My hope comes from Him, He's my Rock, He's my Fortress

~Rancho Capistrano

Psalm 62

5 Find rest, O my soul, in God alone; my hope comes from him. 6 He alone is my rock and my salvation; He is my fortress, I will not be shaken.



Boy, do I need this today! The enemy is crazy working. Please pray. My dad called 911 for my mom last night. I think she may have thought she was having a heart attack or something. When I ran upstairs to see, she was panting and could barely breathe. They took her to Saddleback Hospital where doctors said she had a panic attack. They asked if she was stressed about something. I feel so bad...she's so worried about Dad and me not having a job in 2 months. In addition, she has some kind of virus that is making her nauseous and dizzy. They admitted her and she's resting comfortably. Thank you God! Please God, heal her from this illness and give her the peace that only You can give so she can really know everything is going to be alright.



Ranch update: Yesterday, supposedly (and I will preface this with saying that I have no substantial proof other than word from my fellow employees) the OC Register called the Cathedral for confirmation about the rumor of the closing of the Ranch. Someone at the Cathedral responded by saying the Ranch was closing because the operation did NOT meet its sales projections in 2009. Whoa!! is my response. I don't actually know what the numbers are for projected and actual sales, but I do know we were profitable and not by a small margin. It's public knowledge about the financial struggles of the Crystal Cathedral so it brings to mind a question. If a non-profit church organization were to file for protection in the bankruptcy courts, would it matter if a ministry within the organization was profitable or not? I know virtually nothing about bankruptcy law but common sense would be for the courts to question bankruptcy when there is a viable entity with valuable land within the church. So if this profitable entity was shut down and unable to generate revenue before filing bankruptcy, would that make a difference? Hmmmm. Interesting explanation. Sorry, just once again trying to rationalize this irrational decision. This is the only one that makes any sense so far.



One more prayer request please. I have been working tirelessly on my jewelry web site for the past couple of weeks because I finally made a commitment to get it done in January. Before this, it's been one thing or another including procrastination on my part. There have been things happening all around to distract from my progress so I can't help but think that there is something or someone that doesn't want to see it published. It's crazy I know. I tell myself all the time that it's my imagination or the common one we always attribute everything to: coincidence. But with God, nothing is a coincidence.



Until tomorrow, may God bless you!