Transitions

I just have to start this post out by saying God is soooo AMAZING! While I am going to tell you about some major changes going to take place in our home. The sermon at our church today was on "Transitions". It was one of those you know God wanted you to hear, and we even had a Interim preacher. So I have decided to tell you of some "Transitions" that are going to take place in our home.

While I am still full of mixed feelings, excited, scared, humbled, and happy (yes you can feel all of these at once) I am rejoicing in the fact that God has a plan for us and it is nothing like I had seen my future to be. This is where I have the exciting feeling. What is God going to do in our lives now? My Husband is going back to what I call a "secular" job. It has been over 20yrs. since he has had to work for anyone except himself. For those of you who do not know He has been self-employed for most of his life. His Dad is self-employed and they have been working in the same family business for all of his life. They are in the Waterwell industries. Ernie puts in waterwell pumps and his Dad drills waterwells. Due to the economy both of the businesses are feeling the trickle effect. This is definitely going to take some time getting use to.

While there was a time in our married life I would plea with God to bring in some jobs to get him out of the house b/c he was messing with our schedule. Then, I finally gave into the fact that this was the life God had blessed us with and learn to adjust our schedule to fit this life style of a self-employed wife. So I have learned to do life with my husband here all of the time. I once told a friend that the weekends with her husband home was my life everyday. Kind of always "fly by the seat of our pants" schedule. It did take some getting use to. Now that I am use to him being here so much and helping out around the house, with the kids, being able to go to the store by myself, being the Teacher for our children, and the biggest one having my best friend here all of the time to talk to. He was just getting the hang of this! I or should say we all are going to have to adjust to him being gone from the house any where from 40-60 hrs. a week. He will still be working the pump jobs on the side as they come in or until God transitions us into something different.

This is wear all of the scared feelings come in. Can I do this(house,kids,laundry,school,wife,mother,and taxi) all by myself? Only time will tell, Right? I have to hold on to the fact that God promises not to give us anything we can not handle.
Now, for my AWWW feeling. Did I mention that one? This is the feeling I get when I think of how long we have prayed for God's guidance on what to do with our future. For the last year or so we have had the feeling that we are missing a piece of something God was trying to reveal to us. Little, by little things have been changing with our lives. The latest was having to let our health ins. cancel due to not being able to afford the $600 a mo. payment for it(then of course only two weeks after that Caleb broke his arm). This is only a fraction of things that have been plucking away. Now, God has answered long awaited prayers. AMEN!! They were the prayers that we have been praying for, but did not necessary want the outcome of what we knew had to happen but know that they needed to be. Does that make any since at all? It is a happy but sad moment all in one. This is also one of those moments in our lives that we can see God's hands all over it without a doubt.

I know that I have been sounding like I am throwing a pitty party for myself. I am!! I have to just a little bit. I am also sooooo grateful to our AMAZING God that he has brought Ernie a good paying job that is local in these economic times. While it will take some getting use to not being able to do the things that self-employed people do (going on a spur of the moment trip to Mt.Rushmore) it is going to be an exciting time for our family. I know God's plans are never ours and that his plans are much better than ours.
In today's sermon the Interim Pastor quoted from Henry Blackabee "If you are not going through transitions you are not moving forward with God" it was something like this I can not remember the exact wording. So, in sharing this with all of you out there, would you PLEASE keep our family in your prayers through our "Transition" period? We will be greatly blessed with all of your prayers. Thank You!