Ned,

Praying for your church and for God's personal leading in your life.



JulieMelton
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Keep smiling!





>From: Ned Benton <[log in to unmask]>
>Reply-To: Echurch-USA The Electronic Church
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>To: [log in to unmask]
>Subject: Re: just quite
>Date: Fri, 9 Dec 2005 13:47:59 -0500
>
>Brad,
>Thanks for your concern.  I am thankful that I have the work I have and it
>is sufficient to keep me in the black.  Praise God I haven't slipped into
>the negative yet.  Business has been a bit slow this year.  I believe it is
>two things or maybe three.
>One, the economy has been a bit bad for many.  Prices have gone up and the
>oil and gas thing has caused a bit more caution with most folk.  Piano
>tuning is not on the top of the priority list.
>Two, the driver problems I have had over the last two and a half years and
>the effect on the consistency of my work.  Then there is the cancellations
>that I have had to make because of drivers.
>Three, I have grown so tired of the working all the time and when I come
>home have the schedule and scheduling hanging over my head.  It just seems
>the work is never done. Theese days, few people answer their phone any
>more.
>They let the voicemail or answering machine get it and then don't or forget
>to call back. So, when I go to the data base and search the files and call,
>it is going over a lot of the same old ground and just not very
>encouraging.
>  Then I may be my worse problem!
>Brad, I have prayed and prayed about the situation but have not recieved
>anything from the Lord about it.  A few of our men asked me about taking a
>part time position of pastoring the church in the absence of a full time
>pastor.  I have prayed about it and talked with them more about it but have
>had no direction or indication from the Lord.  I have not felt impressed to
>move in that direction.  In fact, I hdon't have a clue whtat the Lord is
>going to do in our church.  I know what the devil is going to do or is
>already doing.  I know too that he will not win.  "Greater is He that is in
>you than he that is in the world". Isn't the devil kinda dumb?  He knows
>that and yet he still tries. Oh well, please, my echurch family, pray with
>me for our church family.
>Remember the chorus?  I'm so happy and here's the reason why,
>Jesus took my burdens all away".
>
>Ned