I have often wondered if folks know that God leads them whether they have asked him to or not. Of course you were given free will and can refuse his leading if you want to. I have decided to tell you some of the ways I know that God has led me. If you know him, You will recognize some of the ways he has led you.I’ll tell about my first husband. He did not like working for his dad because he was always afraid of heights. His dad owned a roofing and insulation company. Eddie had completed two years at the University, but wanted to join the army when World War II broke out. He was turned down, and it was the same at every other branch of military service. He had a heart murmur. So he went to work at a Military factory, which made all kinds of things the men and women in the service would need. When that closed, he went to work for his dad.
One day, he was roofing a church which had a high roof and Eddie was very afraid. All of a sudden he knew he had to quit his job and go back to school. He came home very exited about this knowledge but I couldn’t see it. We were both still feeling sad. We had suffered the loss of our two boys. They were both full term babies about 14 months apart. One lived long enough to take a breath, but the other was born dead. Anyhow, I didn’t catch his excitement. He said, “Don’t you see? It all ties in. Our babies and everything. God wants us to do this!” I began to catch the excitement too.
One day we were ready to take the plunge.I know it’s hard to believe, but his college work was such that he would earn his Bachelor Degree in 1 and one half years and be ready to teach high school science courses. I was walking down the main street, while Eddie was at the school, and a sign caught my eye. I went in Montgomery Ward’s store and got a job as an invoice records clerk. A little later that same day we went to visit a couple of friends. They had just agreed to rent their upstairs apartment! We rented it, beginning when school started. It’s all true! It couldn’t be that God was involved, could it?
Another time was when Eddie died when he was in his thirties. It was so sudden. He was teaching some of the boys how to handle the spears in the gym of the school. (He was now Assistant Suprintendent)when he dropped to the floor dead. It was awful! And we had three kids to raise. The State took every bit of money and put it into probate and that wasn’t much! I ended up promising I would pay my rent as soon as the money was available, and I borrowed money to buy groceries. I knew I had to find work so I dragged out all my papers from Bible college and my First year college card, hoping that I could get a job as a Parish Worker. I sent out resumes. I got one answer telling me to see the head guy in Chicago in a couple of days. He was head of Missions for his denomination. I thought, “Where on earth can I find the money?” The next day I got a sympathy card. In it was a check for the exact amount it would cost both ways on the train to Chicago! I couldn’t believe it but I went to Chicago. I got the job as Parish Worker in a church in the state of Washington.He said one thing made his decision easy.:” How do you expect to do all your work when you have three children?” I answered, “God has left me with the Children. He will not let either the children or my job suffer. I will handle both.” I got the job but I worried a bit about driving well over 1000 miles to Washington.
Soon, we were heading for Washington. We had a station wagon which held quite a bit of the things we would need on the trip like camping equipment, clothes, toys, two boys and one girl, a collie dog,and me. I had very little driving experience. On top of the station wagon we had a 14 foot boat, and then we hauled the largest U Haul we could find and that was filled with household items. I needed all the help I could get so I called on God. We made it, without even a flat tire. That just had to be God.
You can look back on your life and see some times when you wonder: How did I do that? You must realize that God says he will never forsake you. The you I’m writing about is you, who has taken Jesus as your savior. If you haven’t, Now is as good as any to do it! welcome, sister or brother!
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