The extent of God's help when we mess up?

This was posted by me in another thread, but I thought it had a better home here so I moved it over. OK, then, as Christians, when we mess up and make mistakes that cause us loss either personal or otherwise, we know that we can ask the Lord for forgivness for our misstep, but can we also ask Him to restore what was lost as a result of our actions or words when you are sure that only a decree or decision from Him would make the situation right again?

 

Thank you for your replies. My personal loss is a potential relationship with a truly wonderful woman who I used to work with who I confided in about something a manager said to me about her that I knew was not true. She then, thinking she could trust her supervisor, told him this and then he went straight to the manager that originally said this to me. This manager then calls us both into the office and then proceeds to deny that this conversation ever took place, so rather than perpetuate her lie, I put my badge down on her desk to protect my friend's job more than anything because manager was threatening termination for the both of us when manager was just trying to cover up the fact that this conversation took place between us (she was basically trying to discourage me from forming a friendship with this woman who I did not know very well at the time, but in the interim we grew close)

So I resigned my position with the company on Dec. 2 and I have not heard from my friend since I walked out that day. I miss her very much because at the time that this all happened, that very day in fact, she was finally able to admit to me that there was something there and that this friendship was going to progress into something more for us.

In my heart I know what I did was right in resigning rather than lie to keep my job but I know I was wrong in telling my friend this in the first place. I can handle the job loss (I got another one soon after) but if I never hear from her or see her again, that is the far greater loss for me. Now you know where I am with this. Thank you all again!

 

Problem is, I do not have her phone or E-mail as we were only interacting with each other at work. We never saw each other outside of work as it had not gotten to that point yet. She has my cell number though.

As to her thinking I resigned because I was guilty, she has been telling people at work who I am in contact with when they ask why I quit that Manager was trying to get me to say something that was not true so she knows that it was me that was in the right in that office.

 

No, my gut tells me to leave this alone for now but I would appreciate your prayers that God restores this friendship and that I eventually hear from her at some point........... Thanks!

 

Yes, that is my hope and prayer at this point.

I just hope she is not upset that this whole thing happened.

 

Marcia, she is not at this point. But she had a great amount of respect for me because she knows I am a devout Christian and that was one of the things that attracted her to me.

I think we would have thought the same thing about the woman at the well, Saul of Tarsus, the blind man of John 9, the woman in the temple of John 8, Zacchaeus, ect.

I must leave this alone for now, for that is what the Holy Spirit is telling me to do. This is now totally in the hands of God and I will trust Him to do as He sees fit.

I do believe that I will see her again. I do not know why nor can I explain it, but I am sure you all have experienced somthing like this in your lives as Christians at some point that tested your faith in God and when it came to pass, it overwhelmed you that God did this and you recognise that none other than Him could have made it so. I cannot explain it.

 

Thank you Marcia. Although I know full well what Scripture says against being unequally yoked and all, sometimes your heart makes different plans outside of your control.

 

Thank you Diane!