Today has been a good day. Grant and I were at a business meeting for the job he and I will be working on together from home. As I was sitting in the conference room all day wondering if we will be able to make money, all I could think of was something my wonderful mom wrote in an email yesterday. Jehovah-Jireh. The God who provides. She was reminding me that no matter how tight finances are now or how hard things seem, God provides. Grant just got the call that he will be laid off tomorrow. My job with HealthFitness only provides work on-call which basically=no work (which is great when our backs aren't against the wall). So we are taking a risk trying to get a business going with no income and bills to pay. But praise be to God-the God who provides. Whether we are waiting tables soon or successfully running a business, He is the only God named Jehovah-Jireh.
Thank you mom.
Ashlee-
ReplyDeleteI just came across your blog today, and I wanted you to know it blessed me. I praise God for your vulnerability to share your struggle and for the faith He's given you to perservere. Rocky financial times are nearly always a sure trial of our faith, I think. That massive comfort of being financially secure is stripped away and we are left to run after it, or run to the eternal comfort of Christ's saving work on the Cross. So sing the gospel - "The Solid Rock," "Jesus Paid it All," "There is a Fountain." There are days I sing through tears, but I've never not been strengthened by turning my gaze from me to Jesus.
I'm also grateful with you for the anchor of God's Word. In my own time of financial uncertainty, I clung to Luke 12:22-34. "Fear not, doubting Cristi, for it is your Father's good pleasure to give you the kingdom." That verse stayed on the dash of my car for many months. I pray this Easter Christ is made more dear, as your eternal comfort in His Blood is contrasted with the illusive, temporal comforts of this world.
Love, in Him!
Cristi,
ReplyDeleteI appreciate your comment. Those 3 songs you mentioned happen to be ones very dear to me as well-always tear jerkers for sure! Although things may be tough now, it's always a blessing watching how God provides and knowing that it has come from no other but Him.
Blessings,
Ashlee