We are currently in New York as I write this! The company Ryan received an offer from in Rochester flew us up for the weekend to check out the area as a family. The kids did fabulous on both plane rides and everyone is napping now, except for me because I am sick and cannot sleep! After this weekend's little adventure, we will drive to the airport in Rochester and Ryan will board a flight headed to Oregon, while the kids and I fly home to Charlotte. He is being flown back out to Portland to have final interviews with Danner (and we are hoping/expecting that they will be making him an offer).
This coming Thanksgiving week is our last week of living in the unknown. We honestly can't say which job we will take because we have no clue! We continue to wait on the Lord's leading and will only go where He tells us to. We have been praying so much for this as a family and as a couple. But, I have encouraged Ryan to spend some time on his own, fasting and praying by himself. So, he is going to take a trip up to Crowder's Mountain next week to hike and pray and seek God's will.
Our hearts desire is to be with family again someday, but with the job in Oregon requiring 50% or more travel time for Ryan, we are not sure if this is the right opportunity to move back for. I have already gone through my grieving process, so to speak, and will be prepared if NY is the job he takes. Even though it will mean starting all over again in a new town where we don't know a single soul...we are confident that God will provide for us, as He always has.
We ask for your continued prayers for our family and we will let you know once a decision has been made!!
Friday, November 19, 2010
Friday, November 12, 2010
Surrender
My hands hold safely to my dreams,
Clutching tightly, not one has fallen.
So many years I've shaped each one,
Reflecting my heart, showing who I am.
Now You're asking me to show,
What I'm holding oh so tightly.
Can't open my hands, can't let go.
Does it matter, should I show You?
Can't You let me go?
Surrender, surrender,
You whisper gently.
You say I will be free,
I know, but can't You see?
My dreams are me.
Say You have a plan for me,
And that You want the best for my life.
Told me the world had yet to see,
What You can do with one that's committed to Your call.
I know, of course, what I should do,
That I can't hold these dreams forever.
If I give them now to You,
Will You take them away forever?
Or can I dream again?
Surrender, surrender,
You whisper gently.
You say I will be free,
I know, but can't You see?
My dreams are me.
Clutching tightly, not one has fallen.
So many years I've shaped each one,
Reflecting my heart, showing who I am.
Now You're asking me to show,
What I'm holding oh so tightly.
Can't open my hands, can't let go.
Does it matter, should I show You?
Can't You let me go?
Surrender, surrender,
You whisper gently.
You say I will be free,
I know, but can't You see?
My dreams are me.
Say You have a plan for me,
And that You want the best for my life.
Told me the world had yet to see,
What You can do with one that's committed to Your call.
I know, of course, what I should do,
That I can't hold these dreams forever.
If I give them now to You,
Will You take them away forever?
Or can I dream again?
Surrender, surrender,
You whisper gently.
You say I will be free,
I know, but can't You see?
My dreams are me.
Wednesday, November 3, 2010
A Lesson from 1st Grade
Lauren told us that her class was doing the lesson for chapel this week at school. So, Nolan and I went to watch her...little did I know what was in store for me! First, they did a "play" about Noah's ark and acted it all out (Lauren was the dove). Then, the teacher talked about God's faithfulness - she said God was asking Noah to do something that didn't make sense to him or his family or anyone else around him...BUT he chose to obey anyway, even though he didn't understand. This was when the waterworks started for me. Then the kids sang a song and the lyrics were:
"First you do what God tells you to do,
Then you wait for Him to follow through,
'Cause you know God's word is always true,
He'll do what He says He will do."
So, here I am, standing in the back of the room at an elementary school chapel, crying my eyes out - I mean it, I could NOT stop!! Poor Nolan was looking at me and saying, "Mommy ok?" as I'm pulling tissue after tissue out of my purse. It was like that whole service was just for me...and Lauren had never even mentioned what their chapel was about! The Lord works in the most incredible ways and I was so thankful that he chose to use the mouths of 1st graders to remind me of His faithfulness today!! Even though we don't understand why we are going through this time of uncertainty and we don't know where we will end up, God is calling us to obey Him by doing what He tells us to do and going where He tells us to go. And the best part? At the end of this storm will be a rainbow (just like Noah)!
"First you do what God tells you to do,
Then you wait for Him to follow through,
'Cause you know God's word is always true,
He'll do what He says He will do."
So, here I am, standing in the back of the room at an elementary school chapel, crying my eyes out - I mean it, I could NOT stop!! Poor Nolan was looking at me and saying, "Mommy ok?" as I'm pulling tissue after tissue out of my purse. It was like that whole service was just for me...and Lauren had never even mentioned what their chapel was about! The Lord works in the most incredible ways and I was so thankful that he chose to use the mouths of 1st graders to remind me of His faithfulness today!! Even though we don't understand why we are going through this time of uncertainty and we don't know where we will end up, God is calling us to obey Him by doing what He tells us to do and going where He tells us to go. And the best part? At the end of this storm will be a rainbow (just like Noah)!
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