My Adventure with my God - Part 2

Every morning, one of my prayer requests was, "Lord, please continue to prepare me to do your work. I also ask, according to your timing, to launch me into full time ministry. Please direct me to do what you want me to do. Please make the changes necessary to fulfill your plan in my life and my family's life."

One Thursday, early in March of 2007, was no different. And, as usual, after praying, I spent some time listening for a response from God... and there it was, the Lord clearly said, "I am about to answer your prayer and make a big change in your life."

Wow! Finally, I thought to myself. I was excited, I told my wife, Lisa... What could it be? I knew that what God considered "good" for us, wasn't always seen that way by man. So I welcomed any change, realizing that it was God's hand making the change.

I also knew that time to God is not what time is to us.... that sometimes we have to wait for sometime before we see God's change. But not this time. The very next day, two major things happened: I was fired from my job, and... I was admitted into the hospital with pneumonia and Asthma.

But you know what? I was ecstatic! I was happy and excited... because God was truly at work in my life, and I couldn't wait to see what was next. I didn't know the extent of what these two things meant, but I knew it was God.

My mistake was in thinking that these were to be temporary "detours" for me. I "spiritually speculated" that this was a direction change and that I was to persevere and move forward. So I went into the hospital with an open mind and assurance that God would heal me and I wuld keep on going.

I spent a week in the hospital as the pneumonia was cleared up and they did tests and gave me several medications to treat the Asthmatic conditions I was displaying.

While in the hospital, I made a phone call to an aquaintance I had met over the past year. When I told him I was unemployed, he immediately offered me a job and by the time I left the hospital, my first check was already in my mail box. God provides.

So, I was healed. I had a new, better job and things were looking great again. Or so I thought...