At the beginning of this year, I
was faced with the difficult decision of which study to take, as were many of
you. I was quite sure that I wouldn’t be
taking Beth Moore’s study because quite frankly, last year I felt like she
yelled at me as we ventured through Revelation.
Then I saw the preview for David and clearly felt that I was supposed to
take this study. I always find God’s
humor in my life uncanny. Perfect.
As you may know, my family is moving to Texas.
I have felt a strong draw to San
Antonio for a while now. My husband’s job seemed to be coming to an
end of what his potential there. We
decided we would look across the nation for a new direction. The only position that had open doors was in San Antonio. We felt this was affirmation as to God’s plan
for us. As we explored David’s life and
relationship with God, I felt more confirmation in this decision.
There have been many giants along the way. Just as David faced Goliath, we faced many
seemingly impossible situations. Selling
our house in this market, where Greg would stay until we did sell- how would we
be able to afford a rent payment and a mortgage, how would we see each other
with the cost of flights going up, the incredible cost of moving across the
country, people telling us we were crazy and so on. But as these things weighed on us, I
remembered David didn’t defeat Goliath on his own. David was able to defeat the giant because he
was able to see what others didn’t— “the power of God." David vs.
Goliath was a mismatch–small vs. large, weak vs. strong, and a sling vs. a
sword- when you focus on the Giant – you stumble. I
wasn’t going to give into the enemy and focus on the giants in our situation,
but rather see the power of God in all things.
We went
under contract on our house one month from the day we listed it, we have
amazing friends who walk closely with Christ that have opened their house to us
which is close to Greg’s new job, his new company has blessed us with trips to
see each other all expenses paid, as well as covering ALL moving costs- movers,
realtor fees, closing cost assistance, etc.
We surrendered our needs to God to handle and He has provided in a
mighty way. Confirmation that we are
living His will for our lives.
I have
learned so much the past few years here at Oasis. I feel so blessed to have met so many smart,
funny, caring women who I call my sisters in Christ. I will forever hold dear to my heart the many
mornings spent here in fellowship. I’ve
witness the power of prayer for one another like never before, seen women come
to Christ, had the pleasure to be challenged in the Word and built lasting
friendships that I’ll always cherish.
May God bless each one of you!
Hopefully it'll get easier to move on- trying to mentally prepare for lots of ugly crying.
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