Timing...

Looking ahead in my calendar at the month of June and it's astonishing to see the changes. We've gone from moving to Italy to moving across town. I am so excited to be moving closer to our kids' school and very excited to live in a house again. God's timing is magnificent, the way that He has used June 1st in our lives truly does amaze me. Our official move date really didn't change, just the location... and that makes me giggle.. how funny that it worked out that way.

I can't wait to be two minutes from the kids' school! I can't tell you how much in gas that is going to save our family.. A LOT! This week alone I make 3 trips to school each day.. with Musical practice, golf practice, volunteering in the Art room, drop off, pick up... it's going to be wonderful that my kids can actually walk to school and home if they need to.. what a blessing!! I am busy mental planning layout of furniture in the house, thinking about color palette, and how much I want to use the whirlpool tub.. ;) The Lord is Good and His timing is perfect! So excited to share with you this new adventure... and I need to mention that we have awesome neighbors.. our besties the Roeloffs' house is pretty much in our back yard... oh, it's going to be SWEET!!!

Pondering Finances..

Michael and I are taking a financial class right now and it's been so stretching and great to talk about the hows and whys of money management and our own personal experiences and lifestyle in all things money related. We are finding out how much work it is to manage it properly. At the end of our class session a few days ago, a scripture was shared. It is Proverbs 30:8 which states, Remove far from me falsehood and lying; give me neither poverty nor riches; feed me with the food that is needful for me,


The question that was posed after reading through it was when was the last time you prayed that God wouldn't give you riches? How many times do you pray that God will fix things financially by just giving you more money? This question struck me... hmm do I pray for neither poverty or riches? It's a great prayer to pray, that I would have balance in my life, find contentment with what God has given to me and realize that money doesn't solve everything. We are responsible for what God has given to us, He's entrusted us here in America with an abundance if you look at the majority of the world. Do I realize the great blessings I have? The richness of the gifts I've received? Am I content? Do I praise God for what we have? The train of thought continued inward to a heart evaluation.. I've seen with new eyes the blessing of what we have. 

I am seeking to be content, it's such a battle in this very materialistic society we live in, it's hard to not be tricked into thinking that want is need. But want is NOT need.. and finding out what is really need and what is only want is sometimes blurry.. praying that God would continue to be patient with me.. I have a long way to go.. but I am thankful for this journey.. grateful for what God is revealing about my heart condition with money and slowly showing me another area in my life where I need more of Him and less of me..

Marriage & Such

I have been quite focused lately on my wonderful husband and his new job. This amazing job, that fits his gifts and abilities so well, it has truly blessed my heart to watch his transition into this job and be a part of the ministry in a small way with him as well.

I've needed some time to process the changes to our life. We've gone from not feeling permanent here in Lincoln to feeling very permanent. It's been about three months now of coping with that and it's still surreal at times . My journey these past few months has included so many high points, I've felt almost as though it's too good to be true at times... which isn't typically my personality, I tend to be ever optimistic, but I've caught myself feeling this, "can it really be this good?" ... And so far.. yup!.. it's a season of God's awesome blessing... thank you Lord for blessing my husband with this job! :)

I am very thankful for Michael and the way that the Lord has bonded us together through these changing times, how we've learned to communicate through stress, anxiety, pressure, uncertainty and still remain strong in our marriage. Praising God today for giving me such an awesome man!  Are you wondering if I tell him this all the time? If I feel this way every moment? The answer is..  yes ... okay more like, I am trying. I fall short of the perfect wife category by like a million.. and he falls short of perfect too.. But this is not about perfect, it's not about keeping score, or doing everything the way I think he should. It's about the choice to love him anyway, the choice to respect him, honor him and must importantly esteem him.. because don't we all want that from our spouse? Don't you want that for your children from their future spouse? My hope is that at the end of the day, each day, Michael knows that I love him.. no matter what. Praying that my actions and words today affirm what I know to be true. Hoping to be a more loving and supportive wife, there are times when I fall short, but what I've learned over the course of this year is that love remains. It's work, but what joy I feel knowing no matter what life brings, good or bad, I've got a husband willing to stand by me and love me and I will do the same!