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Join Date: Apr 2008
Location: Iowa
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Originally Posted by atHISfeet
Well friends, it has been a while. Here is an update (please read the original post). Finally I was asked to meet with my boss and he drew the line. New truck or I am gone. Well, I got very upset and told him in a rather stern manner that I was not paying for it. He retaliated and began rattling off a list of reasons why I was not worth keeping: Easily distracted, long morning and afternoon breaks (which I use for prayer), and he even said I expect "magic" to solve my problems at work and home. At that point I began praying, pleading desperately with the Lord to help me. My boss demanded I leave his office immediately and I began to cry profusely, still praying. His voice rose further, I ignored him and prayed, when suddenly he litteraly grabbed me by my coat and heaved me out the office door. On the floor I prayed still. I was dragged out of the building by three people in a pile of prayer and tears, asked never to return. That was the end of my relations with that company. (I am not sure if this is grounds for a lawsuit)
Two nights later, while I was praying, I heard a terrible noise. It was the sound of that truck rolling over our beloved family pet. How could God do this to me???? I have prayed all my life for help, for a better life, for less troubles. I do not understand why the Lord has given me a bad truck when I wanted a good truck. Clearly those with nice vehicles are blessed, for I am sure Jesus would want everyone to have brand new reliable automobiles! What have I done? I now need help more than ever, we are strained financially, I am unemployed, depression grips the entire family, we want a new house, and I feel I have no where to go. I am afraid to pray for anything more, for I may be cursed again with terrible things. How do I pull my self up and return to the Lord's arms where we can have the things we want to make us happy?
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A man who found a horse was approached by his neighbor as is their custom, and the neighbor asked, “So, what’s new?”
“Well,” said the man who found a horse, "I found a horse! This horse just came up at our farm. He has no markings, rides great, and nobody has even tried to claim him!"
"Oh, that’s GOOD!," said the Neighbor.
"How do you know?..." asked the man who found a horse...
Next day…
The next day the neighbor approached the man who found a horse, as was their custom, and asked, “So, what’s new?”
“Well,” said the man who found a horse, “you remember that horse we found? Well, it kicked my son off and my son broke both of his legs.”
"Oh, that’s BAD!," said the Neighbor.
"How do you know?..." asked the man who found a horse...
Next day…
The next day the neighbor approached the man who found a horse, as was their custom, and asked, “So, what’s new?”
“Well,” said the man who found a horse, “you may remember that horse I found that kicked my son off and broke my son’s legs? Well, I’ll tell you what… as you may recall, we are at war up north, and when the king came to recruit men, my boy was only allowed to stay at home because of his broken legs. He doesn’t have to go to war!”
"Oh, that’s GOOD!," said the Neighbor.
"How do you know?..." asked the man who found a horse...
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Daniel 10:12 [KJV]
Then said he unto me, Fear not, Daniel: for from the first day that thou didst set thine heart to understand, and to chasten thyself before thy God, thy words were heard, and I am come for thy words.
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