Article February 1, 1988 Issue

Where is the healing?

Supply can come in unexpected ways, and prayer sometimes brings us unexpected healings.

Susan Dane Gilboy

Life's lessons are full of surprises. I'd like to share one with you. A number of years ago, I was working for a travel company, designing and selling international vacations. I had sold a series of tours for three hundred fifty salespeople of a well-known financial corporation. The trips took the better part of a full year to design, organize, and operate. My salary was to be 50 percent of the net profit. I had prayed during each stage of this project to see God's control and order expressed. The trips were a big success and the client was very happy.

However, at the conclusion of the tours I discovered that my company's accounting department had kept inadequate and inaccurate records. The company's president refused to acknowledge that the program had been profitable or that there was any questionable accounting involved. The financial discrepancy came to more than a hundred thousand dollars.

At first I panicked. (I had lived the whole year on charge cards and loans, anticipating the eventual success of the program!) Then I became enraged, and finally despondent. What could I do?

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