So Much More

So there I was...holding a worthless piece of paper after getting conned off my cash!! I was sooo horribly dissapointed! Aarrgghh! I hate losing money. What puzzled me most was that I had actually prayed through the decision, performed due diligence to the best of my ability, prayed again....and STILL got scammed.

Its at this point in time that one is most tempted to ask questions like "Where was God when I was asking for guidance? God knows I wasnt in this to get inordinately rich illegally or immorally, so why did He allow it to happen to me? Does this mean I am not supposed to try my had at business at all? How will I pay back the money I lost? What is the point of it all?".

Soon after though His Holy Spirit got through to me and I repented for not trusting my Father. Honestly! Nothing, absolutely NOTHING happens to the saints without our Fathers consent and approval. Even the devil needed his application rubber stamped in order to torment Job! Ergo, the Father has a plan for EVERYTHING that happens to us, both 'good' and 'bad' (in parenthses simply because if it is us defining events and occurrences as good or bad, then we have already judged our Father of evil, a grave fallacy indeed. I need to blog about that too...).

In hindsight, I have learnt quite a few valuable lessons from the ocurrence, and just when I thot it was over the below devotion came in. I must admit its weird and wonderful the way God wants to make Himself known to me, and the myriad of ways he accomplishes it.

"And Amaziah said to the man of God, But what shall we do for
      the hundred talents which I have given to the army of Israel?
      And the man of God answered, The Lord is able to give thee
      much more than this."
             -- 2 Chronicles 25:9

A very important question this seemed to be to the king of Judah, and
possibly it is of even more weight with the tried and tempted O
Christian. To lose money is at no times pleasant, and when principle
involves it, the flesh is not always ready to make the sacrifice. "Why
lose that which may be so usefully employed? May not the truth itself
be bought too dear? What shall we do without it? Remember the children,
and our small income!" All these things and a thousand more would tempt
the Christian to put forth his hand to unrighteous gain, or stay
himself from carrying out his conscientious convictions, when they
involve serious loss. All men cannot view these matters in the light of
faith; and even with the followers of Jesus, the doctrine of "we must
live" has quite sufficient weight.

The Lord is able to give thee much more than this is a very
satisfactory answer to the anxious question. Our Father holds the
purse-strings, and what we lose for his sake he can repay a
thousand-fold. It is ours to obey his will, and we may rest assured
that he will provide for us. The Lord will be no man's debtor at the
last. Saints know that a grain of heart's-ease is of more value than a
ton of gold. He who wraps a threadbare coat about a good conscience has
gained a spiritual wealth far more desirable than any he has lost.
God's smile and a dungeon are enough for a true heart; his frown and a
palace would be hell to a gracious spirit. Let the worst come to the
worst, let all the talents go, we have not lost our treasure, for that
is above, where Christ sitteth at the right hand of God. Meanwhile,
even now, the Lord maketh the meek to inherit the earth, and no good
thing doth he withhold from them that walk uprightly

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PS Where your treasure is, there your heart is also (Matthew 6:21)