"I will restore to you the years that the locust hath eaten," promises the Bible in the book of Joel. I am grateful for an experience that taught me the true meaning of restoration—showing me that what is really "restored" is the true, spiritual concept of being. This true concept can never be "eaten," or taken away.
At one time when the United States was suffering from a severe recession, my husband suddenly found himself without employment or income. Shortly before this he had begun his own company, but because of the recession, his clients were unable to pay him. We had exhausted all of our personal savings in an effort to keep things afloat, but he finally had to close the company. So, here we were with children enrolled in private schools with large tuitions, a new home and property with a large mortgage, and I had just become listed in the Journal as a Christian Science practitioner!
We placed our home up for sale, but the real estate market was very soft at that time, and the house did not sell. We quickly fell behind in mortgage payments as well as all other financial obligations. My husband continued to look for new employment, but many people were being laid off at that time, and there seemed to be no positions available. He began to collect unemployment compensation, and we did our best to maintain a standard of living. But it soon became clear that our only alternative was to declare bankruptcy.
