Providence

"Sometimes providence can be defined as times when God trumps your perfectly good plan with one of His own...and then seems to disappear from it."

I (Kimberly) read this statement while working on my Bible Study for the week and it struck a chord with me. I began to think about it in terms of our situation. Our "perfectly good plan" was to stay in Oregon and grow our family. God decided to trump that plan and take us out of our comfort zone - way out. He asked us to move across the country and we obeyed, trusting that He must have something amazing and special for us here in North Carolina. And now, less than 2 years later, we find ourselves in limbo yet again. With no real job prospects on the horizon (except for one in Massachusetts) it is tempting to think He has disappeared. While we have made good friends here, seen more of the country and expanded our family, we aren't sure if we've fulfilled what He brought us here for. Which begs the question..."why did he move us here in the first place?"

As I pondered all these things and more, the Lord reminded me of a passage of scripture - it doesn't provide the answers for all the burning questions I have concerning our future and His will for us. But, it does give me everything I need to know for right now and for the days ahead.

"I will never leave you nor forsake you. Be strong and very courageous. Be careful to obey all the law my servant Moses gave you; do not turn from it to the right or to the left, that you may be successful wherever you go. Do not let this Book of the Law depart from your mouth; meditate on it day and night, so that you may be careful to do everything written in it. Then you will be prosperous and successful. Have I not commanded you? Be strong and courageous. Do not be terrified; do not be discouraged, for the Lord your God will be with you wherever you go."

Joshua 1:5b, 7-9