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Washing Dishes 10-22-25

So God spoke to me while I was washing dishes tonight, 10-22-25. I was thinking about the fact that,
Every family and individual is going through some things in there life that are serious problems.
Then there are family's and individual's that are going through bad thing, after bad thing, after bad thing,
to the point we question, what's next? Bad things this year in our lives:

Here is a breakdown of how all this played out in detail to further understand my revelation at the end of this article, you can skip down to my revelation here. January of 2025 we received confirmation that my father-n-law had a terminal illness that was spreading fast. It was a tough couple of months with hospital visits until he was sent home to enjoy his family before Jesus called him home in may of 2025. While still grieving the loss of father-n-law, Around April 2025 we received news that my 16 yr old bonus son would be having heart surgery to replace a bad valve in his heart.

July 2025, he has heart surgery to replace the bad valve. It is not easy to know or watch a kid go through that. We Prayed, and we prayed and we prayed with a lot of other people praying for him also. With God's help the surgery was a success, then we spend the next 2 months recovering before school starts back, he is getting around great considering he had heart surgery and is in marching band in high school!
Now that things seem to be to getting back to as normal as can get, we get a call that my mother-n-law had not answered the phone all day so some family went to check on her and found her collapsed in the floor of her bedroom. She was admitted to the hospital and found she had a infection spread through her body, ( urinary tract, and septic). It was bad enough to get to her brain and escalate her dementia. After 3 weeks or so in the hospital she goes “home” to my sister-n-laws house so there would be someone there to look after her. One week later she’s back in the hospital having the same infection problem. They finally get that cleared up and she goes to rehab for 2 weeks before she comes back home to sister-n-laws. She will never be able to go back to her life as it was.

Now, with all this within a couple of months keep in mind we don’t make that much financially, we have 3 late teens (16yr, 16yr, 18yr olds) in the house, normal expenses, Food, Utilities, 2 of them have drivers licenses which means high insurance rates, gas for 4 instead of 2 vehicles, regular personal life needs.

I say all that because the surgery in July was 1.5hr away we had to drive, we did stay in motel couple of nights to save travel time. Then driving back and forth to local hospital to visit mother-n-law before she was moved to therapy which was 30 min drive to see her there. I haven’t even talked about my bonus son’s truck broke down 45min from home and my wife and I’s gas light was on with no money to go get him. His father was able to get someone to get him and his truck home to the house, and after evaluation that was gonna be another $400 fix on the truck. Well the day after the truck broke down our Central AC/Heat unit broke down and would not heat the house. I prayed that night (vented to) God about how life had been for the past couple of months ( as if he didn’t already know ) and the next day I called the company that had installed our unit 1.5yrs prior and found out it was still under warranty. I was really still upset that this is the third time it has broken down and isn’t even two years old yet.

So I assume your getting the picture by now. My wife and I were talking and she made the statement: “What could possibly be next”…. I couldn’t respond, I was wandering the same thing. I mean were broke, finacially, mentally, physically, and I was spiritually breaking down. I had not give it to God to help me, that's why. He can't take over when we are holding onto. I've held on to everything to "handle" myself and it is killing me mentally.
I can't do it on my own, I need God to help me. We complain about what we have, I have been terrible Stuart of what he has given me, he can not bless us with what we can't handle or take care of like we should, or appreciate what he has already done.

My family and I have a home to come home to, we should:

I think you get the picture, I Hope. We need to appreciate what we got and if we will Stuart what he gives us, and work hard he will help us. if we can't take care of what he gives us now and give him our problems and concerns, he can't move forward with bigger better things. My point is God spoke to me while I was washing dishes, at a time I was aggravated, venting, and my soul calmed down that night, it felt like a sigh of relief when I heard that I have been a bad Stuart of everything he has done in my life because I always wanted more or better when I didn't take care of or appreciate what he had given me. I can't explain it but the peace I feel now just knowing is unbelievable.
The sermon that Sunday he spoke about letting go and giving it to God, I heard that day but it didnt hit me till later that I have to change the way I think and take care of things.