second, I think it is awesome to be in a place where the Lord is calling you to be stable I remember when Josh and I were living in Indianapolis both working two jobs and I felt so apathetic because we weren’t “doing” something…I very specifically heard the Lord say “enjoy it while it lasts, this isn’t going to last forever” so we did. ha ha. Now I look back and totally appreciate that time…but am really excited to see what God has in store for us now in the future!

Please read it.
Aunt Lisa

I seriously have SO many stories like this of how God has provided for us. I honestly love living that way. I just need to learn how to not stress about things in the time between realizing a need and having God fill that need. I also think that is why life these days is so hard on me. Dave has a good job, we have lived in the same place for almost two years, have two kids and a minivan, and everything just seems NORMAL. Normalcy throws me into depression. I actually stress a lot more when things are “normal” than when things are crazy. I seem to love the chaos of totally living by faith. But I don’t feel like we are doing that now, so I’m all stressed and depressed. I know that we, in fact, are where God wants us to be for this season though. And I guess it’s not like things are totally peachy. Dave has been off this week because of the cold, and the next two weeks the company is shut down for Christmas holidays. He doesn’t get paid for all this time off. And he hasn’t had a webdesign contract for several weeks and we have yet to pay off this lovely computer, let alone our other bills. I might be going back to work 8-10 hours a week hopefully in the new year, but that won’t be nearly enough money for anything. I’m mostly just going back because I miss the work. If this winter continues to be too cold for Dave to work, we could be in some serious trouble, and not to mention we would be totally unable to save for the DTS we want to do in March 2010. But, we’ve been through some crazy stuff before and God has provided, so I keep telling myself to stop worrying.

Sorry, I didn’t mean to write that much. Can you tell I miss blogging?

I think it’s awesome that you guys are following God’s lead and trusting Him. I think a lot of people are going to have to learn how to truly trust God to provide with all that is going on with your economy.

I love that Veggie Tales episode! It totally made me cry when I first saw it (as did the Snoodle’s Tale, lol). Have you read the book Always Enough by Heidi and Rolland Baker? It’s another good one for building up your faith. My friend is borrowing my copy right now, but I could send it to you after if you like.

Ok, Gideon is fussing. He’s not used to me ignoring him for the computer anymore… ha.