He hears my voice

The 116th Psalm says: "I love the Lord because he hears my voice and my prayer for mercy. Because he bends down to listen, I will pray as long as I have breath.
3 Death wrapped its ropes around me;
the terrors of the grave[a] overtook me.
I saw only trouble and sorrow.
4 Then I called on the name of the Lord:
“Please, Lord, save me!”
5 How kind the Lord is! How good he is!
So merciful, this God of ours!
6 The Lord protects those of childlike faith;
I was facing death, and he saved me.
7 Let my soul be at rest again,
for the Lord has been good to me.

Slowly but surely God is changing the way I view things. My wife got a second part-time job today, doing something she likes to do (crossing guard for a local school), and we believe we now have enough to pay for our house even if we never rent it.

The thing is having trust in God when we believe the emotional, financial, spiritual end is near. God is good all the time, but all the time we might not see the good. We simply have to trust. If we could see faith and hope realized, they are not faith and hope.

But it surely is good when God does bend down and listens. It surely is good when God protects those of childlike faith.

I praise Him for what he's doing. He's let us go to the edge of the financial abyss and look over the side before he pulled us back. We have enough to live on, to do ministry on, to do well on and that's all we need.

Let my soul be at rest again for the Lord has been good to me.