Wednesday, March 10, 2010
Wonderful Wednesday
That early bird Julie beat me again this morning. :) Waiting on the Lord...a biblical concept and command that Audrey posted yesterday. Do any of you have stories you are willing to share about waiting on the Lord? For myself, living with a dear man who struggles with depression has been a great opportunity to learn to wait on the Lord to work in his life. I have come to truly know that His timing is not my timing (!) but his timing is perfect.
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done for today.
As for your question about waiting on the Lord--I think the most recent thing I have had to wait on is quitting my job. When I was in school I never intended to work full time. However, any job I wanted to take required a 2 year full time commitment. After I fulfilled that I expected to be able to go part time, but with now 2 kids and a husband in school it wasn't feasible. I remember crying as I left Abby and Hallie and driving to work. I didn't dislike my job but I wanted to spend more time with my babies. Looking back the amount of time I worked full time was not actually all that long (4 years) but seemed like long long years. Now I see that we grew as a family (through trials) and I really was good at my job and loved it (just not as much as my kids)-there are times I really miss it. But I see that I am able to better understand when Aaron is exhausted or doesn't want to help with some project. I am able to help others with medical knowledge. I know that if something happened to Aaron or if we found ourselves in a spot we needed me to-I could get another job.I understand better when we don't have money for something how many hours of overtime Aaron would have to work to pay for it. Although for many this isn't a horrible situation, it didn't go according to my "plan" and it was hard. There were many bumps and it was hard for Aaron when i was bringing home all of the money. But, we made it (with a lot of prayer) and I have grown from it.
I am also done.
Waiting on the Lord. The first thing that pops into my mind is when Ben had to leave his last job and find a new one. It was a job that he loved, but there were circumstances there that were not good and he came to a decision that he needed to leave it. We were scared about what was going to happen to us financially because we knew that he'd probably have to take a paycut and quite possibly a very significant one. And even though I knew that he was doing the right thing by chosing to leave, it was really scarey. I remember sitting on the chair in my room just pouring my heart out in prayer and many times with lots of tears. I was proud of Ben for making the decision that he had made, but I was terrified about what it could mean for our family. The more that I prayed about it though, the more peace that I had about it. I knew God would answer my prayers, but I didn't know how and I didn't know what my life was going to look like with His answer. I knew that we'd never go hungry or be homeless with my parents and sisters in town. My kids would probably have considered it a great adventure to move in with Papa and Grandma. Anyways, God answered my prayers only two weeks later when Ben was offered a new job with better benefits and higher pay. The waiting was hard as we planned for the worst, but there was also a certain peace as we waited in "eager expectation" for His answer.
It seems our faith can only really grow when we decide to wait on the Lord. It is only by placing ourselves in His mercy completely that we learn that we can really trust Him. What joy and peace follows that painful growth!
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