Well, it's Saturday, April 20th, 2013. "So", you might say. Well, I'd like to suggest that this is a day that we haven't seen before. It's a day, once it's past, that we won't see again. Therefore, we ought to be thankful, grateful for this day. There are some in the Boston area who fell victim to what went on at the merithon and the ensuing manhunt. Through no fault of their own, they are deceased. It's been a week like none in recent memory. They aren't here to enjoy this day.
Next week we're scheduled to close on a farm house across the street from the church we attend weekly. We've outgrown the apartment we've called home for a number of years. Because we pay our bills and don't have a bunch of debt, we had no *credit score*. Dozens of mortgage companies told us no. A credit union or two also told us no, the last one suggesting we try borrowing "hard money". I suppose that's money you borrow from someone other than a bank or a credit union, someone like a loan shark, a church or a rich uncle. Since we only wanted 40 g's, it was reasoned that this would be best.
We put feelers out and kept coming up empty. Getting discouraged, I put it to God. Surely He could and would help us with what amounted to the price of a new car or truck.
Thursday evening as I was leaving choir rehearsal, my prayer was answered. Someone offered to loan us what we needed, interest free. Needless to say I thanked God all the way home, all fifteen miles. Tears of joy welled up in my eyes. I could hardly wait to get home to our small apartment. I couldn't wait to tell the family.
I learned an important lesson from this. Things are not always what they seem. People who are in business to help others, very often don't. Kin-folk, who you know to be well off, will often turn you away. And from the least expected places can come the answer to your fervent prayers. Truly, God's ways are not our ways. Each day is a new chance, a new miracle, a new beginning.......if we choose to see it that way. So, we give thanks.
I urge you, if you have a need, to try God. He'd love to help you, to be a dear friend to you. Try Him.
