I have to agree that God sometimes leads us (if we let him). I was in distress about a year ago regarding insurance and stability. I had my own taxi service and was making half way decent money, but I had to work a lot of hours though.
It would have worked, but my husband starting taking money out of the account to support his habit. Then my son starting stealing things from our home. I was not home, and sometimes would not know for weeks. I would go to ride my bike and it was gone. Wanted to have a barbecue and it was gone. Scrap was high, and so anything that was of any value or weight was sold. I had to get a job, my own back account, and hide anything of any value.
Anyway, back to my reason for writing. I prayed about this, and out of the blue, one of my old clients (a church) called me to work for them. This is one of my miracle stories. Sunday of that week, I was going through some old papers from my old job, and I came across this lady's business card. I started to throw this away, and had a second thought. I would call her and find out what they liked about me being their consultant, so I could look for work. I had had no contact with this church for 2 1/2 years, but something made this lady think that maybe I may be interested in working. Anyway, the next day, I got a call. My son thought it was the church calling for money and almost did not give me the message. Well, the job seems to fit me. I have been here a year. The pay is significantly less than I made taxi driving, but my insurance is paid and I have job stability.
I know thatGod had a hand in this.
I wish I could tell you that my problems with money disappeared. I wish I could tell you that my son quit stealing. He has pawned my lap top while I was at work. My husband has called me to transfer money for his habits. (always promises to pay me back, but never does), knowing I will do it because I am at work and cannot take the time to argue with him. These things still go on, but I am taking baby steps in getting control of my life. Pray for me!
Debby Smith
From: michelle bloom <mecaylachuck@...> To: Recovery-World-Al-Anon@yahoogroups.com Sent: Monday, July 13, 2009 6:32:03 PM Subject: Re: [Recovery-World-Al-Anon] Job hunt
Thanks Sarah!
From: Sara DeJesus <s_m_dejesus@ yahoo.com> To: Recovery-World- Al-Anon@yahoogro ups.com Sent: Monday, July 13, 2009 4:20:24 PM Subject: [Recovery-World- Al-Anon] Job hunt
Dear Michelle,
My prayers are with you on your job hunt. May God lead you straight to a good job where you can really enjoy working and will take care of you financially. <3
Love, Sara
--- On Mon, 7/13/09, michelle bloom <mecaylachuck@ yahoo.com> wrote:
Hi Kim. I hope your monday and everyone else's is going well too. I also loved the conversations yesterday. Today I went out in search of another fulltime job. I am really crossing my fingers that I get a call today from one of the places I applied. It would really help my situation a lot. Here's hoping something comes of it. Have a great day everyone! Michelle
From: kimadams12171982 <kimadams12171982@ yahoo.com> To: Recovery-World- Al-Anon@yahoogro ups.com Sent: Monday, July 13, 2009 12:50:06 PM Subject: [Recovery-World- Al-Anon] Happy Monday!
Good Morning Everyone! Hope Monday is starting out good for each and every one of you. I just wanted to say that I really enjoyed all the dialog yesterday and I really appreciate each and every one of you. We all have such crazy lives.Days filled with frustration, anger and sometimes even hatred.It is so nice to be abled to connect with people who totally get it. As much as we don't understand it, we are where God wants us to be right now. You all are in my thoughts and prayers. Just keep telling yourselves that you do matter and you are important to this world. Kim
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