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A NEW BEGINNING
I was employed as a private contractor by a company to manage and make money off their Internet website (a job board). In
May 2005, when this job board had literally died (generating very little money) the company was ready to deactivate it and
move on to other things. However, I saw the potential it had and convinced the company to keep the site and allow me to
work with it and revive it. They agreed to me working with the site and doing it from home as a contractor, but I had until the
end of the year (2005) to revive the site or they would do away with it altogether. While working from home, I was to report to a
guy named “Mr. Jones” (changed his name to protect his identity).
“Mr. Jones” was in charge of the department I worked in at this company. In fact, I knew “Mr. Jones” prior to working with the
company. Ironically, for a briefed period, we served in the military together and he worked under my supervision. Since we
were acquainted with one another from the past, he was the reason I got the job in the first place! Truth to that old cliché, it’s
not what you know, but who you know!
WORKING FROM HOME
As the days, weeks and months past, the job board (web site) was revived! The web site was getting a lot of attention,
employers and job seekers were attracted to it and “Mr. Jones” and the company were pleased with the results. I and Mr.
Jones would talk and share ideas on how to get more publicity for the site which would generate more money. I would share
my ideas and plans with "Mr. Jones" but he would not put any of them into action. Most of these ideas cost money and I
needed him to spend the money to make things happen. Nonetheless, I would sometimes spend my own money and stay
up late at night working on the computer to keep the job board “alive and well”.
Needless to say, “Mr. Jones” and the organization were benefiting greatly from my efforts. I could discern some jealously and
envy during this period with “Mr. Jones”. He had mentioned on several occasions that he wished he had taken the web site
and worked it and that I were making more money than him. I thought nothing of it but knew that they had the power to cancel
my contract at anytime without warning, be greedy and make all the money for themselves.
THE DECEPTION
My contract (which expired on December 31, 2005) was coming up for renewal. This is where “Mr. Jones” began to show his
true colors. However, he acted as if everything was good and my contract was going to be renewed for 2006 because I was
doing such an awesome job for the company. He began to court me (buy me lunch) and pick my brain for everything I knew
and everything I was planning to do in the future with the website. Talk about a Samson and Delilah experience; and like
Samson I was caught up in the flesh and let my “spiritual guard down” because myself and “Mr. Jones” were beginning a
friendship and business partnership that I thought was good and was going places and more importantly, God sent. And you
know me, you feed me and I’ll tell you everything you want to know. He would stroke my ego and tell me everything I wanted
to hear, to include how the President of the company just loved what I was doing and the compliments went on and on and
on and on. I was pumped and continued to meet with “Mr. Jones” about once a week as we headed towards the holidays
and New Year.
Right before Christmas, I was gearing up for my new campaign for the Holidays to promote the website…life was good! Just
about everybody was at home sucking on eggnog and celebrating the Christmas Season with their families…and so was I. I
was excited that 2006 was right around the corner as I was gearing up to hit the jackpot as I had contacted over 300
companies for their business on the website and I knew when the holidays were over, everyone would be ready to get back to
the business at hand…work! I was thanking the Lord again for this opportunity to work at home and it was a success! I was
grateful to be a home with Irene and the kids (when they weren’t in school). It was good to have that freedom and flexibility to
come and go as I pleased and not having a “boss” look over my shoulder. LIFE WAS GOOD AND IT JUST DOESN’T GET
ANY BETTER THEN THIS!
THE HEARTBREAK
On December 27, 2005, after thanking Jesus for waking me up and eating breakfast, I headed to my computer just to check
my work e-mails and make some minor changes on the job board (web site). To my surprise, I couldn’t do either! I could not
access my email nor could I access the back office to the website to make any changes. My first thought was that something
was wrong with the system or it was being worked on (beyond my control) and it’ll be accessible later or tomorrow. I waited
later that night for a second attempt and the results were the same…I couldn’t access nothing! It was too late to call anybody
so I said to myself; I’ll try again in the morning. The morning came and the results were the same. I immediately called “Mr.
Jones” (whom I couldn’t reach) and left several messages on his cell phone and work phone to call me as soon as possible
because I could not access my email nor the website. At this point, I didn’t know what to think, but far beyond my imagination,
I wasn’t thinking the worst. I thought to myself that there had to be a reasonable explanation for all this and “Mr. Jones” will let
me know and everything will be fine. Well, I was right! On the morning of December 29, 2005, I woke up to an email in my
personal email account from “Mr. Jones” telling me in so many words that my contract would not be renewed and to bring my
files to the company building no later than December 30, 2005. I WAS SHOCKED AND DEVASTATED!!! I thought to myself, I
must be dreaming, this can’t be true. This is a joke and he can’t mean it. I was in a daze for the rest of the day! I felt as if I
was hit in the head with a brick without seeing it coming or better yet (as we say) stabbed in the back! Nonetheless, I
pressed on reminding myself that God was in control. I graciously complied with his email and took my files to the company
and handed them over to the vice president with not much to say (I was still in shock). Somehow, while still perplexed by the
whole ordeal and trying to figure out what went wrong, the Lord ministered to my spirit that He would take care of me and my
family. His words would not return void, words such as “for I’ve never seen the righteous forsaken, nor his seed begging
bread.” Psalm 37:25 “the Lord said, that He will never leave you nor forsake you” Hebrews 13:5 and “my God will supply
your need according to his riches and glory by Christ Jesus. Phil 4:19. I was indeed ministered to by the Holy Spirit and it
was what at needed at the time.
A HAPPY NEW YEAR??
After the New Year had come and gone, I was searching for another job. Within 24-48 hours, the Lord opened doors and I
received two job opportunities from former clients of mine that I worked with during my time with the other company. They
both would allow me to work at home at my pace with unlimited income potential. Praise the Lord—but don’t shout yet, this is
only the beginning of what the Lord had in store for me!
THE ATTACKS
About 3 weeks go by after everything had happen, and life was good again and I’m trusting God to meet my every need. At
this point I’m still waiting on contracts to sign with my new employers and begin to get a little concern because I have no
income coming in at this point and Lord knows the bills are due! I’m still pondering (to a certain degree) as to what I did
wrong to make that company cut me loss and not renew my contract when I was told by “Mr. Jones” they would renew me.
Well, one Sunday in church, during praise and worship, I came under attack by the enemy (kingdom of darkness). Thoughts
began to bombard my mind; negative and hateful thoughts towards the company that let me go, especially “Mr. Jones”. I
wanted to do him get bodily harm if not kill him! I began to get very angry over what had happened! Remember now, I’m in
Church, praise and worship is going on, this shouldn’t be happening (so I thought) and it is! I’ve never experienced anything
like this! These thoughts were so powerful that I couldn’t effectively praise and worship the Lord “in spirit and in truth.” It was
on (spiritual warfare) like hot butter popcorn! I had to sit down during praise and worship and do battle with the kingdom of
darkness for my thoughts. I was at the point were the enemy was telling me to get up out of church, go find “Mr. Jones” and
kill him. Thoughts of how “Mr. Jones” courted me and then dumped me a like a rotten egg kept playing over and over in my
mind and I was just getting madder and madder until the voice of the Lord and His word (which is hid in my heart) began to
minister to me once more. The words of the Lord that came to me were, “Thou shall not kill (murder)” Exodus 20:13, “nor
will not shed innocent blood.” Proverbs 6:16-17 “Vengeance is mine, I will repay” says the Lord. Romans 12:19 The Lord
told me this, “Tony, love you enemies and pray for Mr. Jones who has hurt you, used you, and have said all manner of evil
against you to loss your job. Matthew 5:44 Love I say and hate not. Vengeance is mine, I will repay says the Lord.”
Romans 12:19 You can be angry, but sin not! Ephesians 4:26. I told the Lord that this dude messed with me, my family
and my finances. He should have warned me! But he played me, used me and took advantage of me like I’ve never
experienced before! I want to hurt him Lord, my way, today!!! Nevertheless, I remained in my seat at church, looking at the
door, looking at my brothers and sisters all around me but completely removed from the service, mentally and spiritually!
THE PRAYERS
The church service was just about over and I was in another world. I completely missed out of the entire service not knowing
what went on from praise and worship until the closing prayer. I was still fighting the urge to go “postal” on this guy. Some of
our church members had notice that I wasn’t “myself” and began to minister to me. The men in the church surrounded me
with their love and prayer as I begin to open up to them as to what had happen (and most of them knew about me losing my
job) and how angry and upset I was over it. How it all just “hit” me during praise and worship; how I want to hunt this man
down (Mr. Jones) and do him great bodily harm, if not kill him. He took away my livelihood, my ability as a man to take care of
my family, to pay the bills, etc, etc. I understand it now (but don’t condone it) when people (without the control of the Holy
Spirit) go “postal”. They prayed over me, encouraged me and Lord knows at that time, I needed all the prayer and love I could
get. This day I was truly transparent and most humbled by this experience. The church service was over, me and the family
was on the way home and I felt much better. I’ve got the victory in Jesus! Greater is He that’s in me than he that is in the
world. I can have dinner with my family tonight at the house the Lord has provided to us verses going to a place where I
would have 3 hots and a cot! Thank-you Jesus!
THE FORGIVENESS
Shortly after my experience in church, I finally talk to “Mr. Jones” and he start off the conversation, “Tony, let me explain.” Not a
chance. I told him no need, I didn’t want to hear it. It was over for me. I’ve move on and that I forgave him for what he had
done to me because I didn’t deserve it. I told him that I cared about him as a human being and that I loved him and I even
invited him to church with me (again). I’ve invited him to church on many occasions in the past. His reply to me was, “you
know I can’t come, right?” I just thought this man was guilty as sin. He knew what he was doing to me the whole time.
Using me until he used me up! But that’s okay, God is in control. I have truly forgiven him and moved on with my life and
thought no more about it! Praise the Lord!
THE RESTORATION
Another month had past and I finally signed the contracts with the other companies. In the meantime I became a school bus
driver for the local school district to keep a steady flow of income until I can get things going with my contract positions. Being
a school bus driver on the route that I have is something else! That’s a whole ‘nother story in itself, but bless the Lord it pays
well, but I was only limited to about a 5 ½ workday as a new employee. This was good for me because I would be building
up my business with the other companies at home.
On March 13, 2006, about 2:00 pm, the phone rings and I noticed on my caller ID that the company that “fired” me is calling. I’
m thinking its “Mr. Jones” so naturally I just let the phone ring and let the answering machine do its thing. About 5 minutes
later, I get an email from the Vice President asking me to call him as soon as possible. I think to myself, ok why does he
want to talk to me? I pick up the phone and call him and after the initial greeting, he asks me if I would come back and work
for the company? Nothing but dead silence on the phone. I said, excuse me…come again. He asked me again, “would you
like to come back and work for us?” He continued to say, “I’ll tell you this up front, “Mr. Jones” is no longer with us, it’s a long
story, let’s meet for tea or coffee this evening and I’ll tell you all about it.” We scheduled a meeting at a local restaurant and
again I was in a daze, but more excited this time over what was happening! I told Irene what was going on and we both were
excited! We knew that the Lord was “doing His thang” and taking care of me…His child!
THE MEETING
I met with the Vice President about 10:30 pm after working at Papa John’s Pizza. I was coming into this meeting with an open
mind to hear what he had to say and a pretty good idea of how much money I wanted to make…and I wasn’t going to accept a
penny less. The meeting started with the Vice President apologizing for everything that had happened. He (and the
President) had realized that “Mr. Jones” (although a hardworking man) was a snake, a liar, a cheat and just flat our
greedy…nuff said. They said that “Mr. Jones” highly recommended that they not renew my contract because I did absolutely
nothing for the company. The truth was this; “Mr. Jones” wanted to take the program that I had and begin making money for
himself. The President and Vice President had both felt used and abused by “Mr. Jones” and it was time for him to “hit the
road jack and never come back no more, no more, no more, no more!” “Mr. Jones” had a lot of duties and responsibilities
and replacing him immediately became top priority! Another guy at the company (as they were thinking about who they could
call immediately), says “hey, why don’t we call Tony and see if he’ll come back.” So there I was, meeting with the Vice
President still pondering the thought of working with these guys. He asked me, “Where are you working?” I replied, “Where
ain’t I working?” I just picked up two new contracts to work at home, I was driving the school bus during the day and working
at Papa John’s Pizza in the evening (3 nights during the week). And I thought I was supposed to be retired? NOT! Without
asking about pay, he laid everything on the table. My salary would double from what they were paying me before, with an
opportunity to earn a commission with bonuses on top it! God is good! I didn’t have to say a word! Not only was my salary
expectation met, but exceeded! You know I remained calm, shook his hand and told him that I had to discuss this with my
wife and call him in the morning. I wanted to jump for joy, but didn’t want him to see that. Before we parted ways, he told me
this, he said, “the only reason we considered you is because you were not nasty or unprofessional with us after we let you go
the way we did. You were very professional although you expressed that you were hurt. You proved yourself to be a righteous
man, a man of integrity. I know that you are a religious man and I’d like to have a man like you work for me anytime and
anywhere!”
THE VICTORY!
He that is mighty (God) has done a mighty thing for me! I couldn’t have written this script any better. My God showed up and
showed out! I went home and shared the good news with Irene and blessed the Lord, without a doubt I was going to call the
Vice President in the morning to tell him that I would accept the job offer! And that’s not all! He told me that I could continue to
drive the bus (I will leave the school district giving them a two week notice to terminate my employment), and come into the
office after my morning route, then leave (about 1:30 pm) to pick up the kids and he would pay me for a full days work! WHAT
YOU SAY NOW…GOD IS GOOD! I DON’T HAVE TO WORK 4 JOBS ANYMORE, HALLELUJAH!!!!
MY GOD IS AN AWESOME GOD!
I pray that you will be blessed by this and to know that if God be for you, who can be against you? Even when it seems like
the enemy is getting the upper hand on us, walking all over us, using and abusing us; Jesus tells us to love and pray for
them in spite of what they’ve done to us…and more importantly to forgive them! The Lord will deal with them…in His time.
This didn’t happen overnight for me, but it took about 3 months. Needless to say, I forgave “Mr. Jones” and went on with my
life in Christ. Lord knows I wanted to slash his car tires or bust his windows out. I wanted to call him up and call him all
sorts of names (yall know what I’m talking about), but by the power of the Holy Spirit of God living in me…I didn’t. I was angry,
very angry…but committed no sin…and I thank the Lord for keeping me! I didn’t have to repent after any ungodly acts
because “the spirit was willing and the flesh was weak!” Yall know we fall back and use that piece of scripture too much for
our “ungodly” behavior. If I can get the victory in this situation, you can overcome and get the victory in every area of your life.
Remember the words of our Lord, our God, when he says, “Vengeance is mine, I will repay says the Lord”…and he means it!
You must, be still and know that He is God! He will not let anyone mess with His children and get away with it. But you must
keep you mouth close (but if you open your mouth, bless, do not curse), your Holy Bible open and keep your hands to yourself
(and pray) and trust that God almighty will do battle for you and you can rest assuredly that He will win! Don’t take matters into
your own hands, because when you do, you tell God that He can’t handle the situation but you can. Let Him do it, let Him
work it out. Humble yourselves therefore under the mighty hand of God that He may exalt you in due time: casting all
your care upon him; for he cares for you. I Peter 5:6-7
To God be the glory for the things He has done!
TW - San Antonio, TX
I was employed as a private contractor by a company to manage and make money off their Internet website (a job board). In
May 2005, when this job board had literally died (generating very little money) the company was ready to deactivate it and
move on to other things. However, I saw the potential it had and convinced the company to keep the site and allow me to
work with it and revive it. They agreed to me working with the site and doing it from home as a contractor, but I had until the
end of the year (2005) to revive the site or they would do away with it altogether. While working from home, I was to report to a
guy named “Mr. Jones” (changed his name to protect his identity).
“Mr. Jones” was in charge of the department I worked in at this company. In fact, I knew “Mr. Jones” prior to working with the
company. Ironically, for a briefed period, we served in the military together and he worked under my supervision. Since we
were acquainted with one another from the past, he was the reason I got the job in the first place! Truth to that old cliché, it’s
not what you know, but who you know!
WORKING FROM HOME
As the days, weeks and months past, the job board (web site) was revived! The web site was getting a lot of attention,
employers and job seekers were attracted to it and “Mr. Jones” and the company were pleased with the results. I and Mr.
Jones would talk and share ideas on how to get more publicity for the site which would generate more money. I would share
my ideas and plans with "Mr. Jones" but he would not put any of them into action. Most of these ideas cost money and I
needed him to spend the money to make things happen. Nonetheless, I would sometimes spend my own money and stay
up late at night working on the computer to keep the job board “alive and well”.
Needless to say, “Mr. Jones” and the organization were benefiting greatly from my efforts. I could discern some jealously and
envy during this period with “Mr. Jones”. He had mentioned on several occasions that he wished he had taken the web site
and worked it and that I were making more money than him. I thought nothing of it but knew that they had the power to cancel
my contract at anytime without warning, be greedy and make all the money for themselves.
THE DECEPTION
My contract (which expired on December 31, 2005) was coming up for renewal. This is where “Mr. Jones” began to show his
true colors. However, he acted as if everything was good and my contract was going to be renewed for 2006 because I was
doing such an awesome job for the company. He began to court me (buy me lunch) and pick my brain for everything I knew
and everything I was planning to do in the future with the website. Talk about a Samson and Delilah experience; and like
Samson I was caught up in the flesh and let my “spiritual guard down” because myself and “Mr. Jones” were beginning a
friendship and business partnership that I thought was good and was going places and more importantly, God sent. And you
know me, you feed me and I’ll tell you everything you want to know. He would stroke my ego and tell me everything I wanted
to hear, to include how the President of the company just loved what I was doing and the compliments went on and on and
on and on. I was pumped and continued to meet with “Mr. Jones” about once a week as we headed towards the holidays
and New Year.
Right before Christmas, I was gearing up for my new campaign for the Holidays to promote the website…life was good! Just
about everybody was at home sucking on eggnog and celebrating the Christmas Season with their families…and so was I. I
was excited that 2006 was right around the corner as I was gearing up to hit the jackpot as I had contacted over 300
companies for their business on the website and I knew when the holidays were over, everyone would be ready to get back to
the business at hand…work! I was thanking the Lord again for this opportunity to work at home and it was a success! I was
grateful to be a home with Irene and the kids (when they weren’t in school). It was good to have that freedom and flexibility to
come and go as I pleased and not having a “boss” look over my shoulder. LIFE WAS GOOD AND IT JUST DOESN’T GET
ANY BETTER THEN THIS!
THE HEARTBREAK
On December 27, 2005, after thanking Jesus for waking me up and eating breakfast, I headed to my computer just to check
my work e-mails and make some minor changes on the job board (web site). To my surprise, I couldn’t do either! I could not
access my email nor could I access the back office to the website to make any changes. My first thought was that something
was wrong with the system or it was being worked on (beyond my control) and it’ll be accessible later or tomorrow. I waited
later that night for a second attempt and the results were the same…I couldn’t access nothing! It was too late to call anybody
so I said to myself; I’ll try again in the morning. The morning came and the results were the same. I immediately called “Mr.
Jones” (whom I couldn’t reach) and left several messages on his cell phone and work phone to call me as soon as possible
because I could not access my email nor the website. At this point, I didn’t know what to think, but far beyond my imagination,
I wasn’t thinking the worst. I thought to myself that there had to be a reasonable explanation for all this and “Mr. Jones” will let
me know and everything will be fine. Well, I was right! On the morning of December 29, 2005, I woke up to an email in my
personal email account from “Mr. Jones” telling me in so many words that my contract would not be renewed and to bring my
files to the company building no later than December 30, 2005. I WAS SHOCKED AND DEVASTATED!!! I thought to myself, I
must be dreaming, this can’t be true. This is a joke and he can’t mean it. I was in a daze for the rest of the day! I felt as if I
was hit in the head with a brick without seeing it coming or better yet (as we say) stabbed in the back! Nonetheless, I
pressed on reminding myself that God was in control. I graciously complied with his email and took my files to the company
and handed them over to the vice president with not much to say (I was still in shock). Somehow, while still perplexed by the
whole ordeal and trying to figure out what went wrong, the Lord ministered to my spirit that He would take care of me and my
family. His words would not return void, words such as “for I’ve never seen the righteous forsaken, nor his seed begging
bread.” Psalm 37:25 “the Lord said, that He will never leave you nor forsake you” Hebrews 13:5 and “my God will supply
your need according to his riches and glory by Christ Jesus. Phil 4:19. I was indeed ministered to by the Holy Spirit and it
was what at needed at the time.
A HAPPY NEW YEAR??
After the New Year had come and gone, I was searching for another job. Within 24-48 hours, the Lord opened doors and I
received two job opportunities from former clients of mine that I worked with during my time with the other company. They
both would allow me to work at home at my pace with unlimited income potential. Praise the Lord—but don’t shout yet, this is
only the beginning of what the Lord had in store for me!
THE ATTACKS
About 3 weeks go by after everything had happen, and life was good again and I’m trusting God to meet my every need. At
this point I’m still waiting on contracts to sign with my new employers and begin to get a little concern because I have no
income coming in at this point and Lord knows the bills are due! I’m still pondering (to a certain degree) as to what I did
wrong to make that company cut me loss and not renew my contract when I was told by “Mr. Jones” they would renew me.
Well, one Sunday in church, during praise and worship, I came under attack by the enemy (kingdom of darkness). Thoughts
began to bombard my mind; negative and hateful thoughts towards the company that let me go, especially “Mr. Jones”. I
wanted to do him get bodily harm if not kill him! I began to get very angry over what had happened! Remember now, I’m in
Church, praise and worship is going on, this shouldn’t be happening (so I thought) and it is! I’ve never experienced anything
like this! These thoughts were so powerful that I couldn’t effectively praise and worship the Lord “in spirit and in truth.” It was
on (spiritual warfare) like hot butter popcorn! I had to sit down during praise and worship and do battle with the kingdom of
darkness for my thoughts. I was at the point were the enemy was telling me to get up out of church, go find “Mr. Jones” and
kill him. Thoughts of how “Mr. Jones” courted me and then dumped me a like a rotten egg kept playing over and over in my
mind and I was just getting madder and madder until the voice of the Lord and His word (which is hid in my heart) began to
minister to me once more. The words of the Lord that came to me were, “Thou shall not kill (murder)” Exodus 20:13, “nor
will not shed innocent blood.” Proverbs 6:16-17 “Vengeance is mine, I will repay” says the Lord. Romans 12:19 The Lord
told me this, “Tony, love you enemies and pray for Mr. Jones who has hurt you, used you, and have said all manner of evil
against you to loss your job. Matthew 5:44 Love I say and hate not. Vengeance is mine, I will repay says the Lord.”
Romans 12:19 You can be angry, but sin not! Ephesians 4:26. I told the Lord that this dude messed with me, my family
and my finances. He should have warned me! But he played me, used me and took advantage of me like I’ve never
experienced before! I want to hurt him Lord, my way, today!!! Nevertheless, I remained in my seat at church, looking at the
door, looking at my brothers and sisters all around me but completely removed from the service, mentally and spiritually!
THE PRAYERS
The church service was just about over and I was in another world. I completely missed out of the entire service not knowing
what went on from praise and worship until the closing prayer. I was still fighting the urge to go “postal” on this guy. Some of
our church members had notice that I wasn’t “myself” and began to minister to me. The men in the church surrounded me
with their love and prayer as I begin to open up to them as to what had happen (and most of them knew about me losing my
job) and how angry and upset I was over it. How it all just “hit” me during praise and worship; how I want to hunt this man
down (Mr. Jones) and do him great bodily harm, if not kill him. He took away my livelihood, my ability as a man to take care of
my family, to pay the bills, etc, etc. I understand it now (but don’t condone it) when people (without the control of the Holy
Spirit) go “postal”. They prayed over me, encouraged me and Lord knows at that time, I needed all the prayer and love I could
get. This day I was truly transparent and most humbled by this experience. The church service was over, me and the family
was on the way home and I felt much better. I’ve got the victory in Jesus! Greater is He that’s in me than he that is in the
world. I can have dinner with my family tonight at the house the Lord has provided to us verses going to a place where I
would have 3 hots and a cot! Thank-you Jesus!
THE FORGIVENESS
Shortly after my experience in church, I finally talk to “Mr. Jones” and he start off the conversation, “Tony, let me explain.” Not a
chance. I told him no need, I didn’t want to hear it. It was over for me. I’ve move on and that I forgave him for what he had
done to me because I didn’t deserve it. I told him that I cared about him as a human being and that I loved him and I even
invited him to church with me (again). I’ve invited him to church on many occasions in the past. His reply to me was, “you
know I can’t come, right?” I just thought this man was guilty as sin. He knew what he was doing to me the whole time.
Using me until he used me up! But that’s okay, God is in control. I have truly forgiven him and moved on with my life and
thought no more about it! Praise the Lord!
THE RESTORATION
Another month had past and I finally signed the contracts with the other companies. In the meantime I became a school bus
driver for the local school district to keep a steady flow of income until I can get things going with my contract positions. Being
a school bus driver on the route that I have is something else! That’s a whole ‘nother story in itself, but bless the Lord it pays
well, but I was only limited to about a 5 ½ workday as a new employee. This was good for me because I would be building
up my business with the other companies at home.
On March 13, 2006, about 2:00 pm, the phone rings and I noticed on my caller ID that the company that “fired” me is calling. I’
m thinking its “Mr. Jones” so naturally I just let the phone ring and let the answering machine do its thing. About 5 minutes
later, I get an email from the Vice President asking me to call him as soon as possible. I think to myself, ok why does he
want to talk to me? I pick up the phone and call him and after the initial greeting, he asks me if I would come back and work
for the company? Nothing but dead silence on the phone. I said, excuse me…come again. He asked me again, “would you
like to come back and work for us?” He continued to say, “I’ll tell you this up front, “Mr. Jones” is no longer with us, it’s a long
story, let’s meet for tea or coffee this evening and I’ll tell you all about it.” We scheduled a meeting at a local restaurant and
again I was in a daze, but more excited this time over what was happening! I told Irene what was going on and we both were
excited! We knew that the Lord was “doing His thang” and taking care of me…His child!
THE MEETING
I met with the Vice President about 10:30 pm after working at Papa John’s Pizza. I was coming into this meeting with an open
mind to hear what he had to say and a pretty good idea of how much money I wanted to make…and I wasn’t going to accept a
penny less. The meeting started with the Vice President apologizing for everything that had happened. He (and the
President) had realized that “Mr. Jones” (although a hardworking man) was a snake, a liar, a cheat and just flat our
greedy…nuff said. They said that “Mr. Jones” highly recommended that they not renew my contract because I did absolutely
nothing for the company. The truth was this; “Mr. Jones” wanted to take the program that I had and begin making money for
himself. The President and Vice President had both felt used and abused by “Mr. Jones” and it was time for him to “hit the
road jack and never come back no more, no more, no more, no more!” “Mr. Jones” had a lot of duties and responsibilities
and replacing him immediately became top priority! Another guy at the company (as they were thinking about who they could
call immediately), says “hey, why don’t we call Tony and see if he’ll come back.” So there I was, meeting with the Vice
President still pondering the thought of working with these guys. He asked me, “Where are you working?” I replied, “Where
ain’t I working?” I just picked up two new contracts to work at home, I was driving the school bus during the day and working
at Papa John’s Pizza in the evening (3 nights during the week). And I thought I was supposed to be retired? NOT! Without
asking about pay, he laid everything on the table. My salary would double from what they were paying me before, with an
opportunity to earn a commission with bonuses on top it! God is good! I didn’t have to say a word! Not only was my salary
expectation met, but exceeded! You know I remained calm, shook his hand and told him that I had to discuss this with my
wife and call him in the morning. I wanted to jump for joy, but didn’t want him to see that. Before we parted ways, he told me
this, he said, “the only reason we considered you is because you were not nasty or unprofessional with us after we let you go
the way we did. You were very professional although you expressed that you were hurt. You proved yourself to be a righteous
man, a man of integrity. I know that you are a religious man and I’d like to have a man like you work for me anytime and
anywhere!”
THE VICTORY!
He that is mighty (God) has done a mighty thing for me! I couldn’t have written this script any better. My God showed up and
showed out! I went home and shared the good news with Irene and blessed the Lord, without a doubt I was going to call the
Vice President in the morning to tell him that I would accept the job offer! And that’s not all! He told me that I could continue to
drive the bus (I will leave the school district giving them a two week notice to terminate my employment), and come into the
office after my morning route, then leave (about 1:30 pm) to pick up the kids and he would pay me for a full days work! WHAT
YOU SAY NOW…GOD IS GOOD! I DON’T HAVE TO WORK 4 JOBS ANYMORE, HALLELUJAH!!!!
MY GOD IS AN AWESOME GOD!
I pray that you will be blessed by this and to know that if God be for you, who can be against you? Even when it seems like
the enemy is getting the upper hand on us, walking all over us, using and abusing us; Jesus tells us to love and pray for
them in spite of what they’ve done to us…and more importantly to forgive them! The Lord will deal with them…in His time.
This didn’t happen overnight for me, but it took about 3 months. Needless to say, I forgave “Mr. Jones” and went on with my
life in Christ. Lord knows I wanted to slash his car tires or bust his windows out. I wanted to call him up and call him all
sorts of names (yall know what I’m talking about), but by the power of the Holy Spirit of God living in me…I didn’t. I was angry,
very angry…but committed no sin…and I thank the Lord for keeping me! I didn’t have to repent after any ungodly acts
because “the spirit was willing and the flesh was weak!” Yall know we fall back and use that piece of scripture too much for
our “ungodly” behavior. If I can get the victory in this situation, you can overcome and get the victory in every area of your life.
Remember the words of our Lord, our God, when he says, “Vengeance is mine, I will repay says the Lord”…and he means it!
You must, be still and know that He is God! He will not let anyone mess with His children and get away with it. But you must
keep you mouth close (but if you open your mouth, bless, do not curse), your Holy Bible open and keep your hands to yourself
(and pray) and trust that God almighty will do battle for you and you can rest assuredly that He will win! Don’t take matters into
your own hands, because when you do, you tell God that He can’t handle the situation but you can. Let Him do it, let Him
work it out. Humble yourselves therefore under the mighty hand of God that He may exalt you in due time: casting all
your care upon him; for he cares for you. I Peter 5:6-7
To God be the glory for the things He has done!
TW - San Antonio, TX