tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8401232450301616841.post5005869516003145981..comments2023-11-03T03:15:47.861-07:00Comments on Preparation 4 Eternity: P4E.083 The sadiM TouchKimhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12849379816330330674noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8401232450301616841.post-71974356539477210202008-08-13T05:48:00.000-07:002008-08-13T05:48:00.000-07:00Very insightful, Kim. I remember one time when g...Very insightful, Kim. I remember one time when gasoline went over $3 and my own dh was making 24K annually, single income, family of 10, I was soooo very tempted to worry. I have a long history of being a worrier. Worry is sin, lack of faith. I confessed my temptation to sin because gas was so high and we use a lot of it (living in the boonies).<BR/><BR/>GOD reminded me that HE is my FATHER in heaven and HE knows our needs.<BR/>GOD reminded me to TRUST HIM.<BR/>GOD took away my anxiety and gave me peace.<BR/>Circumstances didn’t change but my heart had peace.<BR/>GOD wasn’t doing any hand-wringing over the price of gasoline.<BR/>GOD LOVES me and GOD is trustworthy. Matt 6:25-34 and Phil 4:6-7<BR/><BR/>I see God shepherded us down into a financial valley. We spent many years at low income and the personal financial "recession" descended to "depression" level. I used to enthusiastically "help" my husband with resumes and applications and he lost the jobs I "helped" him get. I couldn't do that anymore. I felt like it was a form of enabling on my part, digging him out of a pit where he needed to be for reasons known only to God. <BR/><BR/>His father had told him when he was a little boy "you'll never be able to support a mama cat" and I believe my husband spent decades living under the power of that negative prophecy/"anti-blessing" by his earthly father. <BR/><BR/>A wife's blessing alone cannot undo that. :( Like your wife, I always knew he underestimated his own worth. He also engaged in self-sabotaging behavior which led to frequent job termination. <BR/><BR/>When he was in that 24K job, he was not making much of an effort to look for more suitable work. He would send out a resume every 6 months or so and he'll tell you they were not polished resumes. One day- within one hour of time- two companies called him for an interview. One was from a resume he sent a month back. Another was from a resume he sent a <B>year</B> back. I really felt like God was teaching <B>me</B> how very much in control of these things HE is! The companies had a bidding war which raised the salary and actually he wound up working for one of them for 6 months and moving to the other one because he considered the work more interesting. The money is abundant these days. Now the struggle is the time. Since he likes the work so much, he isn't good about saying "no" and keeping his commitment to family. ((((((sigh))))))) <BR/><BR/>But I do know this is all in God's hands. My husband now finally HAS what his earthly daddy valued so much (money). I suppose he's in God's school to learn how money really cannot fill the vacuum in his soul...Gemhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02778796852665760660noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8401232450301616841.post-69753453241387046592008-08-08T07:25:00.000-07:002008-08-08T07:25:00.000-07:00Um...yes. Not good with money either. I'm not extr...Um...yes. Not good with money either. I'm not extravagant and don't need luxury items, but the whole idea of money and financial planning is so boring and awful. I have a tendency to kind of fly by the seat of my pants.<BR/><BR/>prayers for you.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com