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by: justbelisa ...even now, I am in awe of His grace. --------------------------------- My husband was a senior-level executive for over 10 years when the company he worked for sold it’s business and closed.  He is an educated man with a strong background in business, holding executive level positions for years.  Who would have thought God was going to bring us the trial that He did ... and how He provided and worked it for ‘our good’.  My husband had an employment contract for one years severance.  He searched diligently within our area for a job ... six months went by ... 9 months went by ... he’d have interviews, but no offers.  A year went by and the severance pay came to an end.  We were quite frankly stunned at our situation.  He started collecting unemployment ... 3 more months went by ... more interviews (first, second, and third) and no job offer.  The second summer of his unemployment came and we were literally at the end of our funds. During this trial and time of stress, both my husband and I grew closer and closer to God.  We prayed diligently (sometimes desperately) and sought God’s presence ... and God provided in so many ways, that even now, I am in awe of His grace.  There just doesn’t seem to be enough space to tell of all the things that God provided during that time, but suffice to say the big ones were ... our older son received a scholarship for $5K of a total of $7.5K in tuition we needed to pay for his private high school ... our mortgage gave us a forebearance period of four months on home (without reporting negative credit history) ... I thought we’d owe taxes this year and when I sat down to do the taxes on April 14th, I found out we were due a refund of $5K (yes, I did the taxes online twice to make sure, then I sat and cried and praised God for His provision) ... ... and so many more things.  Everytime a need arose, we prayed and God provided.  And when it came up to the two-year mark of his unemployment (yes, that’s not a typo ... two YEARS!) ... I was getting ready for work one morning, stressed as usual.  And I can’t explain it other than a ‘voice’ came to me.  ‘God is going to give you a miracle.’ It was so perfectly clear that I immediately stopped what I was doing and stood for a few moments trying to really believe that I’d heard what I heard.  Two days later, my husband’s recruiter, who he hadn’t heard from in months, called.  He said he had an interview for my husband with a company that’s 6 miles from our home.  My husband interviewed on Tuesday morning, was offered the job Wednesday morning, and started Thursday morning.  An executive-level position that he didn’t apply for ... didn’t even know existed ... and it came to Him.  I have absolutely no doubt, it was by God’s grace.  The time of my husband’s unemployment brought us to Christ in a way we never could have before, in any other circumstances.  When you are praying desperately, brokenly ... and come to the point of surrender when you say, ‘God, there is nothing I can do ... we are doing all WE can do ... I leave it up to you’ ... He provides.  Even now, four months have passed since my husband started working again in a job he loves ... people he loves ... 6 miles from home (!!) ... making good money, and free health insurance ... I feel like weeping from the joy of what God did in our lives.  The trial taught us so much ... and made us have a relationship with God that couldn’t have come about any other way. We have had several great trials in our lives and while it is so difficult when you’re in the middle of the wilderness, I’ve learned to cling to God ... because even if it seems like it will never end, God was with us ... teaching us ... strengthening us ... and I love Him endlessly for each and every trial. 43 year old wife and mother of 2 sons, 16 years and 6 years, living in the Midwest USA. View the story online at: http://www.storiesaboutgod.org/index.php/stories/story_page/gods-provision/

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