Wow, all ‘hell’ broke loose yesterday in the shop, but
God showed up in a big way as well. At
first, William and I came into the shop early to do a few things, then William
was going to go find a phone to call a person he had lined up with to do some
work – he was hoping to earn enough yesterday to pay on the electric bill – but
God had other plans, and I thank Him for that.
While we were talking, a guy came in all fired up in the Lord, said he
was from Arizona. We had a wonderful
testimony time, etc. and then the kids started filing in.
Right away, the two girls who had the
conflict the last couple weeks started into each other: name calling, arguing,
etc., trying to establish who was going to be in there and not, etc. While I was trying to tell them that they are
both welcome but they had to be nice to each other and speak nicely while in
there or take it outside. I had tried to
get them to make up with each other last week, but even since, rebuttals and
retribution had escalated over the weekend.
While I was in the middle of that, two adults got into it – last week
there were accusations of stealing between them and of course, both came to me
with their story and got me in the mix of it all. The same thing I told the girls, I told them –
make up with each other, apologize and forgive – they would have nothing to do
with that and voices raised, one’s mother got involved, etc and etc. I tried to take them outside to discuss how
to resolve their issues and it continued to escalate. By this point, the guy from Arizona and
William stepped in and talked with all parties involved and calmed everyone
down – I was so overwhelmed by that point, had a full house of many kids
getting many projects out, chaos reigned, etc. all I could do is go in the back
room and start praying, casting demons one direction and another, etc and etc.,
praying for peace to be restored and so on.
I was so discombobulated the rest of the day, all I could do was try to
maintain my own peace of mind, sit and just listen to music, etc. – by the time I got home that evening, I was so
wiped out all I could do was fall asleep.
Needless to say, William never did go to that job he was
to do, he was pretty much in the shop most of the day. He did; however, manage to raise the $103. (from
borrowing to returning something to the store we got a few weeks ago, etc) needed
to keep the electricity on here at the shop – literally the last $14. came in 2
minutes to 5 when I ran over to the electric company (at City Hall across the
street) and paid it.
When I did finally awake last night (around 9 pm),
William and I talked and prayed into the situation. We decided to limit certain people from
coming in (until they make up with each other), put them on a schedule, and to
re-institute the weekly bible study – over the winter and spring, I had adults,
but now that the kids are here, Wednesday mornings will be bible study time.
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