's a great job! I loved it from day 1. And they hired me for the money I asked for! There are a lot of neat little details about this job, but let me just say that I wouldn't have gotten this job without the Lord's intervention! He was in every one of those details!
Next, I decided to try and get an apartment. I have been living with other people for about 5 years. My credit isn't the best, and I thought the only way I'm going to find a decent place is with the Lord's help once again. He led me to one that is perfect and is 10 mins away from work, and 15 mins away from 2 of my sons.
I thought, well Lord, if I'm going to get this apartment, it's going to have to be because you made a way, b/c I don't think I'll be able to otherwise.
Well, I got it, and I'll be moving around the 10th of December.
In both cases, I was very spacific with the Lord about my heart's desires concerning my job and my apt. I told him all the things I like and hoped for in each one, and all I can say is that they are perfect. I stopped chasing after things on my own, and put it all in his hands and trusted him with it all.
It's always so much better this way, but from time to time I forget, and I start trying to take over my life again.
Well, I just wanted to share this with someone, and I hope all of you guys are having a glorious Thanksgiving Day as well. God bless you, -summerdaze- |
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