Monday August 6, 2007

Then the very next day, my employer Bob, the man that I have worked for almost a year and a half as his office manager in both the handyman business as well as in his bowling organization, had owed me for a project that I had invested hundreds of hours in.  The bottom line, with just weeks away from me being paid over $25,000.00 as our signed contract says, Bob did not have the funds to honor his agreement.

I am very loyal to whom ever I work for, I have never missed a day working for Bob.

Because of my contract not being honored, God knew I could not work for my employer any longer. I see this as a sign I now have the time available to finish my first project for God, which is finishing my book. I prayed about this and I have given this matter over to God and I will not be concerned with this issue any longer since I had asked God earlier for a sign in which direction that he wants me to go.

Because of the perfect timing from when I asked God just days ago to show me a sign to put my writing on hold or to continue at this time. God knows that I loved working for Bob, but I will walk away from any employment that does not have the integrity to honor a written agreement. I knew that there were other people that were owed even more money that my employer did not honor his agreement for services done.

I knew that there are no such things as accidents or coincidence in each of our lives. And that I would never leave my employer except for the very reason I mentioned above, a breach of integrity. I have to accept that this was a divine sign for me to leave, From the moment I asked God to show me a sign, In just a matter of three consecutive days I saw several signs that each taken alone might be a coincidence to some, but to have all three of them to happen one after the other in just a matter of three days.  

I also have to consider If God is allowing this to happen with my employer so that I am at a different location, to be blessed from this I have to be obedient to His Will and His Way, and believe that God will always take care of me and my family. Do I love Bob, yes I do with all my heart.

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TRAGIC UPDATE:

It is with great sadness that I mention my former employer Bob has just passed away from bone cancer on Saturday November 24, 2007. Bob has always had regular check ups at the VA Hospital and he was always given a clean bill of health concerning being cancer free. I know because I have personally taken him myself to have cat scans and other test before. His wife Eileen told me that it was just discovered early November and he passed away three weeks later. God must have needed another angel. (picture below of how healthy Bob was shortly before his death, the young man below had trouble drilling through the thick metal so Bob took over.)

I would like to share a fond memory of faith through adversity with you concerning Bob and me. Bob's work truck was just stolen not long ago. Bob said that he lost over $50,000 worth of power tools and the truck is probably half way to Mexico by now; he will never see his truck again. I said a silent prayer and I told him that God is going to bring back his work truck. Bob looked surprised at me and said “why would I think that?” I told him that I left one of my knee pads in his stolen truck and that God is not going to allow it to be stolen from me.

Even though Bob knew that I always stood by my faith, he would just chuckle and thought I was just being optimistic. And each time Bob saw God answer my prayers. Not long after this, Bob got a phone call from the Baldwin Police Department saying that his work truck was recovered. Bob and I rushed down to the impound yard and we discovered that every power tool had been stolen. When we opened the back of the enclosed work truck, all we could find was trash and wood debris in the back. Afterwards we had the work truck towed back to Bob's house, since it was in no condition to drive from the damage that was done to it. Bob went in the back of the truck and he searched through the debris and found nothing. Then he yelled out my name for me to come over to where he was. And there was Bob holding up my knee pad with the biggest smile that I have ever seen, and he said "you were right, here’s your knee pad" (above 2007 picture of me helping Bob)

Even though Bob was a fine Christian man, his faith seemed to always have a wait and see attitude, like when I told him that God will always answer our prayers if we believe. And every time God did answer each one of my prayers, on the job and off the job, and Bob knew it. I could not help but think that sometimes it seemed like it was a contest to Bob to see if one of my prayers would go unanswered since I would always tell him what I was praying for. It was the Spirit of God that revealed to me that this was Bob's way of increasing his daily faith walk with God.

I was happy and so touched to see Bob had taken me seriously about what I said about "God will bring back his truck because my knee pad was in it" and to see him so excited like he was a little school boy. Here was a man who just lost every power tool that he basically owned and his spirit was so uplifted because my prayer was answered as I stood by my faith in God. Bob allowed me to take a picture of this faith moment of him holding up my knee pad and I hope to upload it as soon as I take the Polaroid picture from his camera and have it uploaded on a scanner. For now I have taken a picture of his picture with my camera until I can scan it, His smile will brighten anyone's day!

Before God called Bob back home, he left me with his poems and his life stories to post on our Ministry Website for all to read and enjoy. I consider it a great honor to have known Bob. 

Poems from Bob Allender

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Sign magnificent clouds August 4 2007

Sign Flower bush August 5 2007

Sign Bob August 6 2007

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