That will never happen to me.

We all think, "Oh that will never happen to me."  We go about our daily lives working at our job, hanging out with family and friends, daily chores.  You know the routine.  Then it happens you loose your job, no or very little income,  your life is turned upside down.  You can no longer pay your rent or mortgage, fall behind on your utlility bills, and other bills, food pantry is almost empty.   Starting to wonder where your next meal is coming from, are you going to lose your home.

I'm one of those that thought it would never happen to me.  I had a nice secure job, that I retired from, then went to work for another company, lost that job and the part-time job I found lost that one also.  Funds ran out didn't qualify for un-employment and couldn't find work.  I fell behind on my rent not to mention everything else I owe money to.   I resorted to selling stuff I owned at a much lower price than I wanted to just to get food for at least one meal a day.

Never ever thought in my life that I would be in a position where I would have to asked for help.  Wasn't able to get financial ad from anyone and the agencies I called either never returned my calls or said they couldn't help.   There are so many people out there in the same situation that I'm in.

I was evicted from my apartment,  fortunately my sister was able to take me and and assist me with a storage unit so that I wouldn't loose everything.  Yes I did have to get rid of a lot of stuff because there wasn't room for it all, but that doesn't matter, I could be out on the streets. 

It is very unsetteling to lose, your home and other things, it also hurts.  I had to put my cat up for adoption at a no kill shelter, that also was painful, I didn't want to abandond her by just leaving and not finding her a warm place to stay.

As hard as it was to loose my home and many possesion, I've decided not to be bitter about it.  It's a new beginning a new chapter in my life.   It's not the first time I've had to start over, life is full of beginnings.   One door closes and another will open.

The way I figure it, God has a better plan for me than I had for myself.  Since I'm with my sister, (just got here last night) and a totally new area that I'm not familiar with, it's all a new experience for me and a new beginning.   I'm figuring that I needed to move out of the area I was in and someplace completeing different to get that new start that I've been looking for.  I would have prefered some other way for that to happen, but obviously if it was up to me, that move would never happen.

I'm looking forward to my new life and I'm sure within a few weeks I will have my own place again.  God works in our lifes in ways we never expect.  I think he brings certain things in our lifes so that we learn to trust in Him  and Him alone.   We can be so stubborn that sometimes it takes loosing our home or something for Him to get our attention.    Isn't it amazing that it takes a tragidy sometimes for us to give any thought to God.   Hmm Imagine that.

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