Day: March 30, 2010

  • Thought For The Week 33


    I was listening to a radio broadcast ministry in which the grandson of Billy Graham was speaking. He was talking about roadblocks…hardships…trials. He said they are a gift. He said they are a blessing. He said that the purpose is to get us to seek, and draw closer to him.

    I find this to be an almost funny thing, because of what I see going on around me, and because I know that God’s got a sense of humor. I don’t mean that there’s anything funny or fun about struggling. After all, I just went through some heavy rainfall myself.

    However, what is funny is when I start admitting my shortcomings; when I start talking about my failures; God starts pulling rabbits out of hats all of a sudden.

    For instance, I said that I usually don’t let much of anything phase me. I don’t freak out over much, and basically, I tend to be fairly nonchalant about most things people get upset about. I don’t tend to take too much too seriously, but there are a handful of exceptions.

    So here I am, going through one of the worse bouts of “hell” I can remember, and at the same time, I get a reality check in the area of my finances, and a fee that exceeds $100 at my bank.

    I was just disgusted that this had occurred; more mad at myself than anything, because the miscalculation was my own fault. I was just too tied up in my son’s situation to pay rapt attention to every little expenditure. In times such as we are now in, such carelessness is not beneficial and can really set one back.

    Needless to say, I was really annoyed when I saw this issue in my bank account, but it didn’t last long because my focus was elsewhere. I just resigned myself to the fact that I was going to be in a hole for the week.

    Yet, when I wrote last week’s TFTW, admitting that I trust God with everything in my life but my son; and meaning that I trust God more with everything else; suddenly I get a check in the mail for $20, and two electronic deposits credited to my account. The total amount of these deposits?

    Remember the amount I lost was exactly $105. The amount credited to my account was $103. The amazing thing about it? I had no idea where any of this money came from at first, so it was quite the surprise to discover this money. But the point was, the money arrived from unexpected sources from which there was no guarantee of anything arriving.

    Yet in a matter of 1 day, nay, a few hours, it was almost all restored in my account. Praise God.