God has been in the driver's seat from the very beginning so we knew that our final destination would be where He needed us to be, and not where we wanted to be because honestly....Alabama was NOT where I wanted to be!
I won't say our decision to go this far has been easy an easy one, because it hasn't. I have struggled so hard with the thought of leaving my sister and her family, our church family, and our friends. Plus, we would literally have had to give up our home as well. But what I was struggling the most with was leaving our daughter Goose, our son-in-law Tang, and their precious fur baby, Bailey Boos. We prayed and prayed for God to continue to give us direction and He did. All roads from every angle, pointed us in the direction of Florence, Alabama. We had confirmation after confirmation after confirmation as to where we were being led. After much prayer, I finally had a peace about the whole thing. God, if this is where we are supposed to be...if this is where you are sending us...then YOUR WILL BE DONE! No matter what we have to do, no matter what we have to give up, we will follow you. HERE AM I, LORD...SEND ME!
Well, a day or two before I went to the Deeper Still Conference, Skippy had been praying, "God, if this move is not what You have intended and if this is not in Your plan, PLEASE stop this now before we go any further." The next morning, Skippy got a call from his boss, telling him that the contract with the poultry company in Alabama had been canceled and that he no longer had a job there. Can you believe that? So, guess what................................?
I truly believe that with our "change of direction" that God has given us, that He has something better for us planned. Something that goes "beyond, beyond" what we could possibley imagine!
Oh my goodness! Changes and mixed emotions. I hope and pray that all will go well.
ReplyDeleteHaving that peace and trusting the Lord will be your strength.
Take care,
Nannette
Dear Laura,
ReplyDeleteI have not been able to read blogs much this past week. you certainly have been going through a lot!
God does provide, so I will be interested in hearing the next chapter.
I will pray for you.
♥Hope