Today we have a submission from a reader who recently immigrated from Asia to Australia. He writes…

I want to share a story about a time when I was struggling with financial loss. After changing countries and moving to a place where having a vehicle was a huge need, I wanted to buy a vehicle. Long story short, I bought one and then felt it was the worst decision of my life.

I blamed a family friend who I felt misguided me. I was in agony, because I had lost so much money. I expressed my pain to my family members as the money was part of the final savings we had. I felt I let my father down who died two years ago and had left a little money for us.

Eventually, I felt the need to listen to God. So, I set a time with my mentor where we could listen to God’s voice together. As we listened, I heard God tell me that my deeper problem was fear and shame. I needed to cast aside the fear that I had. About the financial loss, I heard God remind me that he is in control. My mentor was also listening to God and heard that God will reimburse the loss one day in the future.

After a month, I found someone who wanted to buy my vehicle, and so I sold it at a comparatively low price. Getting rid of the vehicle gave me some relief. A few months later, my wife got a new job. After two months, the company where she was working for went out of business. As a result, she received an extra compensation from the company which was almost exactly equivalent to the net loss I faced selling the vehicle.

Just recently, while preparing my income tax return, I found that I am eligible to get a decent amount of money back because my employers deducted more money for income tax than they should have done. The total amount due as a reimbursement is the same amount as the net loss from selling the vehicle.

I am feeling so much better because God is healing my pain. One lesson I am learning is that God is in control, and He cares for me. He might not fix my problems right away as I so often want Him to. But He has a plan for me and that plan is good. I may feel that I have messed up, but He is there to rescue me. I want to trust Him more.

Thanks so much to our reader for sharing this story!

Vehicle photo by Koushik Chowdavarapu on Unsplash

Currency photo by Melissa Walker Horn on Unsplash