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One issue for me was clothing---even prior to being separated from my husband. I was primarily a stay at home mom and put all of our resources into the things we needed to support his career taking little for myself. I was happy to stay at home with my child and thought my husband would reward me in the future for my faithfulness and devotion to him. I have sense learned that people will always let us down, but God will always be with us---That is why it is important to keep our focus on our faith in God.
When I did I leave my home, I had almost nothing with me and had few resources to buy anything. Needless to say, my wardrobe was seriously lacking in ways that were embarrassing. Relatives and friends helped me through hand-me-downs and kindly buying things for the remainder of the winter---which was fairly easy because I wasn’t really working any where and could get by with just a few very casual pieces that I could wear over and over again.
The weather changed and I started working part-time in an office setting and began to really fret about what to wear. Last week again, friends and relatives helped me out with some clothing for work. But again I was fretting because it didn’t seem like I had “enough”, I didn’t have all of the right pieces to put together to make complete outfits that would look good, and on and on…..I felt down and out because I don’t really have any money to go to the mall to go clothes shopping.
I went to church last Sunday and the Pastor was talking about Matthew starting at 6:19. When he started talking about the following, I was very moved in Spirit and felt more uplifted than I had in a long time:
Do Not Worry
25"Therefore I tell you, do not worry about your life, what you will eat or drink; or about your body, what you will wear. Is not life more important than food, and the body more important than clothes? 26Look at the birds of the air; they do not sow or reap or store away in barns, and yet your heavenly Father feeds them. Are you not much more valuable than they? 27Who of you by worrying can add a single hour to his life?
28"And why do you worry about clothes? See how the lilies of the field grow. They do not labor or spin. 29Yet I tell you that not even Solomon in all his splendor was dressed like one of these. 30If that is how God clothes the grass of the field, which is here today and tomorrow is thrown into the fire, will he not much more clothe you, O you of little faith? 31So do not worry, saying, 'What shall we eat?' or 'What shall we drink?' or 'What shall we wear?' 32For the pagans run after all these things, and your heavenly Father knows that you need them. 33But seek first his kingdom and his righteousness, and all these things will be given to you as well. 34Therefore do not worry about tomorrow, for tomorrow will worry about itself. Each day has enough trouble of its own.
I sat there amazed by that message and began to really feel thankful for what I did have and for the fact that people were in the process of helping me pull myself back together again. I felt blessed because of the relatives I have who have taken me shopping with them and who have opened their closets to me to search through to see if there is anything I can use. I felt blessed because my friend has a consignment shop and very generously helps me by giving me a discount and freebies when she can. I realized with my entire being how truly blessed I was at this moment and thankful that people were helping me put together a wardrobe and happy to be a work in progress. I realized that I was exactly where I needed to be to solve this issue. I realized that God had provided for me by bringing me to the very people in my life who could best solve this problem for me. He was even leading me to attend the church that was ministering to my spirit and bringing me the message of hope that I needed at this moment.
Then the most amazing thing happened for me this week….with the help of my consignment shop owning friend and one of her employees with impeccable taste, I was able to pull my clothing together into outfits that make me feel put together and wonderful for the first time in a VERY VERY long time. It was as if the acknowledgement of my blessings made even more blessings flow into my life to bring me more of what I really needed.
While my life right now looks nothing like I want it to look and I still have many huge issues to get through, I feel blessed in this moment. I know that I have not yet become who I am meant to be, but God is leading me on the path that I need to be on to obtain the future that I am supposed to have. Thank You, God, for all that You are doing in my life for me right now. AMEN
One issue for me was clothing---even prior to being separated from my husband. I was primarily a stay at home mom and put all of our resources into the things we needed to support his career taking little for myself. I was happy to stay at home with my child and thought my husband would reward me in the future for my faithfulness and devotion to him. I have sense learned that people will always let us down, but God will always be with us---That is why it is important to keep our focus on our faith in God.
When I did I leave my home, I had almost nothing with me and had few resources to buy anything. Needless to say, my wardrobe was seriously lacking in ways that were embarrassing. Relatives and friends helped me through hand-me-downs and kindly buying things for the remainder of the winter---which was fairly easy because I wasn’t really working any where and could get by with just a few very casual pieces that I could wear over and over again.
The weather changed and I started working part-time in an office setting and began to really fret about what to wear. Last week again, friends and relatives helped me out with some clothing for work. But again I was fretting because it didn’t seem like I had “enough”, I didn’t have all of the right pieces to put together to make complete outfits that would look good, and on and on…..I felt down and out because I don’t really have any money to go to the mall to go clothes shopping.
I went to church last Sunday and the Pastor was talking about Matthew starting at 6:19. When he started talking about the following, I was very moved in Spirit and felt more uplifted than I had in a long time:
Do Not Worry
25"Therefore I tell you, do not worry about your life, what you will eat or drink; or about your body, what you will wear. Is not life more important than food, and the body more important than clothes? 26Look at the birds of the air; they do not sow or reap or store away in barns, and yet your heavenly Father feeds them. Are you not much more valuable than they? 27Who of you by worrying can add a single hour to his life?
28"And why do you worry about clothes? See how the lilies of the field grow. They do not labor or spin. 29Yet I tell you that not even Solomon in all his splendor was dressed like one of these. 30If that is how God clothes the grass of the field, which is here today and tomorrow is thrown into the fire, will he not much more clothe you, O you of little faith? 31So do not worry, saying, 'What shall we eat?' or 'What shall we drink?' or 'What shall we wear?' 32For the pagans run after all these things, and your heavenly Father knows that you need them. 33But seek first his kingdom and his righteousness, and all these things will be given to you as well. 34Therefore do not worry about tomorrow, for tomorrow will worry about itself. Each day has enough trouble of its own.
I sat there amazed by that message and began to really feel thankful for what I did have and for the fact that people were in the process of helping me pull myself back together again. I felt blessed because of the relatives I have who have taken me shopping with them and who have opened their closets to me to search through to see if there is anything I can use. I felt blessed because my friend has a consignment shop and very generously helps me by giving me a discount and freebies when she can. I realized with my entire being how truly blessed I was at this moment and thankful that people were helping me put together a wardrobe and happy to be a work in progress. I realized that I was exactly where I needed to be to solve this issue. I realized that God had provided for me by bringing me to the very people in my life who could best solve this problem for me. He was even leading me to attend the church that was ministering to my spirit and bringing me the message of hope that I needed at this moment.
Then the most amazing thing happened for me this week….with the help of my consignment shop owning friend and one of her employees with impeccable taste, I was able to pull my clothing together into outfits that make me feel put together and wonderful for the first time in a VERY VERY long time. It was as if the acknowledgement of my blessings made even more blessings flow into my life to bring me more of what I really needed.
While my life right now looks nothing like I want it to look and I still have many huge issues to get through, I feel blessed in this moment. I know that I have not yet become who I am meant to be, but God is leading me on the path that I need to be on to obtain the future that I am supposed to have. Thank You, God, for all that You are doing in my life for me right now. AMEN
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