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We Needed Help! We had no place to go. We were faced with living on the street. We could not find a place to rent with our limited funds. |
 While
my husband and I were in medical school we rented a two bedroom home. We
paid for it with what we could borrow for our schooling. Times were very
hard. The books, tuition, and cost of our car to get to rotations soon
drained away our loan money. When we were just a few months away from my
husband being able to work as a fully licensed doctor, we were told to get out
of our rented house. The landlords wanted to make a day care center in
that home. We were on the last dime of our borrowed funds for schooling.
The job my husband had lined up would not start paying for his work for 6
weeks. How could we possibly survive with a ten month old baby on the
street! I imagined the cold, under the bridge experience I could
have. Our families lived 2,000 miles away. Where would we put our medical books and the little bit of furniture
we had for baby and our bed? I took the problem to God in prayer. It was
an impossible emergency. Being homeless is a terrible experience.
He knows just how to meet every emergency, and how to guide you through every path of danger. Then why not trust Him? {CC 117.4} Conflict and Courage by Ellen White |
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month earlier I had visited with a real estate agent in the adjoining
state of Kansas and discussed our future desires for a little home in the
country as soon as my husband could be licensed. I never, at the time,
realized how important that visit was. Every morning this real estate
agent exercised by running with a friend of mine who went to the same
church. |
| I called her up and asked if she still had a previously
described home for rent. It was taken. She had momentarily forgotten who I
was. My name and my voice did not bring back any memory of our discussion
the month before.
Five minutes later, she called me back. In that same five minutes, I had called a medical school friend who had received his next years school loan early. He had volunteered a 1,200 sum and did not want it back for several months. His wife hurriedly fixed peanut butter sandwiches and brought these things to us. The cash was for first and last month rent in a rental.
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 When
this real estate lady called back, I had already been comforted by God.
She remembered our discussion. Her offer was one giant surprise. They had
just built a home and would allow us immediate possession for only 1,200
down. We tried not to act too excited but it was obvious the Lord had
whispered the amount in her ear. That was our sign that God had this in
HIS plan for us. It was all we had to work with. That night we were in our
home! This was the quickest transaction I had ever heard of. We felt God
had given us a GREAT BIG HUG. |
 Many
happy years were spent in this home. It had a warm cozy fire place,
central heating, a nice new kitchen. Oh, how we loved our hug from God.
He answered our prayers in a bigger way than we expected. To God be the glory, for the things He has done to help us! Ephesians 3:20 Now unto him that is able to do exceeding abundantly above all that we ask or think, according to the power that worketh in us, My God shall supply all your needs. Phil. 4:19 They shall not be ashamed in the evil time; and in the days of famine they shall be satisfied. Ps. 37:19 When you lie down, you will not be afraid; yea, you will lie down, and your sleep will be sweet. Prov. 3:24 And the Lord shall guide you continually, and satisfy your soul in drought, and make fat your bones...Is. 58:11 Taste and see that the Lord is good.
God invites us to prove for ourselves the reality of His Word, the truth of His promises. He bids us "taste and see that the Lord is good." Ps. 34:8. . . . He declares, "Ask, and ye shall receive." John 16:24. His promises will be fulfilled. They have never failed; they never can fail. {FLB 123.4} Experience is knowledge derived from experiment. Experimental religion is what is needed now...They have never tasted and learned by experience that the Lord is good. {Mar 74.2} |