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A number of years ago, I was laid off from a job that I really enjoyed and thought I was pretty good at. It wasn't easy for me, either financially or emotionally. I couldn't understand why I was laid off. I felt helpless.

I prayed to God for help. And pretty soon, several job opportunities came about. I was able to use my existing skills, as well as develop some new skills. One day I might be doing some sort of manual labor and the next I would be coaching executives on communication. It became a real adventure.

Then the problems started to hit. Even though I had plenty of work, it just wasn't bringing in enough money to make ends meet. We had a hard time paying our bills, particularly education loans for our daughters who were in college. My wife and I had to dig into our retirement funds—we had no more savings. My wife had to increase her work hours to pretty much full time, and that had an impact on child-rearing.

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