For this study Im filling in for Nt and adding my personal story. I am hoping it will strengthen weakened faith, and teach us that God always has a plan, we may not know it, but we must trust him! The scripture relates to Matthew 7:15-20 Beware of false prophets, which come to you in sheeps clothing, but inwardly they are ravening wolves..... I will try to keep it short, but I must tell most the story to get the points across. My husband and I are young raising a child, both under the age of 25. We met this what I thought at the time was a sweet elderly godly woman who agreed to rent us a 1 bedroom house. This lady belongs to a Lutheran church and on many occasions tried hard to convince me to go with her. I politely declined as I had put it in Gods hands to find me a church to attend. 3 times I asked him if this was his will, and he said Be patient, no. So a year goes by and not once are we late paying her rent. Many times she offers for my husband to do yard work to take money off rent. Sweet of her I thought. As time goes by I get phone calls, and even her showing up banging on our door making my 3 year old daughter cry from fear. She yells about the yard not being done fast enough. She degrades my husband and tells me he is not a man..and she should throw us out. This happens about another 4 times, each time I completely break down crying because I have been thrown out with my kid on the street before, for no reason. Fastforward... A week before Thanksgiving she tells me she wants to again help me and if I wash 8 windows and clean 2 of her cement patios off, she will give us $100 off rent in December for extra Christmas money. I agree and thank her. Meanwhile my oven breaks, I couldnt fix dinner for thanksgiving so I call her and tell her about it. 3 times I called her. So December 5th I get a call saying i HAVE to go to her house we need to speak..The first thing she says is how I should of told her right away when the oven broke..I tried explaining that I did...I was polite the entire time. This is where her sheep clothing fell to pieces. She completely went off on me, cussing, yelling, degrading me. Why? Because I decided not to accept her help and back to the I should just kick you out well..Im in complete tears shaking and sobbing keeping my manners still, Yes maam, no maam Then it was almost like a demon appeared before me, the lady I thought was of God for almost a year, starts pounding on the table, yelling, and saying how I spit in her face by not accepting her help. I get up and leave at the point where she starts cussing at me. I pray to God, I put it in his hands. Im Upset at this point, because I feel a failure as a parent..my daughter has never had more than maybe 4 small gifts at Christmas. Right as im done praying someone my husband works with posts on his facebook We need to talk..its about Christmas! The next day this Christian man my husband works with shows up with a car full of presents for our daughter. He said since him and his wife cannot have children every year they adopt less fortunate kids and buy them gifts! Alot of my mistakes are being impatient to see or hear a answer from God..or often times I question Why are you putting me through this!? God reminded me, and hopefully you, that it only takes the willingness to let God be in control, and your life WILL get better, but God works on HIS time, not ours. In every trial or tribulation we go thru there is either a lesson or a blessing behind it! Dont lose faith my friends
Posted on: Sun, 07 Dec 2014 10:49:01 +0000