Most of us have it so good over here in America that we can't even begin to complain. Our only problem is that we have so much that we take it for granted and begin to covet even more. I heard Bishop Dale Bronner say that it is the wealthy man who has learned to live with less. When you can be content in your situation it takes a lot of pressure off of you. When you realize that you can only be in one room at a time in your house, or drive one car at a time it puts things in perspective for you. I remember when I moved out to L.A. back in 1998 and lived in a one bedroom apartment for seven years. I had a small small living room, kitchen, and a bathroom and was glad to have it. I had just come out of a separation where I basically lost everything. I remember driving three days to L.A. and getting there, and having to get an apartment, but my credit was jacked up and I was in a tough situation. I remember talking to Mr. Tom Figus at Palms Caribbean Apartments on Overland Avenue and he was asking me for credit references and numbers to people that he could speak to on my behalf. At the time I was busted and disgusted. I didn't know who he could speak to. I was showing him my portfolio with pictures of me and Shaquille O'Neal, and Mike Epps, and D.L.Hughley, and all of my travels and the places where I performed. That was all good, but he wanted to know who he could talk to. I didn't know who he could talk to. So I called my mother because she always seemed to have good advice. I told her that I had just driven three days to California, and that I was
thirty five years old and couldn't get an apartment. My mother told me to pray to God and tell him what I needed. So I did. How many of you know that prayer works? When I prayed I felt a release and sense of comfort that things would be alright. Running through my mind up to this point were fears of where I would have to go, sleep, or live. I knew that if you didn't have good credit you could end up at a homeless shelter, in a very bad neighborhood, or anywhere. But the God that I serve saw different.
I went back into the rental office and begin speaking to Mr. Figus again. He told me that he had tried to contact my creditors and different people that I referred to him and the only person he could reach was my Mother. Thank God she gave me a good reference. You know you're in trouble when your own mother won't give you a good credit reference. At this point it wasn't even about credit references. I just started writing down names of people who would vouch for me and say "yeah that Willie Brown is a good guy." So I started writing down names of promoters, comedy agents, comedy clubs, and anyone who could say something good about me. Finally Mr. Figus said to me "I really want to help you, but you've got to give me somebody that I can talk to, who can I talk to"? And I was like "who can he talk to, who can he talk to"? And it came to me. I had an epiphany. So I went out to my car and I took out my suitcase with Woody in it and went back into the rental office. I reached down, opened up the suitcase and put Woody on my knee. Mr. Figus began to chuckle. I then made Woody say to him "you have a chance to make a difference in somebody's life today." He continued to laugh and asked Woody "do you live in there" pointing to the suitcase. And Woody said "I live in there, he lives in there and it's crowded Man"! "We need somewhere to stay." So Mr. Figus said "I've never seen anything like this in all of my years of property rental. He said you seem like a pretty nice guy. If you give me $500 today and $300 in a couple of days I'll prorate you for May, and wave a portion of your security deposit." I gave him a money order for $500 and he gave me the
key to that apartment, and that was my first night in L.A.. Seven years later my credit was good and I moved from that one bedroom apartment in L.A. to a four bedroom house, with a two car garage on a half acre in McDonough, GA. That's what God did for me. And it didn't stop there. He still keeps blessing me.
Sometimes God will let you go through a desert experience just to get your attention so that he can get something to you. Sometimes he has to slow you down so that you can hear from him. I find that the more I trust him and ask him to direct my path, the more he does it in mysterious ways. We can't figure God out. We think he's coming through the door and he comes up through the floor. We think he's coming through the window, and he ends up coming through the chimney. We just need to trust him. Trust in the Lord at all times. Lean not unto your own understanding. Acknowledge him in all your ways and he will direct your path. I don't know about you, but I want God to direct my path. If you want God to direct your path do me a favor and leave a short comment at the bottom of this blog. I'd love to hear from you and how God has helped you through on your journey. May God continue to bless you and keep you always in Jesus name.
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