A couple weeks ago I shared the wonderfully happy news that our mortgage modification was complete. And last week we received MORE good news! Our long standing dispute with the unemployment agency was finally resolved with the judge ruling in our favor!! This ruling means that, according to the unemployment law, the interview my husband turned down a year and a half ago, the one that paid less than half of his previous pay and was for a job he'd never done before, was NOT "suitable work" and therefore we do not have to pay back the unemployment benefits we received after that date. Whoo-hoo!!!!
This was a huge relief to both of us and a big answer to prayer.
The temp agency that offered him the interview still has one month to appeal this ruling, so please pray that they will let it rest. If they choose to appeal, the process would get moved to a different judge in a different location (our state's capitol) and could be drawn out for another long period of time.
This whole process has been a learning experience for us. The unemployment law in our state has been crafted to offer every possible protection to employers, making it harder for employees to milk the system (a good thing). But it has been a bit nerve-wracking for us, with a legitimate case, to realize we have less protection and less recourse. As we waited for the judge's ruling, we both sortof prepared ourselves for the ruling to go against us, and we agreed that we wanted the judge to rule according to the law more than we wanted the ruling to go in our favor. If he had ruled against us, God would have provided the means to pay back the money somehow. BUT... we are thrilled and thankful that he ruled according to the law AND in our favor!
Our bigger request at this time is that the unemployment benefits we are entitled to receive right now have not begun, and we ask that you would pray with us for this glitch to be resolved. God may choose to provide for us through some other means, and that would be great too. I guess just pray that our needs would be met. God knows what they are.
I have felt the prayers of others very powerfully this week, and the Lord has been giving me great peace. Thank you so much for your loving comments, emails and most of all, your prayers! Please continue to pray that I will actively TRUST, and REST in Him.
He is good.
Thank you, Heavenly Father, for your continued provisions for my sweet friend! It gives me goose bumps. It also is a boost to my lagging faith that God does hear my prayers (well and the prayers of many other too of course, but I'm allowing myself a moment of self-indulgence on your behalf.) Blessings.
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