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When Nest Eggs Crack By Linda Hitt Shaver - Spirituality.com
Ouch! That's how I react when I hear about people losing their retirement funds in corporate collapses. I've been there, and it was awful. When I was about 12 years from retirement, I put all the money I'd saved as a self-employed copywriter into purchasing a home. Real estate in our area had gone up steadily through the years. In fact, no one could remember a time when it had gone down. It looked like the best investment. It was ultimately foreclosed. I was devastated and humiliated.
Foreclosed! I was devastated. My nest egg was gone—I'd have to start over to prepare for retirement. And I was humiliated. I couldn't stop blaming myself for making a wrong decision, even though many other people had been just as mistaken about real estate. Properties were foreclosing right and left. In their darkest hours, often people turn to the Higher Power—God—and this is what I did. I just couldn't think of anywhere else to turn. I started each day with prayer, and I spent hours studying my favorite spiritual guidebooks—Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures and the Bible. They really helped me hold body and soul together. I began to lose my fear and see a little ray of hope. I found the Bible to be a book of victories! The spiritual ideas I found in Science and Health inspired me to read the Bible as I would a book for self-discovery, instead of as a collection of ancient stories. And I found it's a book of victories. I could see a thread running through the Bible stories—a daily provision of love and mercy coming from the one God. Science and Health defines this as the law of divine Love, the governing Principle that can be relied on in all circumstances. As I read, I began to pay more attention to the possibility of my Maker's constant care for me than to bleak economic signs. Instead of a dry desert in my work, I made a conscious effort to expect fruitful fields, because that's what God gives. And this change of perspective brought results. Within a few weeks I found a full-time job. Within just a few weeks of the foreclosure, I found a full-time job that gave me new skills and offered solid retirement benefits. Going to work was a joy, not a burden. Although I was earning a regular salary, I continued to trust God, rather than a bank account. I wasn't going to make the same mistake twice. I listened to my spiritual intuition and found an affordable apartment near my new job. Although I didn't have adequate deposit money, when I explained my situation to the landlord she was happy to have me pay in installments. Family members and friends moved my furniture for me. I was learning that God gives with a generous hand. I could indeed have something of heaven here and now. I learned that God's great, enduring love and steady stream of good ideas isn't capricious. It doesn't weaken or waver. It isn't subject to unethical practices, recession, or market swings. It was good to know that, even if I had to learn it the hard way. There's been no shortage.
Each day I feel secure and happy in the tender, loving and constant care of God |
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