Enough is enough!

Hello All! I was struck today by some comments about not having enough and I was reminded of a time when I was without shelter, without money and without hope! Then through one miracle after another, that changed. My brother found me and told me I could live in my parents retirement village in an 8 x 8 room with just enough room to sleep in. I had three months to get on my feet and in my own place. I needed a job and my sponsor recommended I go work for a cleaning company to gain humility. You know big shot like me cleaning toilets. Big shot is the funny part of that statement. I went and met with the woman who ran it and she asked for my resume which I found odd and then she read it. She immediately told me to go meet her husband that ran car dealerships. I though that was more humiliating than cleaning toilets. I mean car salesman and lawyers were about as slimy as I thought one could be. Well I got hired and became a wiz at car sales and at the end of three months, I was able to move into a two room apartment which was seasonal by the ocean. This place was once a ghetto hotel. It had shag carpet and the kitchen, living room and dining room were one room about 10 x 12 and a tiny bedroom that my bed just barely fit. My brother also loaned me a a 1987 Isuzu pickup with 187,000 miles on it and you could see the road through the floor boards and it had vinyl seating and no AC. This was august and it was hot and humid. I had to wear a suit on top of that. Then a few months later my bankrupt butt was given a chance to buy a used car with a 416 credit score. This happened because my boss hated the truck and didn't want it disgracing his dealership so he called in favors at Ford Credit. I went from homeless to a shag carpet room and a small car and never felt more accomplished in my entire life. I had a lot of success before addiction really took hold and none of it came close to meaning what this little apartment and car did.

The point is enough is what we have if we look at it from the perspective of having nothing which any one of us can have happen at a moments notice. When I got diagnosed with MS and was out of work, I would have been homeless if it weren't for my brother once more. The thing is that not everyone has a brother and in the case of sudden illness anyone can be without resources and hope in just a weeks time! What then? Then we lean on God and stay close and he will provide just like he did for me in those instances.

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I now Own a home and have a brand new car that I just love; mainly cuz it has gadgets. I have two pups that love me and a family that adores me and friends who truly have my back. I came from nothing to what I have now and in some folks eyes; what I have now would be considered just a little but in other folks eyes I have the world. That is why I stay humble and grounded before God as I know all of what I have is his and he allows me to use it so that I may serve him to the best of my ability! So please; stay grateful for whatever you have and lean into God EVERY day and all things will added to you according to his riches. Maybe not Gold, Jewels and Money but maybe a golden peaceful bejeweled heart!

GOD BLESS YOU ALL!