 I trusted God, and He engineered
circumstances in an unexpected way. I was paying rent, which to me was
like kissing money goodbye. A chance comment eventuated with an offer
way below GV on a lovely old villa in a good part of town, and I secured
it for a very low figure. I had the deposit, and I rejoiced when I was
offered my interest-free loan. I remember being
enchanted with the character of my aunties’ farmhouses, and I am
enjoying restoring the character of timber to this home. I have
installed a coal range which heats the water as well as cooking my food.
I have found great satisfaction in creating a garden outside. The
vegetable garden is abundant, the section is being planted in fruit
trees, and the roses are blooming, an inherited love from my mother.
Another blessing has come with a change of work. After being a fencer
for ten years, I am now enjoying working with beautiful Macrocarpa and
other timber operating a mobile timber mill. Best of all, as payments
are now principal only, I expect to have fully repaid my interest-free
loan within five years of receiving it. I
recall the habits of my godly Grandmother and my Uncle Ted. Each morning
they would light the coal range, make a pot of tea, then settle down
for their daily quiet times. I thank the Lord for the blessing of that
heritage, and I pray the same over my children Ben and Samantha, who
come to stay each weekend. Therefore it is
of faith that it may be according to grace, so that the promise might be
sure ... to those who are of the faith of Abraham who is the father of
us all ... in the presence of him whom he believed, even God, who gives
life to the dead and calls those things which do not exist as though
they did ... and being fully convinced that what he had promised he was
also able to perform. Romans 4 verses 16 - 21 Barrie Woolston January 2002 |
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