Sunday, July 24, 2011

Restoration

Just to catch you up. I had been working at a Pawn shop as a warehouse manager. Working 55 hours a week only to bring home 410 a week. I had been putting out some feelers for a new job, possibly as a driver.
I was told about a month ago that I was unhirable as a driver. I wasnt really looking to be a driver again but honestly I wasnt making squat outside of a truck. but given that news I was resigned to the fact that i was working for peanuts until April 2012.
Last week this company called me and said that thier insurance company advised them to NOT hire me. However if I wanted a job, THEY believed in me and a way was made for me to work there. I had to pay a 5000 dollar premium which was the extra insurance but the company paid that upfront and made repayment schedule. so basically i am paying them 100 dollars a week so I can make 1200 a week.
I just completed my first week running with them and I have to say.. I think that in March God wanted me out of the truck.. to show me what it was like to not have money.. I dont think i was a good steward with my money and God had to prove to me that I really had more than I needed and if i thought I was broke he would show me what broke really was.... we came very close to losing our house int he process.. after the first week in this truck with this company.. I made about 1000 dollars more than I would have on the same runs with the other company.. so Now I feel like God has restored what he took away and given us more in return..One week of Trucking and I caught up on 2 months of mortgage payments.

Sunday, March 6, 2011

A New Season

This Truck is going to be the death of me...
That is what i have been saying for several months now. Lets face it, driving isnt the healthiest profession and I have been wanting to get out of it for a year or more I think.. I know every year around Nov (when my DOT card expires) I am saying .. "If I pass my physical this may be my last year."
I am tired of not being home.. missing out on my kids lives etc.. Well...

I renewed the tags on my rig on 2/28, 905 bucks.. on 3/1 i am on my way to the port and I change lanes and an 18 yr old girl freaks out hits her brakes and wrecks behind me.. loses control into the concrete median.. I say.. Not my fault... she says I ran her off the road...I say .. 18 yr old girl not paying attention...Officer says... driver contributes to accident... unlawful lane change.... court date April 7... Innocent till proven guilty...blah blah blah... bottom line is .. this is my second accident in 3 yrs... and my company is not pleased....so I sit home Wednesday.. I call Thursday.. they say Im still under review come in Friday we will have an answer... I go in Friday... they havnt heard but the leaning is..we cant let you work till this is resolved.. innocent or guilty.. well I am not going to wait around a month with no work.. so I talk with my Boss....closed door.. heart to heart..
Ive been feeling led to get out the truck.. do something else.. I think this is God leading me in that direction .. forcing a move I was unwilling to take alone not out of fear but mostly.. what else would I do to make the same kind of money.. God is my source and my provider not this job... so I quit...
I go get my wife from work for lunch... I tell her the news.. she is Not excited..well she is Excited but not in the good way.. as of right then I am the scum of the earth..I say.. God is my source.. and my Provider... I am not worried..... after lunch I go see a friend who is also my mechanic... i express my woes... I say.. No one is going to hire me now.. now that my safety rating with the CSA is shot..I should sell my Truck..."How much you want for it?" he asks.. well its paid for.. its got some issues.. 3,000? Sold he says...so between 11 am and 2pm.. I quit my job and sold my Truck...
If its from God it should happen easily, I am a firm believer in that.

I was worried about losing my job because I thought I was in control... how am I going to make things happen.. but God had another Plan...
God told me to quit.. and let him be in control.. let him provide....
With the sale of my truck.. I got enough money to sustain my family for almost 2 months. Because of that I do not have to rush into just any job that first comes on the radar.. I can take my time and really follow my hearts desire..
Because I Sold my truck.. I get my 905 bucks back for the tag or atleast a good portion of it from the IRP when I turn in the tag.. another Way God is Providing for me and my family..
Romans 8:28.. all things turn out for the good of those who Love God...
When that money runs out.. our tax return should be here... coincidence? doubtful... another way God will provide for us...

I have written many times here about Gods Provision and this is just another Example.

I praise my God who watches over me.

Trey