[Magdalen] Prayers have a funny way of being answered

[Georgia DuBose]

Dear Clarissa,

You have been faithful in prayer indeed, as well as persevering under
very challenging circumstances. Thanking God for the doors that have
opened for you and Michael, and praying for wisdom to use money well
to God's greater glory.

Love to both of you,

Georgia+

On Fri, Sep 26, 2014 at 11:27 AM, Clarissa Canning <canplum at gmail.com> wrote:
> God is amazing, so glad.   My faith falters so much but I never give up
> praying, especially for others.  God has provided some help and out of the
> blue we received a most unexpected gift from friends with really big
> hearts. I will be getting some inheritance monies since my Dad;s death.
> Now to make priority, and good decisions to make our situation somewhat
> better.   Thank God, but still need some immediate  praying the Dio is
> going come thru with sending the finances for a rectory for us in Cold
> Lake.  We have picked out a Pre-fab trailer shaped home and hoping the
> other part get done so we can moved before the big freeze. Need prayer to
> sublet the townhouse to get out of the lease.  I have a casual job
> interview with a Womens' Recovery Center and hoping to get my foot back in
> the Care giving door an to a perm position hopefully.  Prayer for courage,
> good attitude, good self esteem, for a person who breaks too easily. Prayer
> for Michael & St. Johns Church and for putting up with me and being ever so
> strong and patient.
>
>
> On Tue, Sep 23, 2014 at 6:59 PM, Ginga Wilder <gingawilder at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Great news, Jay!
>> Ginga
>>
>>
>> On Mon, Sep 22, 2014 at 9:58 PM, Jay Weigel <jay.weigel at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> > One of the odd things that's happened: When talking to Jonathan, I
>> > mentioned that one thing I'd always wanted to do but never could get the
>> > late ex off dead center to start on, was to enclose the back porch and
>> > incorporate it into the house as a dining room. He said , "That is SO
>> > freaky! My mom was just here and she said exactly the same thing about
>> it!"
>> > Great minds, I guess.
>> >
>> > On Monday, September 22, 2014, Lynn Ronkainen <ichthys89 at comcast.net>
>> > wrote:
>> >
>> > > What a great solution for you, your kids and your former home!
>> > > Lynn
>> > >
>> > > website: www.ichthysdesigns.com
>> > >
>> > > When I stand before God at the end of my life I would hope that I have
>> > not
>> > > a single bit of talent left and could say, "I used everything You gave
>> > me."
>> > > attributed to Erma Bombeck
>> > >
>> > > Thomas Merton writes, “People may spend their whole lives climbing the
>> > > ladder of success only to find, once they reach the top, that the
>> ladder
>> > is
>> > > leaning against the wrong wall.”
>> > >
>> > > --------------------------------------------------
>> > > From: "Jay Weigel" <jay.weigel at gmail.com>
>> > > Sent: Monday, September 22, 2014 11:26 AM
>> > > To: <magdalen at herberthouse.org>; "Jay Weigel" <jay.weigel at gmail.com>
>> > > Subject: [Magdalen] Prayers have a funny way of being answered
>> > >
>> > >  Or, when God closes a door, God opens a window.
>> > >>
>> > >> I have fussed and fretted about the house I still own in Tennessee.
>> I'd
>> > >> wanted my son to move into it, but he didn't really want to. So it
>> sits
>> > >> there, getting overgrown and falling into disrepair.
>> > >>
>> > >> Meanwhile, my daughter and her husband were struggling to get it all
>> > >> together to buy my mom and dad's house in Tennessee, and just about
>> had
>> > it
>> > >> done, despite the fact that my brother continued to throw all kinds of
>> > >> clods in the churn and last week threw a big one in that basically
>> > clogged
>> > >> the churn.
>> > >>
>> > >> So I asked for your prayers before I told my brother something I
>> really
>> > >> didn't want to say. Then, after some prayers of my own, I called my
>> > >> son-in-law and something quite different came out of my mouth.
>> > >>
>> > >> Two days later he called me back and asked me the following: Could
>> they
>> > >> fix
>> > >> up the house fit to live in, move in, finish fixing it up until it was
>> > >> salable, then buy it from me? They had been discussing that non-stop
>> for
>> > >> almost 24 hours and that was the solution they came up with. He said
>> it
>> > >> felt like the best thing for all of them. His mother is in that town,
>> > much
>> > >> of my daughter's support system is there, her other-mother is two
>> doors
>> > up
>> > >> the street, there is an Episcopal school the boys may be able to
>> attend
>> > >> through 8th grade (pending tuition affordability), the church Betsy
>> grew
>> > >> up
>> > >> in is there......etc, etc. The pros far outweighed the cons. And as I
>> > told
>> > >> him, they didn't necessarily have to stay there forever......they
>> could
>> > >> flip it to their hearts' content and then sell at a profit once they
>> buy
>> > >> it
>> > >> from me, and then move wherever they want to.
>> > >>
>> > >> And oddly enough, my brother hasn't said anything at all to me. Not
>> one
>> > >> word. Nor I to him. The only thing I have to say to him is that he can
>> > do
>> > >> what he wants with the house, and anything due me from the sale will
>> go
>> > >> directly into trust funds for my grandsons' education. Whether our
>> > >> relationship is repairable may be up to him.
>> > >>
>> > >> Thank you all for your prayers, and please keep them coming for my
>> > >> daughter
>> > >> and her family as they work on the house, and for my peace of mind.
>> > >>
>> > >
>> > >
>> >
>>