It’s Friday, so please remember to pray for Mumsee, Mike, and the Nestlings.
Anyone else?
Psalm 31
¹In thee, O Lord, do I put my trust; let me never be ashamed: deliver me in thy righteousness.
2 Bow down thine ear to me; deliver me speedily: be thou my strong rock, for an house of defence to save me.
3 For thou art my rock and my fortress; therefore for thy name’s sake lead me, and guide me.
4 Pull me out of the net that they have laid privily for me: for thou art my strength.
5 Into thine hand I commit my spirit: thou hast redeemed me, O Lord God of truth.
6 I have hated them that regard lying vanities: but I trust in the Lord.
7 I will be glad and rejoice in thy mercy: for thou hast considered my trouble; thou hast known my soul in adversities;
8 And hast not shut me up into the hand of the enemy: thou hast set my feet in a large room.
9 Have mercy upon me, O Lord, for I am in trouble: mine eye is consumed with grief, yea, my soul and my belly.
10 For my life is spent with grief, and my years with sighing: my strength faileth because of mine iniquity, and my bones are consumed.
11 I was a reproach among all mine enemies, but especially among my neighbours, and a fear to mine acquaintance: they that did see me without fled from me.
12 I am forgotten as a dead man out of mind: I am like a broken vessel.
13 For I have heard the slander of many: fear was on every side: while they took counsel together against me, they devised to take away my life.
14 But I trusted in thee, O Lord: I said, Thou art my God.
15 My times are in thy hand: deliver me from the hand of mine enemies, and from them that persecute me.
16 Make thy face to shine upon thy servant: save me for thy mercies’ sake.
17 Let me not be ashamed, O Lord; for I have called upon thee: let the wicked be ashamed, and let them be silent in the grave.
18 Let the lying lips be put to silence; which speak grievous things proudly and contemptuously against the righteous.
19 Oh how great is thy goodness, which thou hast laid up for them that fear thee; which thou hast wrought for them that trust in thee before the sons of men!
20 Thou shalt hide them in the secret of thy presence from the pride of man: thou shalt keep them secretly in a pavilion from the strife of tongues.
21 Blessed be the Lord: for he hath shewed me his marvellous kindness in a strong city.
22 For I said in my haste, I am cut off from before thine eyes: nevertheless thou heardest the voice of my supplications when I cried unto thee.
23 O love the Lord, all ye his saints: for the Lord preserveth the faithful, and plentifully rewardeth the proud doer.
24 Be of good courage, and he shall strengthen your heart, all ye that hope in the Lord.
Please pray for my mom and dad. I learned last night that she was told by a gastroenterologist that he highly suspects she has terminal belly cancer based on blood work and numerous other factors. She didn’t tell anyone other than my father because she didn’t want to ruin Thanksgiving… She keeps putting off colonoscopy and esophagus scope because she’s terrified of results….
Oh Ann…I ask our Lord to bring comfort and a sense of knowing that He is watching over you and you parents….especially during this time….we love you ….
I can sympathize on two levels Ann–as the daughter of an alcoholic mother and the daughter of a father who died from esophogeal cancer. I imagine your emotions are all over the place. You have my number if you need to talk.
I have known this was coming. My Dear Husband has a sweet tooth a mile long. In doing some financial planning, we applied for additional life insurance. Because of the amount and our ages we had to have lab work done. Not surprisingly his sugar levels are in the concerned to dangerous zone. I need the wisdom to know how to gently encourage him and not let my mouth nag him about what he is eating.
Kim, if he eats sweets, he needs to have cinnamon with them. Also, I have been adding some aloe juice to plain water and drinking it once or twice a day. It helps with a lot of things, and I recently found out it helps with blood sugar levels. Here is one link I found: http://www.diabetes.co.uk/natural-therapies/aloe-vera.html The brand of aloe juice I like the best is Lily of the Desert (in a brown bottle) that lasts about a week or two and costs 7.99 at Kroger.
I’m so sorry, Ann. 😦 You and your family have my prayers.
Kim, praying for you and Mr. P, too. Similar situation with my husband, though with not as serious consequences yet, that I know of, so I understand the encouraging vs. biting your tongue of which you speak.
This seems like such a small matter compared to the many serious issues brought up on recent prayer threads, and other ongoing situations I know many of you are facing, but could you pray for me as I respond to an email from the father of one of my piano students?
I announced this week that I will be raising my rates in about 6 months, and while the parent who emailed me about that was friendly in his tone, he is questioning why my rate is going up the amount it is.
This family, financially-speaking, has the least difficulty paying my lesson fee, but this father has attempted to get around my payment terms before, so I’m neither surprised nor distressed by his question to me.
I plan on standing firm, but want to explain, without any hint of defensiveness, why I’ve chosen the upcoming rate as I have.
Prayers for wisdom in how to word my email are greatly appreciated. Thanks.
Thank You for the lovely weather we have here in Atlanta today. It’s great to get out to the office again. Thank You that Art feels up to being here. He has so many ailments that it is difficult to keep track of them all. Thank You that so many things can go wrong yet Youi manage to sustain life for awhile through sickness and disease. Thank You that no matter what, the believing Christians will have life eternal without the suffering experienced in the here and now on earth.
I lift up Mumsee and Mike and all the ones they care for at the Nest. The young ones struggle so in trying to work out their lives to include enjoyment mixed with responsibility. Sometimes they err in seeking too much fun. Please help them to see clearly where they want to be in ten years as has been discussed on the blog thread. There is so much wisdom in that process. Help them to map out a life plan to get from their current point A to the hoped for point B. Help them to meet people who are doing what they hope to be doing who can encourage them on the route it means traveling on to get there.
I lift up Jo, again, for her need mentioned last night about the e-mail. Help her to discern her best course of action. Please keep her emotionally as well as physically safe. I ask that You be her solid rock upon which she stands firm. May any force that seeks to damage her in any way be blocked by Your superior force.
Please, Abba, take good care of Annms’s parents during this time of letting go of what they have known and venturing into new territory. Help Steve in processing the emotional tearing he feels over the impending passing of his wife. Please let him know You as his strength in this time of his weakness. Show You vast oceans of love for them so they feel swept up in Your love rather than swept under by currents of despair. You know exactly what they need to hear and be given for comfort by those surrounding them. Please help the sadness to dissipate with the realization that there will be no more pain, agony, suffering, addiction, and tears in heaven. Please help Steve to feel useful to his wife until the moment of passing. Give sweet relief and peace of mind and heart that all was done that could have been done. Please comfort Annms as she hurts watching her parents go through this. Please help all the family members to get along well together during this unique time. I praise You for how You are working through this with their benefit in mind.
Please continue to work healing into Cheryl J. and A.J.’s lives. Also, please help others here who are getting over illnesses. Please keep everyone well enough to enjoy at least some of the Christmas fun outings.
I add the request I just saw from 6 Arrows about the email she is dealing with. Please help her to be concise in her wording of her explanation. I pray she will be able to show the questioning dad that he is still getting a wonderful bargain for what he is paying. I know from the tax business how some people just don’t want any change in prices. But upgrading what is offered creates the need to add to the bill because the cost for the service provider increases. If the dad works in any business he must know this whether or not he wants to admit it. I pray he will receive what 6 Arrows writes with an open and gracious heart. I pray she will be so diplomatic in her wording that he may even think she deserves a tip for all the benefit they receive from her thorough and all-encompassing approach to teaching music. Thank You for helping her in this respect. I pray in the powerful name of accomplishment, Jesus, Name above all names, Amen
6 Arrows, a word of wisdom on your explanation: watch out that you can’t be accused of price fixing / colluding. Several years ago a publisher I worked for was going to call around to find out the rates other publishers paid their freelancers, and we were warned not to do so, as it could be determined to be price fixing. Honestly, I don’t know any way to get around doing research to find out what is fair for both parties, but saying something like “I was charging a low rate because my experience was not as up-to-date, but I have now been teaching again for two years (however long it has been) in addition to the twenty years of experience I’ve already had, and it was time to raise to a price that is fair to all parties.” I don’t know how to word it, but if he is in a challenging mode, I’d be careful to stay far away from any potential grievances. Or even a simple “That price seems more than fair for someone with the number of years I have been teaching, but if you find a teacher you like better, I’d be sad to see your student go, but I would respect your decision.”
Thank you for your prayer, Janice, and all who have prayed.
And Cheryl, thanks for your thoughts. I haven’t sent the email yet — I want to sit on it for a bit before responding — and I appreciate the wisdom I find here on this blog when I share things and get feedback.
I’m open to any thoughts any of you may have on the subject I raised above. I sometimes find it difficult, as a creative person, to function with a business mindset, too! I have to know more than just how to play and teach. 🙂
I agree with Cheryl on the collusion aspect. I have to be very careful of that in charging a commission on sales. Be careful of saying “everyone” or “most” people charge X amount.
Simply state “My fee is _____”. You can phrase that as “My fee is X amount per hour, As you know, in addition to the hour I spend with your child teaching piano, I spend additional time preparing, practicing, and planning for the hour I spend with your student.” Anyone with half a brain knows that teachers spend many hours outside the classroom preparing lesson plans. Don’t explain to much as it gives them more ammunition with which to argue with you.
My fee is 6% on a residential sale. I have taken 6 business cards and placed 3 in a stack for the cooperating agent. From there I lay down one for my broker, one for marketing your property, and one for supporting my family. Then I ask where would you like me to skimp?
My cousin, Andrea, has been on a ventilator to help her lungs heal. The surgery on her femur went well and her sister said it should help her heal easier and quicker than a cast would. She is able to write and is being quite funny with a great attitude about everything.
The other tidbit I will share with you from my many years of working with the public in sales (retail banking, technology, and real estate). A rich person will beat you out of a dime faster and with more skill than a poor person. They will pay late, they will badger you on the price, they will try to intimidate, they will use every trick in the book. A poor person doesn’t want to appear like they can’t afford something and if they really want it but can’t afford it they will ask you what you can do to help them.
Rich people don’t care because they either ride the Net 30 or pay cash. What can you do to them? They don’t really care about a credit score.
Of course this is all generalities I have made from my own experience. Armed with that knowledge got into this prepared.
Kim, my husband saw a lot of that when he’d witness rich farmers going to his dad’s shop (my FIL was a mechanic), driving their expensive vehicles and complaining about how it was so hard to make a decent living in farming. (They’d go on expensive vacations every year, too, and obviously lived in much more affluence than my hubby ever grew up in.) They took advantage of my FIL’s soft heart, knowing that their complaints would cause him to charge little to nothing for his services, even while he had a wife and eight children at home that he was supporting.
That irritates my husband no end, those kinds of manipulative tactics. He would be ticked off beyond words if he knew that this piano client I’m referring to is a doctor, has a wife who works fulltime, owns his own small business besides his medical practice, and has a cabin in a different part of our state to which he can retreat anytime he wants.
The guy can afford an increase, and if he doesn’t like it, he can teach his daughter himself — he formerly took piano lessons, and from what he’s mentioned, it sounds like he got to a fairly advanced level. He won’t find too many people in this area with similar qualifications that I have who are charging less than the rate I’m moving to.
There’s my vent. 😉 Better here than in the email, right? I still have to write it. Keep praying for me? Thanks. 🙂
There are many seeming wealthy people who are living on the edge as they are so deep into debt. Only God knows. But you can still charge what you are worth or at least an amount that will make it worth your time.
Well, basically rich people (unless they inherit) got rich either by (1) earning a lot or (2) spending very little, or some combination of the two. Then there are the wannabes, who spend as though they are rich but they aren’t. But it sounds likely that he is a combination of #1 and #2.
My sister did furniture sales for several years, including some time in a high-end furniture shop. She was surprised sometimes the people who tried to put smallish purchases on credit when she assumed they’d pay cash . . . and then, sometimes, their credit would be declined. This couple would come in with a quarter-million or more in income, but be declined for a $200 purchase since their credit was over-extended. And she’d see people take out home-equity loans to pay off their $40,000 in credit, and a year later they’re back up to $35,000 in credit and she’d be thinking, “How can you find that many things to spend money on, others than cars or a house?”
Some poor people have no choice but to manage their money well, and some rich people have never had to. But it goes in all directions. My richest brother buys all his clothes at thrift stores. He drives Mercedes, but his clothes are from thrift stores.
6 Arrows, I see I’m late to the party, but I’ll put in my two cents anyway. I like Kim’s answer. You don’t owe anyone an explanation for your rates, any more than a bookstore owes him an explanation for the prices of their books. It is what it is, and he is welcome to comparison shop and go elsewhere if he doesn’t like it.
I’m sure that whatever you said you were more tactful than that. 🙂
Thank you, Kevin. I appreciate those follow-up prayers.
And one more prayer request, if I could. My brain won’t shut off tonight. It’s going on 2:00 a.m. here, and I haven’t slept one wink. Thoughts from yesterday swirling in my head on two issues, fears in the night that are likely unfounded, and the looming piano concert that I’m playing in (Sunday), a day on which I will be very tired if I don’t sleep well tonight. (Usually the day after a bad night of sleep is not too bad, but then the second day I’m horribly tired. I don’t want to be horribly tired at 3:00 Sunday afternoon when the concert starts.)
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Please pray for my mom and dad. I learned last night that she was told by a gastroenterologist that he highly suspects she has terminal belly cancer based on blood work and numerous other factors. She didn’t tell anyone other than my father because she didn’t want to ruin Thanksgiving… She keeps putting off colonoscopy and esophagus scope because she’s terrified of results….
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Oh Ann…I ask our Lord to bring comfort and a sense of knowing that He is watching over you and you parents….especially during this time….we love you ….
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praying, Ann.
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We are keeping fourteen year old daughter home today. She feels fine, but as a precaution.
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Oh Ann, I’m so sorry. 😦 Praying.
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I can sympathize on two levels Ann–as the daughter of an alcoholic mother and the daughter of a father who died from esophogeal cancer. I imagine your emotions are all over the place. You have my number if you need to talk.
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I have known this was coming. My Dear Husband has a sweet tooth a mile long. In doing some financial planning, we applied for additional life insurance. Because of the amount and our ages we had to have lab work done. Not surprisingly his sugar levels are in the concerned to dangerous zone. I need the wisdom to know how to gently encourage him and not let my mouth nag him about what he is eating.
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That is a decision he will have to make himself, Kim. You buy good food, eat good food, and leave the rest to him.
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Kim, There are some wonderful sugar-free alternatives.
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Some of these sugar free alternatives are worse than the sugar.
Be careful.
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Kim, if he eats sweets, he needs to have cinnamon with them. Also, I have been adding some aloe juice to plain water and drinking it once or twice a day. It helps with a lot of things, and I recently found out it helps with blood sugar levels. Here is one link I found: http://www.diabetes.co.uk/natural-therapies/aloe-vera.html The brand of aloe juice I like the best is Lily of the Desert (in a brown bottle) that lasts about a week or two and costs 7.99 at Kroger.
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I left a prayer for several requests late last night or early a.m. on yesterday’s thread.
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I’m so sorry, Ann. 😦 You and your family have my prayers.
Kim, praying for you and Mr. P, too. Similar situation with my husband, though with not as serious consequences yet, that I know of, so I understand the encouraging vs. biting your tongue of which you speak.
This seems like such a small matter compared to the many serious issues brought up on recent prayer threads, and other ongoing situations I know many of you are facing, but could you pray for me as I respond to an email from the father of one of my piano students?
I announced this week that I will be raising my rates in about 6 months, and while the parent who emailed me about that was friendly in his tone, he is questioning why my rate is going up the amount it is.
This family, financially-speaking, has the least difficulty paying my lesson fee, but this father has attempted to get around my payment terms before, so I’m neither surprised nor distressed by his question to me.
I plan on standing firm, but want to explain, without any hint of defensiveness, why I’ve chosen the upcoming rate as I have.
Prayers for wisdom in how to word my email are greatly appreciated. Thanks.
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Heavenly Father,
Thank You for the lovely weather we have here in Atlanta today. It’s great to get out to the office again. Thank You that Art feels up to being here. He has so many ailments that it is difficult to keep track of them all. Thank You that so many things can go wrong yet Youi manage to sustain life for awhile through sickness and disease. Thank You that no matter what, the believing Christians will have life eternal without the suffering experienced in the here and now on earth.
I lift up Mumsee and Mike and all the ones they care for at the Nest. The young ones struggle so in trying to work out their lives to include enjoyment mixed with responsibility. Sometimes they err in seeking too much fun. Please help them to see clearly where they want to be in ten years as has been discussed on the blog thread. There is so much wisdom in that process. Help them to map out a life plan to get from their current point A to the hoped for point B. Help them to meet people who are doing what they hope to be doing who can encourage them on the route it means traveling on to get there.
I lift up Jo, again, for her need mentioned last night about the e-mail. Help her to discern her best course of action. Please keep her emotionally as well as physically safe. I ask that You be her solid rock upon which she stands firm. May any force that seeks to damage her in any way be blocked by Your superior force.
Please, Abba, take good care of Annms’s parents during this time of letting go of what they have known and venturing into new territory. Help Steve in processing the emotional tearing he feels over the impending passing of his wife. Please let him know You as his strength in this time of his weakness. Show You vast oceans of love for them so they feel swept up in Your love rather than swept under by currents of despair. You know exactly what they need to hear and be given for comfort by those surrounding them. Please help the sadness to dissipate with the realization that there will be no more pain, agony, suffering, addiction, and tears in heaven. Please help Steve to feel useful to his wife until the moment of passing. Give sweet relief and peace of mind and heart that all was done that could have been done. Please comfort Annms as she hurts watching her parents go through this. Please help all the family members to get along well together during this unique time. I praise You for how You are working through this with their benefit in mind.
Please continue to work healing into Cheryl J. and A.J.’s lives. Also, please help others here who are getting over illnesses. Please keep everyone well enough to enjoy at least some of the Christmas fun outings.
I pray in Jesus’ name, Amen
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Heavenly Father,
I add the request I just saw from 6 Arrows about the email she is dealing with. Please help her to be concise in her wording of her explanation. I pray she will be able to show the questioning dad that he is still getting a wonderful bargain for what he is paying. I know from the tax business how some people just don’t want any change in prices. But upgrading what is offered creates the need to add to the bill because the cost for the service provider increases. If the dad works in any business he must know this whether or not he wants to admit it. I pray he will receive what 6 Arrows writes with an open and gracious heart. I pray she will be so diplomatic in her wording that he may even think she deserves a tip for all the benefit they receive from her thorough and all-encompassing approach to teaching music. Thank You for helping her in this respect. I pray in the powerful name of accomplishment, Jesus, Name above all names, Amen
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6 Arrows, a word of wisdom on your explanation: watch out that you can’t be accused of price fixing / colluding. Several years ago a publisher I worked for was going to call around to find out the rates other publishers paid their freelancers, and we were warned not to do so, as it could be determined to be price fixing. Honestly, I don’t know any way to get around doing research to find out what is fair for both parties, but saying something like “I was charging a low rate because my experience was not as up-to-date, but I have now been teaching again for two years (however long it has been) in addition to the twenty years of experience I’ve already had, and it was time to raise to a price that is fair to all parties.” I don’t know how to word it, but if he is in a challenging mode, I’d be careful to stay far away from any potential grievances. Or even a simple “That price seems more than fair for someone with the number of years I have been teaching, but if you find a teacher you like better, I’d be sad to see your student go, but I would respect your decision.”
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Thank you for your prayer, Janice, and all who have prayed.
And Cheryl, thanks for your thoughts. I haven’t sent the email yet — I want to sit on it for a bit before responding — and I appreciate the wisdom I find here on this blog when I share things and get feedback.
I’m open to any thoughts any of you may have on the subject I raised above. I sometimes find it difficult, as a creative person, to function with a business mindset, too! I have to know more than just how to play and teach. 🙂
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I agree with Cheryl on the collusion aspect. I have to be very careful of that in charging a commission on sales. Be careful of saying “everyone” or “most” people charge X amount.
Simply state “My fee is _____”. You can phrase that as “My fee is X amount per hour, As you know, in addition to the hour I spend with your child teaching piano, I spend additional time preparing, practicing, and planning for the hour I spend with your student.” Anyone with half a brain knows that teachers spend many hours outside the classroom preparing lesson plans. Don’t explain to much as it gives them more ammunition with which to argue with you.
My fee is 6% on a residential sale. I have taken 6 business cards and placed 3 in a stack for the cooperating agent. From there I lay down one for my broker, one for marketing your property, and one for supporting my family. Then I ask where would you like me to skimp?
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My cousin, Andrea, has been on a ventilator to help her lungs heal. The surgery on her femur went well and her sister said it should help her heal easier and quicker than a cast would. She is able to write and is being quite funny with a great attitude about everything.
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The other tidbit I will share with you from my many years of working with the public in sales (retail banking, technology, and real estate). A rich person will beat you out of a dime faster and with more skill than a poor person. They will pay late, they will badger you on the price, they will try to intimidate, they will use every trick in the book. A poor person doesn’t want to appear like they can’t afford something and if they really want it but can’t afford it they will ask you what you can do to help them.
Rich people don’t care because they either ride the Net 30 or pay cash. What can you do to them? They don’t really care about a credit score.
Of course this is all generalities I have made from my own experience. Armed with that knowledge got into this prepared.
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Kim, my husband saw a lot of that when he’d witness rich farmers going to his dad’s shop (my FIL was a mechanic), driving their expensive vehicles and complaining about how it was so hard to make a decent living in farming. (They’d go on expensive vacations every year, too, and obviously lived in much more affluence than my hubby ever grew up in.) They took advantage of my FIL’s soft heart, knowing that their complaints would cause him to charge little to nothing for his services, even while he had a wife and eight children at home that he was supporting.
That irritates my husband no end, those kinds of manipulative tactics. He would be ticked off beyond words if he knew that this piano client I’m referring to is a doctor, has a wife who works fulltime, owns his own small business besides his medical practice, and has a cabin in a different part of our state to which he can retreat anytime he wants.
The guy can afford an increase, and if he doesn’t like it, he can teach his daughter himself — he formerly took piano lessons, and from what he’s mentioned, it sounds like he got to a fairly advanced level. He won’t find too many people in this area with similar qualifications that I have who are charging less than the rate I’m moving to.
There’s my vent. 😉 Better here than in the email, right? I still have to write it. Keep praying for me? Thanks. 🙂
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Vent here. That’s what we are for.
Be businesslike in your letter.
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There are many seeming wealthy people who are living on the edge as they are so deep into debt. Only God knows. But you can still charge what you are worth or at least an amount that will make it worth your time.
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Well, basically rich people (unless they inherit) got rich either by (1) earning a lot or (2) spending very little, or some combination of the two. Then there are the wannabes, who spend as though they are rich but they aren’t. But it sounds likely that he is a combination of #1 and #2.
My sister did furniture sales for several years, including some time in a high-end furniture shop. She was surprised sometimes the people who tried to put smallish purchases on credit when she assumed they’d pay cash . . . and then, sometimes, their credit would be declined. This couple would come in with a quarter-million or more in income, but be declined for a $200 purchase since their credit was over-extended. And she’d see people take out home-equity loans to pay off their $40,000 in credit, and a year later they’re back up to $35,000 in credit and she’d be thinking, “How can you find that many things to spend money on, others than cars or a house?”
Some poor people have no choice but to manage their money well, and some rich people have never had to. But it goes in all directions. My richest brother buys all his clothes at thrift stores. He drives Mercedes, but his clothes are from thrift stores.
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Thanks for all your advice and prayers. I just sent the email and am confident about it.
Glad to hear the update on Andrea, Kare. Thanks for the report.
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6 Arrows, I see I’m late to the party, but I’ll put in my two cents anyway. I like Kim’s answer. You don’t owe anyone an explanation for your rates, any more than a bookstore owes him an explanation for the prices of their books. It is what it is, and he is welcome to comparison shop and go elsewhere if he doesn’t like it.
I’m sure that whatever you said you were more tactful than that. 🙂
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And now we can pray that he receives it well.
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Thank you, Kevin. I appreciate those follow-up prayers.
And one more prayer request, if I could. My brain won’t shut off tonight. It’s going on 2:00 a.m. here, and I haven’t slept one wink. Thoughts from yesterday swirling in my head on two issues, fears in the night that are likely unfounded, and the looming piano concert that I’m playing in (Sunday), a day on which I will be very tired if I don’t sleep well tonight. (Usually the day after a bad night of sleep is not too bad, but then the second day I’m horribly tired. I don’t want to be horribly tired at 3:00 Sunday afternoon when the concert starts.)
Thanks.
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Thanks to everyone for the support and prayers
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