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1911gobang

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I could really use some help, guys. I’m in the worst financial struggle I’ve been in since my house fire in 2010. I’ve got a ton of work coming up, but that isn’t helping me now. There’s some very good things on the horizon, just need to get through the short term.

And I’m tired. Physically, mentally, and emotionally exhausted. I’ve been getting my butt whooped for a year now, and I’m absolutely spent. I got nothing left except my Savior and my wife.

I’m the guy everyone comes to for advice, prayers, and encouragement, and I am completely and totally broken. And still, as financially distraught as I am, I sent $100.00 to an old friend last week whose truck was broke down on the road, and I bought 2 gallons of kerosene for a guy the other night, AND gave him $20.00. This has its own story, too: short version- I stopped to get kerosene close. No bueno. I grumbled and mumbled about having to drive into town for it. Ran into a guy who needed a little help. Realized that God wanted me to help that guy. Felt like crap for not listening to the Lord and thanking Him for setting me straight.

I know we’re supposed to be humble and broken before the King, but do we have to be broke? Can’t I do more service in His name as a financially stable steward?

I’m tired, guys....just beat-down, beat-up tired. I need prayer. I need healing. I probably need a good, stiff drink and a kick in my ass, too.

Thank GOD I have Shari, and thank GOD we are healthy.

Sorry for the gloom, guys....


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I will include you and your family in our Sunday prayers.
 
Hang in there. It ain't easy. Like you said, you and yours are healthy. Everything else is secondary. Worst case is you and Shari rent a small apartment, take crappy jobs and are still together. Not so bad. Sure you won't have fancy new cars, TV's or $1k guns, but those things don't really matter. Keep on keeping on, smile, eat, sleep and be happy. I've had a couple years of crappy career situations and stress has been high. It sucks. Lean on good friends, mentors and family. Somehow persevere and be positive. I am routing for you, and so are others.

And remember that scene from Major League when the guy is lighting incense and praying to his God? He finally snaps and says, F you, I'll do it myself. Maybe not the most Christian of lines, but maybe good advice. At some point it is about you. Make the hard choices and do what you need to.
 
Thanks guys. It brings a little peace to me knowing that the prayer warriors are fighting.

It ain’t all bad. We don’t have a house payment, and Shari has a good, stable job, and her car is paid for. As I said, we are healthy, and we have a great family network.

I’m just physically and mentally drained.

But there’s this....
Amongst my moping about today, I noticed on the counter in the kitchen a book that someone gave Shari for Christmas, and the cover of it is Jeremiah 29:11.

Ain’t that something?[emoji4]


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“For I know the thoughts that I think toward you, saith the Lord, thoughts of peace, and not of evil, to give you an expected end. Then shall ye call upon me, and ye shall go and pray unto me, and I will hearken unto you. And ye shall seek me, and find me, when ye shall search for me with all your heart. And I will be found of you, saith the Lord: and I will turn away your captivity, and I will gather you from all the nations, and from all the places whither I have driven you, saith the Lord; and I will bring you again into the place whence I caused you to be carried away captive.”
‭‭Jeremiah‬ ‭29:11-14‬ ‭KJV‬‬
http://bible.com/1/jer.29.11-14.kjv


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It ain't no coincidence that that book landed where it did. It all belongs to God. Think of the colt that Jesus rode in to Jerusalem. He sent someone after it and told the to tell the owner that the Lord has need of it.

God sent you a message to hang in there. Times will be better.

I'm stuck in a job in a town that is the armpit of an earthly hell. I despise the town. But, I have work to do there. My job is sowing the gospel. I live it daily here. I might make a living there, but my work there is the gospel. Why else would God put me here?

AsK him to refresh you and your spirit. Look for Him. Let him renew you.

Hang in there. Depend on Him.

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Will pray for you.

When I find myself in a similar situation as you are,
feeling broken, feeling crushed, feeling like it can't be any worse,
I try and always remember that it CAN be worse,
and somebody somewhere is going through it right now.
It doesn't really fix anything...but it helps me hold on.
 
Keep praying and cling to each other, a solution will appear.
 
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