A wise priest I went to with my worries asked me, “If that happens, what is the worst that can happen as a result?” When I answereed him he repeated the question…and again…and again.
After I worked through my frustration at his “game” I suddenly realised that even if the worst came to happen, my family and I would still have each other, and we would survive. That is when I “Let Go & Let God…”.
God has a plan for our lives and sometimes the decisions/choices we make frustrate His Plan.
When the worst did happen, my husband was out of work, I had 3 part-time jobs, we lost our house and had to receive food parcels from friends and neighbours, I didn’t panic. I kept telling God that I didn’t understand what was going on but I trusted Him.
Guess what?
My husband, unemployed, began coming to daily Mass with me. Then he attended a Parish Mission and returned to the Sacraments after 20+ years away. Soon after that he received a job offer.
He had lost all motivation in seeking a job and I said to a friend that he seemed to be waiting for someone to knock on the door and offer him a job.
Guess what?
Someone came and knocked on our door and offered him a job.
God works in mysterious ways, no doubt about it. And I think He sometimes smiles at us when we make statements like I did. I think that as a lesson for me.
Since coming to trust in God’s Providence and allowing Him control over my life, so many strange and wonderful things have happened that even my sceptical family see miraculous things happening.
I could almost write a book. We lost our house. We lived on the smell of an oily rag. And we learned that family is more importance that status and material possessions. Plus so much more.
