You know, life sometimes seems like it is full of one heartache or troublesome time after another. You know the phrase "When it rains it pours!" But knowing that just like a child when we fall, the father never intends it, but He is there with us anyway, ready to help us to get back up again. God is great!
Well, Joe and I have decided to begin again, so to speak. We started having a morning devotion (trying to read through the bible completely, we are on Genesis Chapter 35 today). We also have begun tp pray more earnestly together. Joe has a call on his life to be in Ministry. He feels that call is working with the homeless or people who have great financial and physical needs. One of the ways he is getting ready is by continuing his education. Joe is now a 3.9 student at Metro, studying Nursing. That coupled with his construction background will help us work with people who have those type of needs.
I am preparing in a few ways too. Fisrt by praying for and backing up my husband in his needs and desires. I have simplified my house. Basically getting rid of a lot of "stuff" that I used to spend countless hours cleaning and stressing over. I have purged my house. For one example I have only 4 sets of dinnerware. There are only 4 in my family. This means less dishes build-up and faster cleaning. Now I did keep the extra dishes, we do have friends and company on occasion. Just the company dishes are in storage in the basement so that when needed it comes out, then is returned when we don't need it. I jsut have a conviction that i need to learn to be "ready" for whatever comes my way. . .company to the house, Joe has a need. Well right now I can easily "tidy-up" my house in under an hour. (not including deep cleaning) What a relief. Also I am intending to leard Spanish over the next few years. If we work with homeless or low income families I want to be able to communicate with more people who have needs, rather than limit communication to only english speaking people, or be in need of a translator.
But mostly we are working on our debt and more so our relationships with Christ so that when He does call us more specifically we will be ready to go. There is a quote I heard once that always has stuck with me. . .
"We must be ready to go, but willing to stay, NOT ready to stay but willing to go."
