James 1:2-4
2Consider it all joy, my brethren, when you encounter various trials, 3 knowing that the testing of your faith produces endurance. 4And let endurance have its perfect result, so that you may be perfect and complete, lacking in nothing.
Well, officially I am unemployed...our last 3 projects under the Pi'ilani Group umbrella is now gone...still have to deal with the legal issues resulting in the loss of our shopping center in waipio (Laniakea Plaza) and the closing of the 2 Taco Del Mars in Kona, but I know God's plan is still ongoing in my life...and the way I have been handling the trials, conflicts and storms, by trusting God and being content in where He has me at, has been God gloryfying. Now don't get me wrong, it has not been easy. On Feb 17, when the reciever was approved by the court for Laniakea Plaza, I did not feel good at all..i felt like i had failed myself, my family, our investors and our partners...but yet, as a failed businessman i am not defined as...i am a child of God, a man of God who God continues to use mightily in spreading the Good News of His Son Jesus Christ...I am confident in Him and what He has in store for me. Additionaly, closing the 2 stores on Wed 2/29, was sad, not for me, but for the employees and the ohana spirit we had established...when speaking to the team at the last gathering, i compared our companies time of being open similar to life. Taco Del Mar was birthed, it lived, and it died...and we left a legacy in Kona that will be remembered and appreciated. so regardless of the work side, God continues to work in my relationships, in my minsitry and in my family....all of these experiences will be a testimony unto God has done, continues to do and will do in my life. Consider it pure joy is a life style, its a way of trusting in God, that regardless of what is going on in the midst of my life, God is honored and glorified.
Thank You Lord for allowing me to go through these trials and tribulations...may You magnified and glorified in my life and may those around me see You in all that I say, be and do. Amen!!
