“⁹ Honor the Lord with your wealth, with the first fruits of all your crops; ¹⁰ then your barns will be overflowing, and your vats will brim over with new wine.” Proverbs 3: 9-10

Hi guys, it’s been awhile. Let me catch you up. After a two year divorce, I am back with my ex husband, and have been for over a year. We live together in a white, two story homestead, with my three cats (now two cats, sadly), our dog, about a dozen chickens, and two boys (we tried our hand at goats, but after they contracted some disease, we decided that we weren’t goat people).

The past year and a half has not been without its difficulties. My man and I thought we had worked everything out before the big move, but as it turned out, one last item still triggered much anger, from the both of us. the worst part of night was that it was my twenty-eighth birthday, and things turned ugly. Things also turned sour on the fourth of July, just a few weeks later. Many people might say that I’m foolish for staying, but prayer has been an essential part of my journey, the other part is trust. I go the the Lord in times of toil, I mean really go to Him.

What I do is go to websites where people take prayer requests and send them mine; the other thing I do is go to YouTube and turn on a man who prays for people, their homes, their relationships, their families, and every night, for, at least, a week, I turn him on. The results have been astonishing!

First, we have a few bad days, as the evil spirits are getting kicked out. Next, miraculous things begin to happen. One in particular comes to mind. Remember that item I mentioned earlier? That item was recovered, the very same week I had the YouTube prayer on at night. If that isn’t God working, then I don’t know what is!

Everything has been calming down, since over a year ago. For the first time, in a long time, I feel less anxious about my life, and more like the rails are going back on the track. Something the Lord has been working on with me is humbling myself to, basically, start from scratch. In other words, the way He was leading me before, in my professional pursuits, is how He wants me to begin again.

Last year I was hasty with starting an online gluten free grocery business, but the cost outweighed the return, and I decided to shut it down. The next thing I tried, was launching a new magazine, but as I was fired up, had a team, and was making a trip to California (for a story), COVID-19 hit, and then not only did my enthusiasm take a hit, but lifestyle, and habits. Even though I completed the kickstarter, the kickstarter video, and promoted my campaign professionally, it still didn’t make it. Looking back in retrospect, many business moves were done in haste and with very little prayer involved. My man was laid off, at home all the time, and threatening to sell the house. In an earnest attempt to convince him to stay, I opened up three businesses at once, one included the kickstarter, but because I didn’t follow God’s advice and went forward on my own, all three of them crashed and burned, just like the online gluten free grocery store that I tried out in 2019.

Lesson learned

God is in charge of your finances, period. If you aren’t following His plan for your life, and taking the steps he has laid out for you, then, as a declared Christian, expect to crash and burn, because God wants you to be a shining example of Him on earth. It is our jobs, as Christians, to shine God’s light from within us by following His ways.

Sometimes, all it takes, is a step back and beginning again, right from the start, with God’s guidance.

Wealth gained vastly will dwindle, but whoever caters little by little will increase it.”

Proverbs 13:11

Word for word of what I was doing wrong. God will always redirect your steps, in the way you should go.

Dear Lord,

Thank you for allowing me to fail, because I know you will pick me back up again. Thank you for helping me to see that I need to follow your guidance, with every part of my life. Please keep me humble, as to continue to remember to put you first, in all things. Please bless our families and loved ones.

In Jesus name,

Amen