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Love and Legos
Jan. 31, 2006
Update on the money problem
Well, it's technically a "lack of money" problem. I've been reading my devotionals, from My Utmost for His Highest,
and they've really been hitting home. We need to stop worrying
about this. God knows our circumstance and He expects us to give
Him all our worries. You know the verses. So did we, it's
just hard when you have NO money and the groceries are all but gone,
and the bills are late, and the income is no longer coming in...
Well,
we talked about it Saturday (after I had Eric look at the above link,
well the link for those couple of days) and just decided to not
worry. Eric is tossing around the idea of Firefighting. He
talked to Aubrey at church about it and they're hiring right now
(Aubrey is a firefighter). And now he's going to put an ad for
computer repairs in the paper. But we're going to stop acting
desperate and hopeless like we've been doing. I'm going to focus
on Eric and the boys and the housework, and let money be between Eric
and God for now.
After
church Uncle Bill (not a real uncle) asked Eric about a computer
problem and Eric went over to fix it yesterday. It took six
hours, but Eric never minds helping someone out when he can.
Then
Uncle Bill gave him $100! Of course, Eric didn't do it for money,
but he didn't refuse it, saying "I can't say we don't need the
money." Uncle Bill is awesome.
So
God just wants us to surrender. Not to try and make our own way
out of desperation. He has a way planned for us, we just need to
listen. We haven't been listening lately. Well
that isn't true. We've been listening to the people who say, "God
helps those who help themselves," and such like that. People who
mean well but don't quite understand where we are.
Now I'm off to make a grocery list!
By
the way, I highly recommend the above devotional. I put a button
on my taskbar that links to it (how clever of someone to put it
online!), so I can look at it several times a day and click on the
verses to read further, as I have time. This is a great change
for me. Books are hard for me to pick up, and equally hard for me
to put back down again. This is perfect for me.
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