{"id":2368,"date":"2008-12-21T09:27:20","date_gmt":"2008-12-21T14:27:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hogonice.com\/?p=2368"},"modified":"2008-12-21T09:27:20","modified_gmt":"2008-12-21T14:27:20","slug":"the-rough-side-of-a-bargain","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/toolsofrenewal.com\/?p=2368","title":{"rendered":"The Rough Side of a Bargain"},"content":{"rendered":"

Low Prices Sometimes Result from Pain<\/em><\/p>\n

I appreciate all the helpful tips on the table saw. I hope it works out. I believe the main reasons for the good price are that nobody around here wants a big saw, and very few people have a circuit which will run a 5-horsepower motor. I guess the good Lord had something on his mind when I went crazy and put three 220 circuits in the garage.<\/p>\n

I don’t want to miss the more important issue here. The seller no longer needs the saw, because his business went under. That is a very sad reason for a bargain. And he is not alone in these tough times. The other day I learned that a family I know has been under great financial strain.<\/p>\n

In the past, when I prayed for people, I just prayed that God would fix their problems. I now think that’s wrong. Aaron informed me that one of the Jewish words for prayer really means something more like “self-examination.” Problems are often the result of the way we live. Virtually everyone has something in his or her life that needs to be made right. These days, I pray that God will help people with their adversities, but I also pray that he will help them search themselves and change and come to serve and know him better.<\/p>\n

Maybe you could join me in praying for those things today, for the guy with the saw, and for my friends.<\/p>\n

Today my sister and I are going to Wayne Cochran’s church. She’s disappointed because they’re putting on a Christmas play. She wanted to hear him speak. Oh, well. It sure beats what we were doing on the Sunday before Christmas last year.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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