Makin' Moves

Just for a little update....

We're headin' back down to Miami in a couple weeks. We are going to finish what we started last year, and Jay and I both feel like God has things for us there that we need to venture towards. 

It's another step, and another part of this journey that we are walking together as a family. And I am thankful. I am thankful for a husband who listens to my heart, my dreams, and my passions (my heart has been in Miami this whole past year, and I have been aching to go back and finish school). I am thankful that Jay has woken up at 3:30 every morning for work to provide for our family. I am thankful for the opportunity to go to the most amazing school, and I am thankful for excited friends and family who are looking forward to our arrival back. I am thankful for everyone who has supported us in this move-it has made the world of difference! I am thankful for what the Lord has done in our lives, our family, and our marriage this past year- from hard struggles to special memories. I am thankful that God knows what is ahead. And I am thankful that I can rest in His Son- My PEACE.

This move brings up a lot of stress in my heart. We have a lot of things planned out and set up, but there are always those last minute things- "the unknowns" that need to be worked out. I dont know what our life is going to look like this next couple of years- shoot, I dont know what any of our future is going to look like!! and honestly it makes me feel so out of control! Anyone resonate with that?!?

Jay and I have been reading this book called "Just Courage" by Gary A. Haugen and it is one of the most inspiring, challenging, real books I have ever gone through. He writes about this struggle Christians go through to either live easy, comfortable, controlled lives, or to venture out in this Christian life, humbly, courageous, and desperately needing God to carry us the whole way through.

"We can travel with Jesus but miss the adventure. Jesus beckons us to 

a place of weakness where I risk the vulnerability of a child so 

that I might know how strong my Father is and how much 

He loves ME. HIS POWER IS MADE PERFECT IN 

MY WEAKNESS, NOT MY STRENGTH." - Haugen

The joy comes from following Christ in our weakness. That is the best place to be, On our knees before  our Father. How often would I rather stand tall and proud feeling as if I am in control though?!

Sometimes I feel like I am in over my head and that I can't make it without God. I feel fearful and worried or stressed. I feel like I have made mistakes and now I can't turn them around. I feel like I am in the middle of a mess that I can't clean up. BUT, as much as I may feel those things, I'm realizing more and more that God wants me to be in that place- the place where I live like I BELIEVE God's power is actually made perfect in my weakness. It's in that place where we can find comfort and strength to press forward and where we see how MIGHTY our God really is. We are nothing without Him.

All this to say, some changes are ahead again, but we are so excited to see what God does this year. We believe that He is our Provider and that He is able to handle our circumstances down to the little details. Keep us in prayer as we take this next step :)

"But He said to me, 'My grace is sufficient for you, for my power is made perfect in weakness.' Therefore, I will boast all the more gladly about my weaknesses, so that Christ's power may rest on me."

2 Corinthians 12:9