It has been wonderfully busy since I've written last. I have put off writing, not because I don't have anything to say, but because I have too much to say... to be thankful for... that I am afraid once I start writing I will end up with a book.
First, I'd like to say a huge thank you to my God. It was worth the wait! February 6th to October 30th seemed like such a long wait... but looking back from where we are now it was not as long as I had thought. I thank God that I felt His presence in the waiting, even though I began to be impatient at times. I thank God for what He did in the waiting. I pray that we will be able to help others through their waiting times.
God worked a miracle. My husband could not find a job, though he applied for so many jobs that he was overqualified for, God had other plans for him. So he had to leave town for a job that payed a small hourly wage. He worked in the foothills at a Christian camp doing whatever they needed him to do. God took him to "higher ground" in many ways. In the loneliness and the pain, away from family, he grew close to his God again. God walked with him and talked to him while he was out of the "noise" of loved ones surrounding him. He came home at peace. Thank you, Lord!
While the Lord was walking my husband through his hurts and healing him He also walked with me. I learned a lot myself during this time. My "issues" that I had stuffed down in my heart had to be dealt with too. Feelings of betrayal hurt deeply. Betrayal by more than a few people. I learned Who I can ALWAYS count on. And in trusting Him I had to learn to trust again. To forgive. To put hurt behind me and walk in freedom. I also had received the peace of God.
I praise my God that my boys still serve the Lord and are active in their churches that they serve in. Sometimes when pastor's kids see the pain their families endure serving the Lord they turn away from God or at the very least turn from serving Him for fear of the same happening to them. That is not the case with the boys. I feel very blessed.
So, months ago I said this day would come, where I could share that God would take our bad situation and use it for good. He has done so in a marvelous way. My husband was recently voted in as the new senior pastor at a church in the same town where he felt he would never have the chance to serve the Lord again. We love our new church family already. We are excited about what God has in store for us in this new ministry. We pray that we can use this experience to glorify God. I pray that if you are ever discouraged with your time "in the waiting" you will remember that God has everything in His hands and He wants more for you than you have ever dreamed. Hold on! Trust! And see that He has a plan for you too!
For I know the plans I
have for you,” declares the LORD, “plans to prosper you and not to harm
you, plans to give you hope and a future. Jeremiah 29:11 (NIV)
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