I have listened to this song so many times tonight. I am so grateful God that Your love never fails! Earlier tonight I found myself humming the words " You turn all things together for good"
The last year has been a roller coaster for our family, it felt at times like a fire-storm had raged over us, but I know and trust that God is faithful and the promise He has given me is this:
"He will turn all things together for good for those who love God and are called according to His purpose"
So when my husband injured himself in 2010 and carried on working in his building company until the point of near collapse saw him have to give up work at Christmas 2010. He was off work for nearly all of 2011 and finally had a total hip replacement in August.
In the January and before we knew the extent of his hip injury Richard applied for a number of jobs because we knew he couldn't carry on running our building company. One of the jobs he applied for was as a ' Carpentry Tutor' at a Polytechnic. We were excited about this job and prayed and felt assured that this was going to be his job. He made it down to the final three but then he didn't get the job. We were disappointed but surrendered it to God, trusting Him for the perfect job at the right time.
Meanwhile a trip to the specialist left us reeling, Richard would need a total hip replacement and 3-4 months of rehabilitation, in all probability he couldn't return to the building trade.
August came and the operation and then weeks of painful rehab and learning to walk again. Week by week he got stronger and the pain began to lessen slightly.
November and I was sat at our dining room table feeling sorry for myself and wondering how God could possibly turn this for good. Richard had been a builder all his life, it was all he knew and was qualified to do. We had been without an income for nearly 12 months and to say things were getting tough was an understatement.
I looked down at a full page ad from a Polytechnic offering building and carpentry courses. They said the Government was going to inject millions of dollars into the sector over the next 3-4 years to cope with the rebuild after the Christchurch earthquakes and the shortage of Tradesmen to do the work.
Just then I hear a whooping and yelling from upstairs and my first thought was that Richard had fallen out of bed, but the yelling was too happy. I ran upstairs to be met round the corner by my husband yelling and crying at the same time.
The man who had interviewed him at the beginning of the year had just rung him and offered him a job, the job he had missed out on. God was turning all things together for good.
We gathered the children sat them down in the lounge to give thanks to God, tears flowed as we prayed and thanked God for His faithfulness and the realisation that if Richard had got the job at the beginning of the year he couldn't have done it, we didn't have the full information then, but God did and He knew the perfect timing.
Maybe you have gone through some hard things as well, or maybe you are in the midst of the storm right now. I just want to encourage you hold on. God will turn all things together for good in our lives and His love never fails.....
The last year has been a roller coaster for our family, it felt at times like a fire-storm had raged over us, but I know and trust that God is faithful and the promise He has given me is this:
"He will turn all things together for good for those who love God and are called according to His purpose"
So when my husband injured himself in 2010 and carried on working in his building company until the point of near collapse saw him have to give up work at Christmas 2010. He was off work for nearly all of 2011 and finally had a total hip replacement in August.
In the January and before we knew the extent of his hip injury Richard applied for a number of jobs because we knew he couldn't carry on running our building company. One of the jobs he applied for was as a ' Carpentry Tutor' at a Polytechnic. We were excited about this job and prayed and felt assured that this was going to be his job. He made it down to the final three but then he didn't get the job. We were disappointed but surrendered it to God, trusting Him for the perfect job at the right time.
Meanwhile a trip to the specialist left us reeling, Richard would need a total hip replacement and 3-4 months of rehabilitation, in all probability he couldn't return to the building trade.
August came and the operation and then weeks of painful rehab and learning to walk again. Week by week he got stronger and the pain began to lessen slightly.
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November and I was sat at our dining room table feeling sorry for myself and wondering how God could possibly turn this for good. Richard had been a builder all his life, it was all he knew and was qualified to do. We had been without an income for nearly 12 months and to say things were getting tough was an understatement.
I looked down at a full page ad from a Polytechnic offering building and carpentry courses. They said the Government was going to inject millions of dollars into the sector over the next 3-4 years to cope with the rebuild after the Christchurch earthquakes and the shortage of Tradesmen to do the work.
Just then I hear a whooping and yelling from upstairs and my first thought was that Richard had fallen out of bed, but the yelling was too happy. I ran upstairs to be met round the corner by my husband yelling and crying at the same time.
The man who had interviewed him at the beginning of the year had just rung him and offered him a job, the job he had missed out on. God was turning all things together for good.
We gathered the children sat them down in the lounge to give thanks to God, tears flowed as we prayed and thanked God for His faithfulness and the realisation that if Richard had got the job at the beginning of the year he couldn't have done it, we didn't have the full information then, but God did and He knew the perfect timing.
Maybe you have gone through some hard things as well, or maybe you are in the midst of the storm right now. I just want to encourage you hold on. God will turn all things together for good in our lives and His love never fails.....
So happy for you and your family, Suzanne. I'm married to an iron worker and I know the dangers of the job. How they carry on with so much pain is stupid at times, yet admirable. Wishing you a bright and shiny New Years! :)
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