Please Pray for These Provisions

What I need the most today and every day is for others to pray for me. And while praying by faith to expect God will answer their prayers. My life has been punctuated by the ways that God has answered prayers during the last 40 years.

Mentally and emotionally I have processed the loss of my backpack and the contents. What helped me were the prayers of my friends like you. And I did much thinking, reflecting and writing to come to a better understanding of my attitudes and thoughts about things. At the end of this message I will give you a link to a blog post with that article that I invite you to read.

Shortly after the incident I bought a very small backpack from the college bookstore. Have you seen the new style that is just a sack with ropes on the sides? There is enough room for a laptop, 2 textbooks, 2 notebooks and maybe one sandwich.

I talked to the manager of Radio Shack today and she cannot give me a refund for the headset that does not work on my laptop. Replacing that computer headset is my greatest need now. Please pray for God to guide and provide that tool.

Some people offered to help pay to replace some of the lost items. And I made an Amazon Wish List http://www.amazon.com/gp/registry/wishlist/1WBGXHNYOWT5I/ref=cm_wl_huc_title This includes replacing the backpack itself, computer headset, compact umbrella, USB flash drive, leather gloves, beard trimmer and sinus rinse kit. I also included shoes because my current shoes are about worn out. And I included another duffel bag because the one I have at the shelter to hold my other things is falling apart.

Besides those large items on the Amazon Wish List there were many small personal items like candy, nail file, Qtips, toothbrush, scotch tape, inspirational literature and more.

There was a USB flash drive with hundreds of pages of documents related to Christian ministry. I do not think there was anything confidential beyond my phone number and address at the shelter. Yet as a precaution I placed a fraud alert on my credit reporting agency files in the slim chance they try to steal my identity. Please pray earnestly that this not happen do to this incident on any time in the future.

Let me offer this Pay Pal link http://www.freewebs.com/jsohub/give.htm for any supporter that would rather use it rather than the Amazon Wish List.

I promised to share my new direction to earn money starting in the New Year that I trust will allow me to move out of the homeless shelter and into a better place. It will take a while to get going however it will continue long term and become a big blessing to many. I have had lots of thought and written about this. It took me longer to prepare this complex message than I expected so I will announce the new direction on Monday instead.

I promised to share my dirty little secret about my personal finances. The bottom line is that I must pay the price for my items that are in storage before December 22 or they go up for public auction. The amount due is 277.50. There is a story that goes with this on this short blog post http://guidemejesus.blogspot.com/2014/12/my-dls.html and on the longer blog post that follows.

Most people want the short version and this is as short as I can make this update. Yet a minority wants the long version with the details. So here is the link to a 3 page blog post that includes the dirty little secret and ends with special prayer requests. http://guidemejesus.blogspot.com/2014/12/life-is-more-than-things-and-money.html

This is like all the other fund raising prayer request messages. I ask in general that God will guide and provide. And specifically that God will direct my thoughts, words and deeds. May I know who to contact and what to say. May the needs be met on time.

THANKS for your prayers.