He must break us before he makes us (was: Re: single parenting)

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>>>>> "Richard" == Richard Masoner <richardm@cd.com> writes:

    Richard> She's wanting a steep discount on the rent (hey, I own
    Richard> property, so of course I have piles of cash around,
    Richard> right?), but it's definitely not something I can afford:
    Richard> the house is empty right now because my prior tenant was
    Richard> a similar experiment in social compassion -- the couple
    Richard> broke the lease last month, and left the place as a
    Richard> totally uninhabitable shambles.  It's gonna cost me
    Richard> nearly $3000 to repair the damage that's been done to the
    Richard> place :-( and I need somebody who is able to pay the rent
    Richard> in order to recoup my losses, especially since my savings
    Richard> were wiped out last year by (1) having a baby (2) an
    Richard> unexpectantly *huge* tax bill and (3) my automobile
    Richard> accident last fall.  My financial planning is such that I
    Richard> could have easily handled one of these circumstance (such
    Richard> as having the baby ;-) ), gone with any two of these with
    Richard> only minor discomfort, but all three in one year pretty
    Richard> much wiped me out.  And now I'm hit with this fourth
    Richard> $3000 expense!!!  The Lord has always provided and I
    Richard> trust he always will, but nonetheless some careful
    Richard> thinking is required on my part.

I like to look at Job in times like those, and I have indeed been
there (still am somewhat, but I feel like its slowly getting better).
I have a house in Kentucky that is not even rented at all.  I have
been in Chicago for a year.  Until this year, we had had no health
insurance for 10 years (self employed).  In 1992 my had to undergo
surgery -- still paying for that.  Also in 1992, coming home from
preaching a 3 day revival, rolled the car.  Labor day a year and a
half ago my wife's car was nearly destroyed by a hit and run drunk.
Court ordered restitiution.  We go the car back last week.  Been out
of work several times during all his, 8 months in 1994.  No
unemployment (self employed).

But look at Job!  He lost everything except God, and God permitted
this to happen.  Why?  For a testimont to God!  He restored to Job
more than he had before, and this time *EVERYONE KNEW IT HAD TO BE
FROM GOD* because Job had nothing to get anything with.  So praise God
through it all and wait with eager anticipation for the next chapter
in your life. 

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