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jmgann316
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Please pray that God lifts my recent financial burdens from me. I have a small, but growing business that has done surprisingly well through the tough economic times. We were basically debt free as recent as last August. But with profit margins very slim in our dying industry to begin with (traditional commoditized print), we began transitioning our model into a profit worthy, and once again valuable product, along with value added services, as a pioneer in the future of our market, that still has a small playing field. But while building the framework for our new model, a handful of vendor issues near the end of last year, have not only possibly lost our largest client, but put us in the hole by the tune of around $100,000. We have the new model ready to launch, and have done so on a small scale, but the oppressive debt that was set into motion from the inadequate performance of those vendors, has brought my timeline down to about 24-48 hours before lawsuits are levied against me. I need prayer for dealing with the anger I feel at times towards those vendors, rapid sales for our online ordering site that we modeled as a way to give back to worthy non-profits, schools, and churches, and some emergency, short term financial help to be able to catch up on some of the "time is up" debt, while we launch our proven value added business model that has God as the CEO. I pray for myself to get "un-stuck" and proactive, and for my lovely wife to have restored faith in me. We probably would have been ok financially, but just as things were getting out of control, my wife went on maternity leave, and we lost her steady paycheck for 3 months. She is back to work, and on Valentine's Day, God blessed us with our 3rd child (I'm 45 years old and we also have an 18 year old and an 11 year old). Our newborn daughter was truly a blessing I would trade my life for her well being, but when she looks in my eyes, and I don't know if I can put food in her mouth this week or have a roof over her head and lights on as we can't even pay our rent or utilities, my heart sinks to that destructive place of helplessness and hopelessness. Please pray that the Lord deliver us from the weight of this world, so we may be good stewards with our promising new business, and make a difference to people in need all over the world, in His Name, Amen
