Recently our doll making business has run into a dry spell. Having been gainfully employed for thirty-five years I enjoyed a paycheck. Every week I got paid. Go to work, get paid.
Now, being self-employed, provides me a vastly different perspective of business. If your product or service doesn't sell, the bills don't get paid. The pantry and freezer dwindle. Worries intensify. We begin to pray more (isn't that what we all do, wait until there are problems to really communicate with God?).
Time after time, Rita and I have run into dry spells. We would find wood branches on the side of the road that I could bring home, cut up, and heat the house. We pinch every penny. But time after time the Good Lord helps us through. Over and over. He will help us again.
But, I need to be more faithful. I need to give more of myself. I need to be more Christ-like. It is all part of His grand design. That we should go through trials that bring us closer to Him, that teach us humility, that help us to be better people.
Our money troubles are NOTHING like some other peoples. I need to be more grateful. I need to be more aware that all our "riches" come from God. They are all blessings from Him.
Our talents, our home, the very coffee in my cup, come from Him.
I can count on Him. And I am grateful. David
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