(September 13, 1997)
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| Spiritual Band-Aid |
It’s been awhile since I’ve written
down the blessings and the trials, but let’s continue. “For it’s by your grace, Lord, that I
continue to travel this life’s journey.”
Five days ago the family was on their way to the gym to exercise (Let me
explain. Since we were military, we can
use the exercise facilities on the military base at no charge, but we still
have to buy gas for our car to go out to the base, which is approximately
fifteen miles). My daughter was driving
my car and my husband was co-captain in the front. All of a sudden, the car quit running and we
smelt burnt rubber. The spiritual
band-aid (see page about spiritual band-aids; “Mr. And Mrs. Fix It”) had
worn out, and our engine was gone. It
would take $3,000 to repair the car; our mechanic gave us that figure in the
estimate. We got a couple of second
opinions, and that was that. We needed a
new engine. God blessed us that we were
able to pull over. He sent one lady that
we knew from another church, to take my husband back home for his truck and a
towing chain. Two gentlemen from our
church and a pizza deliveryman were also sent from the Lord to help out. My Father was supplying help. Still, life goes on, and we must continue to
work while it is day.
Sales were slow. Rent and the bank note for the repairs on the
building were due. No merchandise was
coming in, and stock was okay. I thank
God for the husband that He gave to me.
He did not place blame on me for opening the business. Our situation was financially tight. Things that we had to face day by day were
still going on. Why would they cease
because of our financial difficulty? We
were now down to one mode of transportation.
I still had a store, my daughter had her part-time job, and my husband was
still working for Uncle Sam. We had
social, church, business, school and other obligations we were working on that
still needed to be accomplished.
I needed a financial
blessing at this time, and I had to see where and how I was going to obtain
it. Was I supposed to…
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