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Faith conquers despair
 Craig
Barton struggled with his vocation
his whole life. While he hung in there and usually made decent
money, he often asked himself “Why am I so unhappy?”
Craig was proud that he was able to support his wife and three
children on a job based 100% on commission. Craig’s family
always had anything they wanted, but Craig was miserable on
the inside. He didn't realize that misery on the inside was
manifesting to the outside, slowly, but surely, and one day
his wife told him that she wanted a divorce. Craig was shocked
and absolutely devastated!
Within one month of that news, he learned that his friend,
and owner of the company he worked for, was dying of a brain
tumor. Craig’s back was against the wall; he was suicidal.
All he could think was, “I can't kill myself; I have three
kids.” It was a struggle to do even simple things like
laundry.
The first thing Craig did was to take a local job (that he
hated) just to be around people. He searched the internet everyday
reaching for anybody that might be able to help him. The pain
was so intense, Craig can still remember many specific situations
vividly. It was during one of those vividly painful situations
that he called Craig Nathanson. He still remembers the negative
words he was using, and Craig Nathanson reframing them for him.
Being a salesman, Craig Barton knew all about reframing and
he realized right there that he had better work on reframing
his inner man. He thought he was a strong man of faith, but
he was coming very close to losing that, too. Craig Nathanson
helped him to discover what he wanted to focus on—real
estate—and he came to the discovery that the Bible is
all about reframing the inner man!
With this combination Craig felt he couldn't lose. He worked
on real estate, and on his soul, everyday. He reframed and believed
to the extent that, if this didn't work and God didn't live
up to his part of the covenant, he would surely have been completely
devastated. It was frightening, but Craig was overcoming his
fears through the strength he was gaining in his soul.
Things started to happen, and Craig would often get something
going just at the right time. Even though he had deals working,
the money wasn't coming in fast enough. Living on credit cards
is a challenge, but Craig knew his faith wouldn't be denied.
Then it happened: a deal closed here, and a deal closed there,
and boom: his credit cards were paid off and Craig had money
in the bank.
Craig now knows he has a great life ahead of him. Even though
we sometimes go through so much pain, we all need to remember
we have so much to be thankful for.
What can we learn from Craig Barton's story?
When you have faith in yourself and others, magical things
can happen in your life, despite the odds!
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