Friday, August 1, 2008

Wow, has it been that long?

Ok, so it has been a long time since I last was here. Not by choice, even though I don't think I have any readers, but it is nice to get somethings off my chest. So here we go. Over the last month, the wife and I have really been struggling financially. I mean really struggling. We have currently pawned our wedding rings, and might end up losing them if I can't get the money soon, our digital camera, and my mp3 player, with about a week and a half left till we lose them as well. So I am kinda upset about the money situation. On top of that, I had pawned my guitar, which I use every Sunday at church, but the church paid for me to get it back. Well, now here it is, the weekend before a pay week, there is $10 in hand, nothing in the bank, and no sign of relief anywhere on the Horizon. Well, this is just the tip of the iceberg. The utility company, who just got allowed to start making the rates jump out of control, called, and are wanting money for the services provided. Well, we don't have it, and are looking at having the lights turned off. On top of that, my car insurance has been cancelled, and I am now driving without it. Couldn't pay two months in a row, and we are behind again on the car payment. To top all that off, my parents called, and are going to evict us from out apartment since we are behind, and my wife just announced last week that she is PREGNANT!!!! Yes world, it is time to terrorize you with a miniature version of me.
Now what am I gonna do? No money, possibly no car, or house, working full-time, and a full-time student. I am thinking of a second job, and she is trying to get a job for up till the baby is due. Lord only knows how far along she is. This is about the time that I am to start feeling hopeless right? I mean look around me, all the circumstances are showing me that nothing is going to get better, and that I am going to drowned in debt. Saying all this, I am reminded of what Paul wrote in the Bible, "For whatsoever state I am in, there I will be content!" Content? How am I to be CONTENT? Nothing seems to be going right. And then, I am reminded of another passage of Scripture that says, "I have never seen the righteous forsaken, nor His seed begging for bread"
Some how, I know that God will provide for He is my Provider. I don't know where it will come from, but I have to do like the song says, "I walk, by Faith, each step by faith, to live, by faith, I'll put my trust in You!" Trusting in Him, it's the hardest thing that I have to do. Writing a program, or query is easy stuff compared to trusting in God. Some people say that it is impossible to trust in something that you can not see. But you don't see the wind do you? No, you see the affects of the wind.
So over everything that is going wrong, I have to trust that God is watching me, and looking out for me to make sure that everthing happens in His timing.

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