Sunday, 24 August 2008

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  August 6, 2008 - Wednesday

  LEAP Current mood: excited Category: Religion and Philosophy I have never really been financially 'rich'... well for a couple years we had enough to go out and spend more than we should but it's hard. Right now.. well... a couple days ago... DH was making $ 2,200 and we had $3,400 worth of bills... talk about stressful. I was building furniture, painting, doing everything to earn an extra dime.. and DH was building websites for extra money.  The Lord provided through help from parents and siblings.  We weren't tithing just because we couldn't pay rent. I know that is the wrong mentality but DH didn't want to, he didn't grow up seeing it's effects like I did with a single mother. Last Saturday, August 2, 2008, God told me.. "Be as a child and run to ME. I am all you need. I am your help. You cannot solve, you cannot understand or ever do what I do. You never will! Leap and I will catch you and you will soar with Me. The hardest part is the first step. Once you see what I will do for you, you won't go back. (DH) will sell, you'll find carpet, all your needs will be met according to MY riches and glory - NOT some DSHS standard. You are the child of the King and it breaks my heart that you think that you deserve any less. If you do not come to me, I cannot help you. Just trust in me as your sons trusts in you. Be as a child and surrender your all to me. You want your family to let you show them what you can do. Let Me show you what I can do. You think you dream big. I have in store for you much more than you could ever imagine, just keep being faithful in the little. Let Go... I'll show you! Love you, Love God... PS this week is going to be amazing" So... that was Saturday night.  I thought that the 'leap' that we were to take was tithing... so Sunday morning we put $200 (we don't have) in the bucket. I was happy for finally getting to tithe and excited to see what was to come... I was completely stoked for the next week. I was sure DH was going to get some contracts at his current job and we would start rolling in the money... Isn't it funny how you think God means one thing and He means something completely different...  well... the leap was tithing but that wouldn't be considered a "leap" with the news that DH came home from work with.  He was told that "it wasn't quite working out and that he could have another week to prove himself"... so he said he didn't want another week and quit... AHHHH!  He felt he needed to start selling Cutco again!  Now... $2200 didn't pay all the bills but at least I was positive we had something coming in. Cutco is 100% commission... if he doesn't sell.. he makes NOTHING. In January 2008 he made $2,014.. Feb... $889.. March $535.. and that is when I made him get a job.  So God tells me to LEAP.. and  DH comes home and tells me he quit his job and was going to start selling CUTCO again!  It's not that I think he's a bad salesman.. but he has some issues with focusing and the market isn't so great right now... but he is an amazing salesman. I have faith in him... it is just the other people I worry about. But God says LEAP... so that's what He means... I have to follow my husband and LEAP.  I knew DH wouldn't be able to have a  boss (especially a woman boss) for very long but I thought he would last longer than 4 months...  So here we are... day 2 of the LEAP... he's sold $1700 so far and makes about 35% of that. But from my reading today, I cannot worry nor do I have any reason to... Finances are the only thing that God says "test me" in.. this scripture makes me cry everytime I read it because I know that God is faithful and I feel horrible for not trusting Him sooner. We are leaping.. feels like off a Grand Canyon cliff.. He has caught us, like an eagle, and we are beginning to SOAR....   "Bring the whole tithe into the storehouse, that there may be food in my house. Test me in this," says the LORD Almighty, "and see if I will not throw open the floodgates of heaven and pour out so much blessing that you will not have room enough for it. I will prevent pests from devouring your crops, and the vines in your fields will not cast their fruit," says the LORD Almighty. "Then all the nations will call you blessed, for yours will be a delightful land," says the LORD Almighty.  Malachi 3:10-12

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