Carried by Michelle Schmidt

Author:Michelle Schmidt
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Deseret Book Company
Published: 2018-08-05T16:00:00+00:00

Jon with his parents, Werner and Lieselotte Schmidt.

Receiving this encouragement from the Lord that Jon’s pursuing this career was His will gave us the confidence to then plead in great faith for His help in delivering us from the overwhelming bondage of debt we found ourselves in. We began praying for the exact amount of money we needed to get out of debt. We had no idea where the money would come from. But we figured we would pray for a certain sum one month and then the rest the next month. We put our whole trust in the Lord and begged for help.

A few days later we received a check in the mail from Deseret Book for Jon’s new sheet-music book he had recently produced. We were expecting a check, but we had no idea it would be as much as we received. This was a huge blessing and answer to our prayers. And then the same day Deseret Book put in another big order for more sheet-music books.

Also, so many people—the newspapers and radio stations, for example—were so kind in working out payment plans. FM100 even had Jon play some corporate functions in exchange for what we owed for promotion. In addition, Abravanel Hall agreed to give us a discount.

We didn’t have all the money we needed immediately, but it was a miracle to watch the Lord answer our prayers bit by bit, which He continued to do over the next several months. As we had bills come due, we would “somehow” come up with the money necessary to pay them. We absolutely see it was nothing short of a miracle and a gift from God.

As I sat paying the last of the concert bills and saw that we had just barely enough to pay off our debts, I began to cry and prayed out loud, “Thank you. Thank you so much, Heavenly Father, for delivering us.” I couldn’t believe we had made it. The blessing and goodness and answer to our prayers was so obvious it made me weep. How could we ever survive without our trust in and utter dependence upon the Lord? He had been so good to us. He even blessed us with a little extra for Spencer’s birthday. I was so thankful. There was no adequate way to express it.

As I pondered upon these events, I realized that it was wisdom in the Lord that He had kept us in our humbled position, one that had enabled us to grow and learn many spiritual things. And I felt a complete feeling of peace, and even gratitude, for the things we had suffered. I truly felt a desire to testify as much as I could of God and of His power of deliverance.

Even with this miracle of deliverance, it just didn’t seem like we would ever make enough to get ahead. We just prayed and somehow scraped by month after month. And yet, I knew the Lord fulfilled all of His promises, and I

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