Emphasis Preaching Journal

Paul was 43 years old. He'd been happily married for 20 years. He and his wife had three young children. He had a good job, a new house and a great family. Life was good. But then the bottom fell out of Paul's world. He found out that he was going to be laid off. There was no hope of a recall. Paul had no idea what he was going to do. He'd quit school at the age of 16 to go to work and he'd been working ever since. He'd learned one trade after another but had never formalized his training. In many ways he was a jack-of-all-trades and a master of none.