My DLS

Yesterday I promised to share my dirty little secret (DLS) about my personal finances and that is what follows.

When I left the sober house in late June my things were put into a Public Storage unit. It is mostly books with some clothes and office supplies. There is a desktop computer and a reading chair. The price is 90 dollars a month if it is paid on time. Mostly I have paid late and with the fee it has been 110 dollars. Then there is the dirty little secret. The November bill was not paid nor has the December bill been paid. And there was a fine. My things are scheduled to go up for public auction if the bill of 277.50 is not paid before December 22.

Many times over the years and especially since I have been homeless God waited until the last minute to meet my need. That caused my faith in Christ to be stretched and improved.

I continue to grasp on to the hope that the storage bill will be paid. There is a full closet and dresser of clothes as well as personal photos I would like to recover.

I had mentioned in previous messages that I have been working on a paid project to create a crowd funding site for a client. That project could have taken 3 days but after 3 weeks there are still delays. He has other work for me that I was counting on to pay this bill. As the deadline approaches I ask for your special prayers. Or maybe God will raise up a sponsor for this urgent bill. The best thing I can do after that bill is paid is to go into the unit. Then I need to give away or throw away half the contents to reduce my bill by half. This is yet another pruning of my possessions.

Please pray for this to be paid before the deadline.