Chuck NEEDS(!!!) A New Job Prayers

[FoxGranadaChuck]

As a consequence of Mom's illness, I will be needing a new job. Simply put, the one that I have now simply won't be able to help pay for bills and expenses that Mom incurred upon herself.

The ONLY reason why I took the security job again back in April of this year was in order to be able to pay bills. I had exhausted all funds that I had available up to that time while I was looking for another job. While I do the best work that I can do, I still dislike the security job A LOT! This is mostly because of the blame that security gets for things with which we have no control! Management does not help matters either.

I really enjoyed the loss-prevention work that I did after I quit the security company for whom I work now. It was a real bummer when I got laid off after working there only 2 months!

Simply put, I don't know what I am going to do job-wise when Mom passes away! Bills are starting to pile up, and I don't know if Mom's insurance policy will be able to pay for the bills that she will leave behind! I am feeling the brunt of this because I am Mom's POA (power of attorney).

[birdonawire]

You poor thing you are breaking my heart! :hug::hug::hug:

I will pray hard for you to be blessed in all ways. :pray:

[rhet 2]

Yeah.

I'm feeling the same bite here.

And those medical bills can be KILLERS.

So, I'm praying for this one, too. May the Good LORD see you as more than a bird or a lily, who toil not and reap not, but still eat and go clothed in greater splendor than even Solomon knew.

And may He give you employment that not only meets the physical needs but satisfies the soul's need for creative and purposeful labor -- which IS integral to being "made in the Image of God."

Any specific employment prospects in the offing that we may directly address in our prayers for your relief soonest?

[USMCmom]

As a consequence of Mom's illness, I will be needing a new job. Simply put, the one that I have now simply won't be able to help pay for bills and expenses that Mom incurred upon herself.

The ONLY reason why I took the security job again back in April of this year was in order to be able to pay bills. I had exhausted all funds that I had available up to that time while I was looking for another job. While I do the best work that I can do, I still dislike the security job A LOT! This is mostly because of the blame that security gets for things with which we have no control! Management does not help matters either.

I really enjoyed the loss-prevention work that I did after I quit the security company for whom I work now. It was a real bummer when I got laid off after working there only 2 months!

Simply put, I don't know what I am going to do job-wise when Mom passes away! Bills are starting to pile up, and I don't know if Mom's insurance policy will be able to pay for the bills that she will leave behind! I am feeling the brunt of this because I am Mom's POA (power of attorney).

Will keep ya in my thoughts and prayers...:hug:
God Bless

[czzzaar]

As a consequence of Mom's illness, I will be needing a new job. Simply put, the one that I have now simply won't be able to help pay for bills and expenses that Mom incurred upon herself.

The ONLY reason why I took the security job again back in April of this year was in order to be able to pay bills. I had exhausted all funds that I had available up to that time while I was looking for another job. While I do the best work that I can do, I still dislike the security job A LOT! This is mostly because of the blame that security gets for things with which we have no control! Management does not help matters either.

I really enjoyed the loss-prevention work that I did after I quit the security company for whom I work now. It was a real bummer when I got laid off after working there only 2 months!

Simply put, I don't know what I am going to do job-wise when Mom passes away! Bills are starting to pile up, and I don't know if Mom's insurance policy will be able to pay for the bills that she will leave behind! I am feeling the brunt of this because I am Mom's POA (power of attorney).

I'm sorry to hear that you are having a rough time of it, Chuck, and that your mother is ill. I've been lucky in finding a job that is based on something that I really love to do.

Is there anything that you really love to do, or that really interests you that you might be able to turn into a job? Are you willing to relocate for a better job, or do you want to stay put where you are?

I'll add you to my prayers tonight, brother.

[FoxGranadaChuck]

I'm sorry to hear that you are having a rough time of it, Chuck, and that your mother is ill. I've been lucky in finding a job that is based on something that I really love to do.

Is there anything that you really love to do, or that really interests you that you might be able to turn into a job? Are you willing to relocate for a better job, or do you want to stay put where you are?

I'll add you to my prayers tonight, brother.


Czzzaar:

I have had to put a hold on job-hunting for two reasons. First, I am having to address issues concerning Mom's medical care. This will become more pronounced as she undergoes hospice care.

Second, I do not have a computer at home as of now. Whenever I have posted during these past few months, I have had to use a public computer to do so.

Honestly, I would like to move from Northeast Tennessee, mostly for personal reasons. But I can't do that while I am taking care of Mom in the last days of her life. But if things change on this front and I will be able to move, I will seroiusly consider moving.

[FoxGranadaChuck]

One other issue of importance is the car for which Mom signed back in late August. On one hand, I was really against her doing this because I somehow knew that she was not always going to be in shape where she will work for long hours as she had done before the lung cancer. But on the other hand, considering that she drove 100+ miles back-and-forth to work, she really needed something with a warranty.

Now, the household is bringing in slightly more than 1/3 of the income that we did in September-October of this year. Making the car payments would be possible, but it would put a strain on finances as of now.

I would like to be able to keep the car; it is now essentially mine anyway. But as of now, I don't know how this will be possible.

[rhet 2]

One other issue of importance is the car for which Mom signed back in late August. On one hand, I was really against her doing this because I somehow knew that she was not always going to be in shape where she will work for long hours as she had done before the lung cancer. But on the other hand, considering that she drove 100+ miles back-and-forth to work, she really needed something with a warranty.

Now, the household is bringing in slightly more than 1/3 of the income that we did in September-October of this year. Making the car payments would be possible, but it would put a strain on finances as of now.

I would like to be able to keep the car; it is now essentially mine anyway. But as of now, I don't know how this will be possible.

Added to your list of needed divine intervention as of now. :hug:

[FoxGranadaChuck]

Added to your list of needed divine intervention as of now. :hug:


Thanks Rhet!!! :hug: :hug: :hug:

[Debi]

You sound like a wonderful person. I will say a prayer for you and your mom.:hug:

[FoxGranadaChuck]

You sound like a wonderful person. I will say a prayer for you and your mom.:hug:


That would be MUCH appreciated!!!

:hug: :hug: :hug:

[jwil59]

I am praying for the right job Chuck, and for your mom too bro.

[blazer]

Yes, Chuck, we are praying for you both! :hug:

[FoxGranadaChuck]

Bumping this thread because I am in the throes of a career crisis which I am not handling very well at all! I am hoping and praying that I will find a MUCH better paying job in the next few months if not the next few weeks. My present job pays the bills (barely), but I took it only because it paid the bills.

I just hope that I get a new job before the funds that I have as a consequence of Mom's life insurance are exhausted!!!

[jwil59]

Bumping this thread because I am in the throes of a career crisis which I am not handling very well at all! I am hoping and praying that I will find a MUCH better paying job in the next few months if not the next few weeks. My present job pays the bills (barely), but I took it only because it paid the bills.

I just hope that I get a new job before the funds that I have as a consequence of Mom's life insurance are exhausted!!!

I am praying for you brother. Keep pluggin man, in the meantime we will try and pray up another job

hang tough bro

[FoxGranadaChuck]

One other issue of importance is the car for which Mom signed back in late August. On one hand, I was really against her doing this because I somehow knew that she was not always going to be in shape where she will work for long hours as she had done before the lung cancer. But on the other hand, considering that she drove 100+ miles back-and-forth to work, she really needed something with a warranty.

Now, the household is bringing in slightly more than 1/3 of the income that we did in September-October of this year. Making the car payments would be possible, but it would put a strain on finances as of now.

I would like to be able to keep the car; it is now essentially mine anyway. But as of now, I don't know how this will be possible.


To bring you guys up to speed concerning the car, it got repossessed two weeks ago Thursday. I can't say that was a bad thing. On one hand, I REALLY enjoyed driving the car. On the other hand, I really did not want to be in the land of car payments the size of Texas while I am in the throes of a career crisis.

One uncle got REALLY upset with me because I did not want to keep the car! After all, Mom had $7K+ invested in trying to buy the car. However, I am not responsible to try to keep the car, given that again I am in the throes of a career crisis. I did not even make $10K this past year. And I am a bad guy because I do not want to keep the car?!

[Dreamy]

Bumping this thread because I am in the throes of a career crisis which I am not handling very well at all! I am hoping and praying that I will find a MUCH better paying job in the next few months if not the next few weeks. My present job pays the bills (barely), but I took it only because it paid the bills.

I just hope that I get a new job before the funds that I have as a consequence of Mom's life insurance are exhausted!!!


You are not alone Chuck. I know so many suffering in the same way. I am so very sorry you are still in the midst of this struggle. You will remain in my prayers.:pray::hug:

[Dreamy]

To bring you guys up to speed concerning the car, it got repossessed two weeks ago Thursday. I can't say that was a bad thing. On one hand, I REALLY enjoyed driving the car. On the other hand, I really did not want to be in the land of car payments the size of Texas while I am in the throes of a career crisis.

One uncle got REALLY upset with me because I did not want to keep the car! After all, Mom had $7K+ invested in trying to buy the car. However, I am not responsible to try to keep the car, given that again I am in the throes of a career crisis. I did not even make $10K this past year. And I am a bad guy because I do not want to keep the car?!


Not at all. Your well being,peace of mind and financial bearings are much more important than any vehicle. We do what we must do when times get tough. We are forced often times to make tought choices but doing nothing is not an option sometimes.

[FoxGranadaChuck]

Not at all. Your well being,peace of mind and financial bearings are much more important than any vehicle. We do what we must do when times get tough. We are forced often times to make tough choices but doing nothing is not an option sometimes.


Verily.

[FoxGranadaChuck]

Bump for Rhet.

[rhet 2]

Bump for Rhet.

Oh, sweetie, you've heard the truth.

You've been through a vicious hard trial of your faith -- and you've Walked the Walk, carrying the Cross as Christ would have.

About the car: materialists would have kept it -- a spiritual man sees its true value and lets it go, doing what is honest -- you couldn't afford it, you let it go. It's not your mother -- she's in your heart and your head -- and in the LORD's House. It's a car, 10 years from now an old clunker.

As a true son, you honor your mother. You cared for her, cried for her, laughed with her, nurtured her just as she nurtured you when you were a child. You gave her your heart. You cherish her in your memory. This is the way of the true Christian.

And, as the Christ, who was a POOR carpenter, -- and then Paul who paid for all those missionary trips by making tents -- even though he was one of the most highly educated men in the Roman empire and could have been rich and powerful -- you work to put food in your belly and a roof over your head -- but that's not where your heart is. Your heart is on higher things.

Where is the shame in that?

You seek to serve the LORD, not mammon. Where is the shame, I ask you?

And, now, you are free, except for the need to have shelter from the cold rain and a bit of bread in your belly. And those things He will provide, even as He provided the loaves and the fishes that fed the multitude who sought wisdom instead of riches.

While Adam was cursed to earn his bread by the sweat of his brow, did not Christ say, "Why give you thought for what you shall eat and what you shall wear? Your Father in Heaven knows you have need for such things."

Curse of Adam........... Freedom of the Promise of Christ

What did the LORD create you to do for Him?

Christ was born to set us free of the curse on Adam. And lived in poverty of the flesh, died in poverty of the flesh -- LIVED in riches of the soul, was Resurrected in riches of the heart and mind, Ascended to the right Hand of the Father in riches of the heart and mind. And sits even now on the Throne of Grace, in riches of heart and mind -- and body, too.

Yet, still, His Heart is fixed on higher things, fixed on His Mission to us, still reaching out to pull us from the nastiness of Adam's curse, to rescue us from cold, dark, rank waters full of hate and anger and greed and every other degradation of heart and mind and flesh. Still, though He dwells at the Right Hand, surrounded by glory unimaginable to our small and time-trapped minds, yet He counts such things as meaningless, still reaching out with His nail scarred hands to rescue us, counting riches and glory and fame and honor as nothing, counting the souls of those who fix their hearts on wisdom to rise above the curse of Adam to find the Light of Heaven worth His Everything.

Paul was born to spread the truth of that freedom to the gentiles. And counted riches, fame, honor, the physical things of this world as nothing, counting the souls of men as worth his every last breath. Does he, too, not now live in the House of the LORD, wanting for nothing? Yet, still, his words reach out to us, to teach and to guide those willing to hear, willing to abandon mammon and seek the Wisdom of the LORD, they, too, hear and learn from Paul's work, for Paul sought the Way of the LORD, not the way of Adam, thought nothing of riches and power and glory and honor among men, thought only for ways to reach out and help drowning souls find Grace, and did so only for love of the ONE Who led the way and set the Path of the Cross for him to follow.

I was born to teach. He gave me the spiritual gifts, including words, required to do that teaching. I, too, live in physical poverty. Sometimes, I yearn for riches, too.

And here I'm speaking to myself, telling myself something the LORD wants me to see, too.

To pay a bill without thinking, never wondering where the pennies for the next one will come from, to totally ignore the very thought of money would be a wondrous freedom. To walk out to start the car and never again pray that it does start and doesn't stop in the middle of an intersection, stalled, dead, worthless and a pain in the rear to everyone who has to duck and dodge around the blasted thing -- that would be such freedom and joy. To walk into a grocery store and not count pennies to find the cheapest food I can for one more meal -- what FREEDOM that would be.

But, as much as I beg for that freedom, as many thousands of prayers as I have offered up for that freedom, He says no.

Perhaps because He's already given me that Freedom.

Not freedom given by money in the bank earned with a big paycheck every month.

Not freedom earned by the sweat of my brow, according to the CURSE on Adam.

FREEDOM by the Promise that is the Life, the Death, the Resurrection, and the Ascension of the LORD of Lords Who WILL be enthroned in Jerusalem to make the earth bring forth food without slaughterhouses and His people to live without hate and strife and greed and lust for power and riches and fame and glory among themselves ........ to make the lion and the lamb play together sweetly and purely without desperation, without the instinct to flee and hide, without the instinct to chase and to kill.

Why waste so much time and energy even thinking about the money NOT in the bank, wanting the freedom when I already have the FREEDOM, not the freedom of worthless here-today/gone-tomorrow mammon -- the same FREEDOM in the same PROMISE that Paul knew when he sat teaching -- all the while taking painful stitches in a hunk of leather to make a tent -- which isn't what he was born and trained to do for a living, not at all -- NOT where his heart was, not in the least -- merely a something he did because it put food in his belly and a sort-of roof over his head -- but he doesn't seem to have let that worthless sweat labor get him down -- nor, I think, did he belabor the Throne of Grace for a pile of gold to set him free of such things as mortgages and gas and water and electricity bills and hunting in the marketplace for the cheapest stuff he could find to serve the immediate critical-only needs.

Rather, he focused on higher things -- focused on doing what he was created to do, teach the gentiles and spread the Blessing that was given to Abraham to those who can be of the family of Abraham only through faith in the God of Abraham, only through the Adoption which is in Christ Our LORD.

Yeah. I do need to hear the PROMISE of real FREEDOM: "why give you thought for such things? Your Father in Heaven knows you have need of them." Tonight I shall again teach for free another class for the Literacy Council, a group whose last names are all Hispanic, and do my level best to give them the power of words, the power of free thinking, the power to analyze the words of men, to find the difference between hypocrisy and lies, truth and wisdom, to give them the power to be the best person the LORD their Creator made each one to be, unique and different and special, each in his or her own way, reaching up and always growing out of the curse on Adam into the Light of Heaven itself.

Make tents while doing what I was born to do -- and NOT worrying or thinking about the blasted bills other than to look up and find the coin in the mouth of the fish so I can give to Caesar what is his -- and give my heart, my mind -- the REAL me -- to God.

So, your only really question is this one: what were you born to do? What talents, skills, spiritual gifts did He give you -- and where does your heart tug you to go, yearn for you to do with the body He will surely feed and shelter, with or without piles of gold in the dumb bank that is here today and gone tomorrow? Find His will for your life -- find the SERVICE to which you are called -- make tents, if that is how He chooses to supply the bread and the shirt your body needs -- and KNOW that tent making is NOT what you really "do for a living" -- it's just what you do with your body because it's what's available for the "sweat of your brow" -- what you do with your heart and mind is your REAL LIVING -- free from mammon, not wasting heart and mind on mammon, fretting about how many coins are in your pocket -- focusing all your energy, all your being, on higher things, the REAL you, living in the FREEDOM OF THE PROMISE of the LORD.

Follow your heart, dear one. Follow your heart. Let the LORD supply the "sweat of your brow" stuff that's not even worth thinking about.

Cars just aren't worth the time and energy to think about. Neither is the roof, or the shirt on your back. And who cares about what you've got in the fridge -- eat what's there with gratitude to the LORD who put a coin in a dumb fish mouth to buy it in the market -- and FOCUS on the Higher Things of the LORD.

He gave you talents and skills and calls you to something worth far more than mammon -- SERVICE. Find what that Service is and do it, whether that's making tents or toting up numbers in an accountant's office -- or teaching somebody the difference between a verb and a noun, in my case -- and forget the idiotic material stuff, because He's already supplied FREEDOM from that curse on Adam, both the curse of death AND the curse of "earn your bread by the sweat of your brow."

Make tents and don't even think about the money garbage -- focus on Serving the LORD, however and whenever and wherever and with whomever He plans that Service to be rendered.

Freedom from death -- and FREEDOM from the "brow sweat" curse as well.

End Rhet's sermonette for Rhet.

I pray you find comfort from the LORD soon-soon-soon -- for this conflict of soul needs to end so you may focus on being who you were born to be -- and becoming who you were Born Again to become. I do so cherish your heart, my brother, and hate to see you grieving so.

[FoxGranadaChuck]

:cry: :cry: :cry: :hug: :hug: :hug:

[rhet 2]

:cry: :cry: :cry: :hug: :hug: :hug:

We'll just pray for each other: first, bread that won't kill us, second a REAL service for our LORD that deserves the time and energy to do.

:)) Laugh and watch the butterflies, dear one.

Ignore the bullies and ignore the sandstorms -- they come and go, but NEVER really stop the butterflies from flying free to bless the LORD of Lords and glorify His Holy Name.

And He makes butterflies because He likes it when we laugh with Him over their antics in the air, rejoice with Him when they take a brief little rest on top of the rose we just spotted because we were watching them and not the sandstorms, thinking of the LORD and not the bread we haven't got YET.

Remind me of that precept next time I start whining about bread shortages, would you? :hug:

[USMCmom]

Bumping this thread because I am in the throes of a career crisis which I am not handling very well at all! I am hoping and praying that I will find a MUCH better paying job in the next few months if not the next few weeks. My present job pays the bills (barely), but I took it only because it paid the bills.

I just hope that I get a new job before the funds that I have as a consequence of Mom's life insurance are exhausted!!!

Am praying that you will find a better job ASAP...just know that you are in our thoughts and prayers!:pray:
:hug:God Bless

[doodle5]

Prayers my friend.

Enjoy the out of doors and the animals and the creatures that fly like butterflies bees birds.

God knows your need my friend trust him for the little things of your life.

Carlene

[FoxGranadaChuck]

Bumping this thread to let everyone know that I am still looking for another job. To say that this era in my life is challenging is quite an understatement! There are many days that if I did not grab myself by the nap of the neck (metaphorically speaking) and force myself out of my house, I would stay in bed all day until time to go to my present job!

On one hand, I wish that change was not quite so painful! On the other hand, I now see this as God shaping me into the kind of man that He wants me to be. He NEVER promised that life would be easy! Her promised that the landing would be safe, NOT smooth!

It's a very good thing that the weather is getting warmer. I am now able to get out and exercise considerably more than I have in previous weeks. This is because I am quite cold-natured. Also, I am touching base with old friends more often now.

[jwil59]

Bumping this thread to let everyone know that I am still looking for another job. To say that this era in my life is challenging is quite an understatement! There are many days that if I did not grab myself by the nap of the neck (metaphorically speaking) and force myself out of my house, I would stay in bed all day until time to go to my present job!

On one hand, I wish that change was not quite so painful! On the other hand, I now see this as God shaping me into the kind of man that He wants me to be. He NEVER promised that life would be easy! Her promised that the landing would be safe, NOT smooth!

It's a very good thing that the weather is getting warmer. I am now able to get out and exercise considerably more than I have in previous weeks. This is because I am quite cold-natured. Also, I am touching base with old friends more often now.

I am praying about your job search Chuck. That 2nd paragraph is a doozy buddy, that is faith my friend. I am happy that I was blessed with a pastor that has taught us exacly what you are saying. I know many preachers these days that sugarcoat their sermons to make the faithfull feel good. You spoke the absolute truth there buddy, thanks for that cause it helps all of us to read stuff like that. When I read about people that remain faithfull through trials it gives me chill bumps. God bless you bro.

[jwil59]

About the car: materialists would have kept it -- a spiritual man sees its true value and lets it go, doing what is honest -- you couldn't afford it, you let it go. It's not your mother -- she's in your heart and your head -- and in the LORD's House. It's a car, 10 years from now an old clunker.

As a true son, you honor your mother. You cared for her, cried for her, laughed with her, nurtured her just as she nurtured you when you were a child. You gave her your heart. You cherish her in your memory. This is the way of the true Christian.

And, as the Christ, who was a POOR carpenter, -- and then Paul who paid for all those missionary trips by making tents -- even though he was one of the most highly educated men in the Roman empire and could have been rich and powerful -- you work to put food in your belly and a roof over your head -- but that's not where your heart is. Your heart is on higher things.

Where is the shame in that?

And, now, you are free, except for the need to have shelter from the cold rain and a bit of bread in your belly. And those things He will provide, even as He provided the loaves and the fishes that fed the multitude who sought wisdom instead of riches.

While Adam was cursed to earn his bread by the sweat of his brow, did not Christ say, "Why give you thought for what you shall eat and what you shall wear? Your Father in Heaven knows you have need for such things."

Curse of Adam........... Freedom of the Promise of Christ

What did the LORD create you to do for Him?

Christ was born to set us free of the curse on Adam. And lived in poverty of the flesh, died in poverty of the flesh -- LIVED in riches of the soul, was Resurrected in riches of the heart and mind, Ascended to the right Hand of the Father in riches of the heart and mind. And sits even now on the Throne of Grace, in riches of heart and mind -- and body, too.

Yet, still, His Heart is fixed on higher things, fixed on His Mission to us, still reaching out to pull us from the nastiness of Adam's curse, to rescue us from cold, dark, rank waters full of hate and anger and greed and every other degradation of heart and mind and flesh. Still, though He dwells at the Right Hand, surrounded by glory unimaginable to our small and time-trapped minds, yet He counts such things as meaningless, still reaching out with His nail scarred hands to rescue us, counting riches and glory and fame and honor as nothing, counting the souls of those who fix their hearts on wisdom to rise above the curse of Adam to find the Light of Heaven worth His Everything.

Paul was born to spread the truth of that freedom to the gentiles. And counted riches, fame, honor, the physical things of this world as nothing, counting the souls of men as worth his every last breath. Does he, too, not now live in the House of the LORD, wanting for nothing? Yet, still, his words reach out to us, to teach and to guide those willing to hear, willing to abandon mammon and seek the Wisdom of the LORD, they, too, hear and learn from Paul's work, for Paul sought the Way of the LORD, not the way of Adam, thought nothing of riches and power and glory and honor among men, thought only for ways to reach out and help drowning souls find Grace, and did so only for love of the ONE Who led the way and set the Path of the Cross for him to follow.

I was born to teach. He gave me the spiritual gifts, including words, required to do that teaching. I, too, live in physical poverty. Sometimes, I yearn for riches, too.

And here I'm speaking to myself, telling myself something the LORD wants me to see, too.

To pay a bill without thinking, never wondering where the pennies for the next one will come from, to totally ignore the very thought of money would be a wondrous freedom. To walk out to start the car and never again pray that it does start and doesn't stop in the middle of an intersection, stalled, dead, worthless and a pain in the rear to everyone who has to duck and dodge around the blasted thing -- that would be such freedom and joy. To walk into a grocery store and not count pennies to find the cheapest food I can for one more meal -- what FREEDOM that would be.

But, as much as I beg for that freedom, as many thousands of prayers as I have offered up for that freedom, He says no.

Perhaps because He's already given me that Freedom.

Not freedom given by money in the bank earned with a big paycheck every month.

Not freedom earned by the sweat of my brow, according to the CURSE on Adam.

FREEDOM by the Promise that is the Life, the Death, the Resurrection, and the Ascension of the LORD of Lords Who WILL be enthroned in Jerusalem to make the earth bring forth food without slaughterhouses and His people to live without hate and strife and greed and lust for power and riches and fame and glory among themselves ........ to make the lion and the lamb play together sweetly and purely without desperation, without the instinct to flee and hide, without the instinct to chase and to kill.

Why waste so much time and energy even thinking about the money NOT in the bank, wanting the freedom when I already have the FREEDOM, not the freedom of worthless here-today/gone-tomorrow mammon -- the same FREEDOM in the same PROMISE that Paul knew when he sat teaching -- all the while taking painful stitches in a hunk of leather to make a tent -- which isn't what he was born and trained to do for a living, not at all -- NOT where his heart was, not in the least -- merely a something he did because it put food in his belly and a sort-of roof over his head -- but he doesn't seem to have let that worthless sweat labor get him down -- nor, I think, did he belabor the Throne of Grace for a pile of gold to set him free of such things as mortgages and gas and water and electricity bills and hunting in the marketplace for the cheapest stuff he could find to serve the immediate critical-only needs.

Rather, he focused on higher things -- focused on doing what he was created to do, teach the gentiles and spread the Blessing that was given to Abraham to those who can be of the family of Abraham only through faith in the God of Abraham, only through the Adoption which is in Christ Our LORD.

Yeah. I do need to hear the PROMISE of real FREEDOM: "why give you thought for such things? Your Father in Heaven knows you have need of them." Tonight I shall again teach for free another class for the Literacy Council, a group whose last names are all Hispanic, and do my level best to give them the power of words, the power of free thinking, the power to analyze the words of men, to find the difference between hypocrisy and lies, truth and wisdom, to give them the power to be the best person the LORD their Creator made each one to be, unique and different and special, each in his or her own way, reaching up and always growing out of the curse on Adam into the Light of Heaven itself.

Make tents while doing what I was born to do -- and NOT worrying or thinking about the blasted bills other than to look up and find the coin in the mouth of the fish so I can give to Caesar what is his -- and give my heart, my mind -- the REAL me -- to God.

So, your only really question is this one: what were you born to do? What talents, skills, spiritual gifts did He give you -- and where does your heart tug you to go, yearn for you to do with the body He will surely feed and shelter, with or without piles of gold in the dumb bank that is here today and gone tomorrow? Find His will for your life -- find the SERVICE to which you are called -- make tents, if that is how He chooses to supply the bread and the shirt your body needs -- and KNOW that tent making is NOT what you really "do for a living" -- it's just what you do with your body because it's what's available for the "sweat of your brow" -- what you do with your heart and mind is your REAL LIVING -- free from mammon, not wasting heart and mind on mammon, fretting about how many coins are in your pocket -- focusing all your energy, all your being, on higher things, the REAL you, living in the FREEDOM OF THE PROMISE of the LORD.

Follow your heart, dear one. Follow your heart. Let the LORD supply the "sweat of your brow" stuff that's not even worth thinking about.

Cars just aren't worth the time and energy to think about. Neither is the roof, or the shirt on your back. And who cares about what you've got in the fridge -- eat what's there with gratitude to the LORD who put a coin in a dumb fish mouth to buy it in the market -- and FOCUS on the Higher Things of the LORD.

He gave you talents and skills and calls you to something worth far more than mammon -- SERVICE. Find what that Service is and do it, whether that's making tents or toting up numbers in an accountant's office -- or teaching somebody the difference between a verb and a noun, in my case -- and forget the idiotic material stuff, because He's already supplied FREEDOM from that curse on Adam, both the curse of death AND the curse of "earn your bread by the sweat of your brow."

Make tents and don't even think about the money garbage -- focus on Serving the LORD, however and whenever and wherever and with whomever He plans that Service to be rendered.

Freedom from death -- and FREEDOM from the "brow sweat" curse as well.

End Rhet's sermonette for Rhet.

I pray you find comfort from the LORD soon-soon-soon -- for this conflict of soul needs to end so you may focus on being who you were born to be -- and becoming who you were Born Again to become. I do so cherish your heart, my brother, and hate to see you grieving so.


This is one of the most amazing posts I have read in awhile. Thank you for posting this sis

I had to edit my quote cause it was too long with my comment but it is still amazing.

[FoxGranadaChuck]

I just wanted to bring you guys up to speed. Now, I have a possibility of becoming a clerk at the parts and service department of a car dealership. While this would not be my absolute dream job, it would be MUCH better than the one that I do have now! The cool part about this one is that it takes advantage of my interest in cars, something which I have had since I can remember.

Any prayers and positive thoughts that can be turned my way would be appreciated.

[rhet 2]

I just wanted to bring you guys up to speed. Now, I have a possibility of becoming a clerk at the parts and service department of a car dealership. While this would not be my absolute dream job, it would be MUCH better than the one that I do have now! The cool part about this one is that it takes advantage of my interest in cars, something which I have had since I can remember.

Any prayers and positive thoughts that can be turned my way would be appreciated.

You've got mine!

I pray that the LORD give you the perfect job where your heart can truly rejoice in honest labor for the Glory of Our Savior -- and one that will pay the bills at the same time.

Perhaps this is the one He has you waiting to have open up. :pray:

[jwil59]

I am praying about that parts and service job buddy, hang tough my friend

[FoxGranadaChuck]

Earlier today, I tried to get some additional part-time temporary work, but to no avail. Every temporary agency said that they were hired at maximum capacity. Hopefully, this WILL change in the next few weeks.

The reason why I am so concerned about this now is because I am almost down to nothing financially. I really do need to replenish my money tree as soon as I can.

[rhet 2]

Earlier today, I tried to get some additional part-time temporary work, but to no avail. Every temporary agency said that they were hired at maximum capacity. Hopefully, this WILL change in the next few weeks.

The reason why I am so concerned about this now is because I am almost down to nothing financially. I really do need to replenish my money tree as soon as I can.

Boy, do I ever sympathize with your situation.

The money drought is killing my own poor little money tree.

But, together, in prayer and in loving support of one another, we'll get through this crisis, you bet!

[FoxGranadaChuck]

Boy, do I ever sympathize with your situation.

The money drought is killing my own poor little money tree.

But, together, in prayer and in loving support of one another, we'll get through this crisis, you bet!


Thanks Rhet!!! :) :)

[jwil59]

THis job situation is apporaching crisis mode for Chuck. I am praying that something breaks very very soon. Please Lord