My heart is all mixed up right now. If anyone told me that we would be able to live off of the income we do, I would have laughed in their face. Oh the joy, the adventure, and the fun it is to be a follower of Christ! This has been the best ride of my life. He called me to quit my job 3 years ago when my husband didn't have a job. Who does that?!
The bible says, "My sheep hear my voice and they know me." We heard Him. We knew it was Him. We just knew, even though it didn't make any sense. We did it (quit my job) and it's been making sense ever since.
Some ask, "how do you know?" I always compare it to a phone call. If you recognize the voices on the other end it's because you spend time with them. If you don't.....you don't.
How do you spend time with Him? Scripture and prayer. Pretty simple.
So I quit my job and I get to raise my kids. I'm not saying God calls every mother to that. But He called me. But He didn't call me right away. I worked full-time with 2 kids in daycare for a few years. Anyway, there will never be another year that my kids will be like THIS today. Never ever. And I get to see every moment.
On January 26th, just a few weeks back, I tucked my little boy into bed. What I didn't know is that as I was wishing him a "Happy 5th Birthday" for the final time that day, giving him a final snuggle and placing his blankie right next to his cheek....another boy across town at that very moment was dying.
His name was Luke. He went to Dyson's preschool. But unlike Dyson, his birthday was just days earlier, and he had just turned 4. He was taking a bath and something happened. He hit his head and drowned.
It could have been Dyson. It could have been anyone of our kids. Every mother in Brandon has held their child a little more tightly ever since. This has ripped my heart out. I've had dreams, I've shed tears and not an hour goes by where I don't think of Katie, and how I could be in her shoes at any time.
I feel led to write more about it in the future. My heart longs to interview Katie and her husband maybe six months down the road, or so, when they are ready... IF they are ever ready. We'll see if God brings anything out of that. But for now, please just pray for them because they are not well. They are beyond broken-hearted. They are at a deeper low than you could ever imagine. He was their only son. Their first-born child. Luke left behind a little sister, who adored him.
In all of the strep, flu and ear infection we've had in our home, I have counted my blessings and have tried not to complain. And although this has been the worse month ever since we've moved here a year ago, God has showed up over and over.
In addition to my earlier blog, God provided even more. We received a surprise $250.00 check in the mail, Jer got a surprise raise!!, I got a surprise bonus, and Jeremy got a surprise cash gift sending him on a snowmobile trip this weekend. All within two weeks. Hello?!
It didn't just rain. It poured.
I don't know what end you are on. Maybe you're on the end where God is calling you to give, but you're hesitant to do so. I can't express the amount of good that has happened within our family and for other families..... simply because people, like you, were obedient to God's calling. There have been times we have been called to give, when we didn't have. But, we did and God supplied it every single time.
Every one of these gifts were from people who felt called to give. They didn't have to. Heck, they all have financial dreams of their own! But they did it because they are people who love God, trust Him and will listen to Him.
So here I am, just in awe. Our bills for February will get paid and Jer gets to go on a trip being exhausted, tired and weary. He will come back spiritually renewed having spent a week with amazing men of God doing something fun. I'm so excited for him. He deserves it. He practically gave up all his hobbies for his family and now he is blessed with a free trip. I couldn't be more thrilled.
God gave us just what we needed. Nothing more, nothing less. He keeps us comortable just enough to avoid the late fees... and although we don't know what March will hold...
We know who's holding March.
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