Trial turned to blessing

Sometimes, when you step back from a situation and look at the big picture, you just have to realize that it was the hand of God taking care of you all along. That's exactly what I'm dealing with right now.

A few months ago, it seemed horrible that my beautiful 2006 Chevy Cobalt got totaled. I got to a point where I wondered if God was taking it away from me because I didn't deserve it, or something like that. I wasn't blaming God, I was just wondering if it was some kind of "discipline" or whatever. Well, now it's obvious that He allowed it to happen for a good reason. 

I can't explain the reasons here, but the reason it's a good thing the car was totaled is because I had gap insurance to take care of the loan. It's going to be cleared up as if it never existed, except for the part where I made payments faithfully... that'll still look good on my credit. If the car wouldn't have been totaled, my credit could have been ruined real soon. That would have been just another burden for us to deal with...but the Lord protected us from it.

He is always so good to take care of us. :-)

Letting off steam..

Doesn't it make you so angry when people attack your husband? Oh it makes me so mad... lol. There are people that left our church and caused division (and the people they're following) that are accusing Vince of being the bad guy. They call him a wimp (they say he does everything his wife tells him to do), they say he doesn't know what a Biblical pastor is (because they think our pastors are wicked and ungodly), they say he plays video games all day and listens to rock music (he does neither!), and the list goes on. It just makes me so mad. They also say he shouldn't be allowed on Youtube because they think our pastors told him not to, which is not true. Oh, and the best part is... they say things like "you need prayer" or "you need to get right with God" or "REPENT!!!!!!!!", as if they're some kind of authority. Yeah, sure, whatever.

On the other side, I've got family members that say my husband is too controlling (because he's protecting me from the bad things they say about me). Of course, I haven't read those emails because Vince doesn't want me to see them. I don't want to read them, either. It'll hurt too much.

Why do people have to be so mean? Ugh...