http://www.cloften.com/?p=927 He'd rather be funny than good! Fri, 29 Jan 2016 20:05:26 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 http://www.cloften.com/?p=927&cpage=1#comment-476 Stephaniefain Tue, 15 Jun 2010 03:47:39 +0000 http://www.cloften.com/?p=927#comment-476 thanks, I needed this...... thanks, I needed this……

]]> http://www.cloften.com/?p=927&cpage=1#comment-471 Michael Cates Thu, 10 Jun 2010 19:27:58 +0000 http://www.cloften.com/?p=927#comment-471 So true, Charlie! As one who, in selling our first house and moving from South Carolina to California, had the naive belief that if this new ministry position was God's will, our house would sell quickly and I could live on a lateral salary move in the California economy, only to discover two years later, with unsold house and major credit card debt, that either my "God's will" theory was wrong, or I'd made a huge spiritual mistake; it shook me to my core. Since then, we've sold and bought 4 other houses. Some were quick and easy sells/purchases, and others, not so much. Some lost money, some made money, but I never again assumed that the ease of the process equated to God's will or favor. Thanks for the reminder that He is in control, and He desires obedience and trust from us, through faith in His provision through Christ. So true, Charlie! As one who, in selling our first house and moving from South Carolina to California, had the naive belief that if this new ministry position was God’s will, our house would sell quickly and I could live on a lateral salary move in the California economy, only to discover two years later, with unsold house and major credit card debt, that either my “God’s will” theory was wrong, or I’d made a huge spiritual mistake; it shook me to my core.
Since then, we’ve sold and bought 4 other houses. Some were quick and easy sells/purchases, and others, not so much. Some lost money, some made money, but I never again assumed that the ease of the process equated to God’s will or favor.
Thanks for the reminder that He is in control, and He desires obedience and trust from us, through faith in His provision through Christ.

]]> http://www.cloften.com/?p=927&cpage=1#comment-470 Julie Barnard Thu, 10 Jun 2010 19:23:01 +0000 http://www.cloften.com/?p=927#comment-470 This was a great post for me to read...as I have often struggled through each of those questions (with the most recent time being the 3 1/2 years of waiting for our adoption "referral")! Thanks for the perspective! This was a great post for me to read…as I have often struggled through each of those questions (with the most recent time being the 3 1/2 years of waiting for our adoption “referral”)! Thanks for the perspective!

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