I haven't blogged in awhile, but thought that now is a perfect time to reconnect with it. In Genesis 12, God instructs Abram to leave his country and go to the land He would show him. Abram obeyed and went. This was a long and tiresome journey, but God was faithful to His beloved one. Well, God has put us on a journey too. God began setting things up a couple years ago when Lou left his job at GM and took a job with a solar energy company. At the time, it seemed like a good decision. But as time went forward, the company hit hard times and, in Sept. 2013, Lou lost his job. So since Lou would be looking for a new job, we decided that now would be a good time to move south to the Carolina's - a dream we have had for many years. So began the tedious job of sending out resumes.
In our search for a new job, we both seemed to fall in love with the Greenville, SC area. We don't know anyone from there, but it seemed God was drawing us to this town. We had never been there, but the pictures were beautiful, we learned it was a booming town with lots of jobs, it is close to the mountains and only 4 hours to our beach condo. Lou was still searching across the Carolina's, but both our hearts were focused on Greenville.
In October we also put our Michigan house up for sale, trusting God every step of the way. I thought it would sell immediately, but God had other plans. As Lou continued his search for a job, he talked to a lady that he had once worked with at GM. She now works for Fannie Mae in DC. She wanted Lou to come work for her. From the beginning, Lou told her we were not interested in moving permanently to DC. She said, "That's okay, everyone here commutes." After a series of interviews, Lou was offered a job and he accepted. He began work at the beginning of December 2013. We are making the commute work by taking turns visiting each other. And he will eventually be able to work sometimes from our house in Greenville.
Let me tell you how I've seen God work through all this. Because Lou accepted a job at Fannie Mae, we were able to move where we wanted; hence, Greenville. Because our house didn't sell immediately, we had an opportunity to visit the Greenville area several times and pick out the best place to relocate. We had looked for houses, but nothing seemed to fit our needs, so we found a perfect subdivision and a perfect floor plan. We will build for the first time. Our house finally sold in the dead of winter, and we are now moving along with the plans for our new house. We should move in by August. My daughter is also moving down to go to nursing school, and the restaurant she is currently serving at is building a new store in Greenville - the first one. My mom is also moving in with us.
I'm excited to take this journey with God and our family. God has promised me that this move is of Him (and everything points to that) and that it will the best thing for our whole family. Like Abraham, I don't know what's next or exactly why God is calling us there, but He is always faithful, and no doubt, His perfect plans will be accomplished.
Here's two verses that jump out right now:
"For I know the plans I have for you," says the LORD (Jeremiah 29:11 NLT).
"My ways are far beyond anything you could imagine...my ways are higher than your ways" (Isaiah 55:8-9 NLT).
Let me encourage you my friends to trust Him with your circumstances today. You may not understand, but just give your heart completely to Him and He will do something beautiful in your life.
