Author Topic: need prayers for struggles in life (Read 1418 times)

duke21 · « **on:** May 08, 2006, 08:12:24 AM »

i am a recent new member, and have enjoyed this site very much since the day it found me. i am mostly into rimfire guns, and small game hunting , but having grown up on a farm and used to the outdoors life, i find i actually have lots of interests. I am self employed in the midwest, i have welding fabrication shop that speicalizes in industrial wood working machinery, but capable of doing a lot of other things. My business burnt to the ground a few years ago, and i lost everything. The day after my fire, my ex-wife and bookkeeper informed me that she let the insurance lapse, so ireally did lose it all. I have been trying to rebuild ever since, i have fulfilled obligations with customers and have worked hard to rebuild my customer base. Yet i still get my but kicked daily. In an effort to get back on my feet, i sold most all of my posssiions, let the house go back to the bank, moved into a single bedroom home without heat, air conditioning, cable tv, phone etc. and have bared boned my personal life to the extremes to try to keep this business going. I have basically done without my wages for quite some time so i could keep my employees and get back on my feet. Recently the struggle has gotten worse. I have lost my lease on the shop and looking for a new home, i am able to make the payments , there are just other plans for the building. And i have a couple of lawyers who wont stay off my back from some post fire finacial issues. I am a christian and pray about this several times a day. I know the lord loves me and wants me to be happy and content, i just need help to get back on my feet. I feel i have gone through all of this and having had cancer as a teenager for reason, but am still confused as to what the reason is. I ask for your prayers to help me get back on my feet finacially, to help me secure a new place to conduct business, and for my health to hold up so that i can accomplish gods will. i honestly dont think he wants me to quit and walk away, so i am very confused. Your thoughts and prayers would be most appreciated.

duke21

ACORN · « **Reply #1 on:** May 13, 2006, 03:32:44 PM »

Hello Duke. Sorry I can't give you any answers. All I can offer is my prayers. I hope that gives some comfort.

duke21 · « **Reply #2 on:** May 15, 2006, 05:28:18 PM »

acorn,

thanks for your thoughts, things are so messed up right now, i cannot trully evaluate if i am going forward or backwords. Some things seem to be getting much better, others very worse. i weigth them both out and the balance seems to change daily. Bad thing is i am usually a glass is half full kinda person. Right now, i am really struggling on fighting depression probably more than anything. I have prayed and prayed for answers and direction, and have made all decisions from the heart, yet still question if i have done the right thing. your prayers and thoughts are much appreciated.

duke21

ACORN · « **Reply #3 on:** May 24, 2006, 07:20:01 PM »

Duke21 I PM'd You. Don't know if You got it.
I'm still with You Brother.
My tests came back OK for now, have to get another in a couple of months.
Maybe I'm a little jumpy since I've had 2 friends die of the same thing they are testing me for. I dunno.
I can't really offer much in the way of Biblical passages.. All I can say is that prayer seems to calm me. It may do the same for You. No matter how upset I am over a problem I'll pray on it and resign myself to the final answer of the Lord. If it is His will it shall be done.
I'm in your corner. PM or Email me at Karl318@cs.com if you want. I ain't
much, but I am a good listener.
Follow Your heart and Your faith. You can't go wrong.

All my best wishes to You,
Karl

yellowtail3 · « **Reply #4 on:** August 19, 2006, 12:16:07 PM »

Quote from: duke21 on May 08, 2006, 08:12:24 AM

Your thoughts and prayers would be most appreciated.

duke21

Will pray - give updates.