"Precept must be upon precept, precept upon precept, line upon line, line upon line, here a little and there a little." Isaiah 28:10
"Precept must be upon precept, precept upon precept, line upon line, line upon line, here a little and there a little." Isaiah 28:10
My husband and I are sculptors. We have five children living with us, four of whom are now adults, plus my middle son’s partner and their baby (our grand- daughter), and one of my son’s friends who has been made homeless. So we have ten people living in our home -- and it works!
During this last year I have witnessed a total turnaround of attitude in the house. Each member of the household is becoming more supportive to the others and to us, the parents. In fact when things are busy at work, or financially difficult, we have come home to a ready cooked meal and a spotless house! And this turnaround came through prayer, working with the qualities of unity and harmony as the children of God.
My husband and I have our own garden sculpture company, but in the summer my husband was led to apply for a freelance job at a large commercial sculpting firm, which meant we had a regular income coming in, as well as the money from my commissions. He had to work long hours, and we had to get a second car, but he loved the work, and his expertise was really valued. Yet I still found myself panicking about money, and whether there would be enough. I started to begrudge people helping themselves to food, or leaving lights on at night.
Then in April my husband came home and told me his company had needed to lay off many workers, including him. It hit us hard! I needed to replace my old car, which kept breaking down, and I prayed carefully about the right way forward. I was led to read a pamphlet called “All the way” which talked about how God’s plan for our journeys includes everything needed for our forward movement and productivity, with no detail missing! We were led us to lease- purchase an economical car, which has been such a blessing -- and I no longer break down! I love the words from Hymn 53:
“From earth’s fears and vain alarms, Safe in His encircling arms, He will lead us all the way, God our refuge, strength, and stay.”
After this, the feeling of despair and worry didn’t last long. That evening the house was calm and supportive, and none of us talked about what ifs! There was just a lovely sense of peace around the home. When my husband had been made redundant once before, we suddenly owed huge sums of money and we were bombarded by phone calls from debt collectors, and I couldn’t face that again. After this momentary panic, the Word of Truth came to thought.
I texted my husband saying: We love in our home. That’s why we keep going, because we have more riches in Love than anything else. So we are rich every day, as love gets stronger and we get richer because of it.”
I received this truth as though it was being told to me first hand. Then came the realisation that we are not doing anything wrong. We have provided a home with no boundaries, and the home revolves around Love. We include everyone into our home, and because we are working to live rightly God is with us all the way. In God’s law there are no penalties for good, for Godlike thought.
Just then our daughter came back from Sunday School saying she’d learned that fear is just “false evidence appearing real.” Wow! This hit home! Suddenly, 30 years of fear about money just dropped away! This is the healing I want to record. I was given the certain sense that God is our caretaker and God is Love.
Since this realisation, we have not got savings in the bank, and haven’t received a massive amount of money - but this wasn’t what was needed. Now my sense of supply is from God, from the infinite source. Every day we are witnessing His provision, and the healing has taken place. I don’t check the bank account (my husband does this), but I do check my incoming thoughts and make sure they are good and true. When faced with a bill, I try and see it as opportunity, and settle it first with God, making sure our outgoings are from Mind’s infinite source. I am now seeing things as they truly are and the feeling of annoyance from my lovely family has dissipated. They are all now contributing to the house financially and domestically, and we didn’t need to orchestrate that, they came to that themselves. Well, I think God led them to it!