The Third Degree

Okay, so I have noticed something lately. When we are faced with tough situations we have a tendency to find hope in places that we would normally overlook. I'm not so sure if this is a good or bad thing, but if I ever figure that out I will be sure to let you all know! In the meantime I think I will try to make the best of this new found hope and focus on the positive, but not so much that I am disappointed when "reality comes true" in the end. Sometimes we find hope in the smallest of places, and other times it decides to run full steam ahead straight into us. For the most part I don't think it really matters how hope comes, so long as we don't really lose sight of where our TRUE HOPE should remain. If we follow a hope to a place that is not in line with God's path for us then we do nothing but sabotage God's perfect plan for us all. The way I see it...HOPE will be clear as day so long as we pray for wisdom from God to be able to discern his true ...

So, one of the hardest things that we every have to experience in life is this thing called "WAITING." I don't like it. I've always been one to grab the bull by it's horns, take the reigns, roll up my sleeves...and the list goes on. My point is this...I LIKE microwaves, and express lanes, but I know that is not really what I should be saying. You see, when trying to be obedient and waiting for God's timing is not easy by any stretch. For example...no matter HOW badly I want to try and get things ready, I have NO CONTROL over when our little Emily will decide she is ready to come and join us. I remember that feeling when we had Ben...I still don't like it. The same goes for this job search that I am in. I KNOW that God has a plan for my "career" and my family...and I don't seem to have any control over it on my own, and I most certainly don't have any input on what I think God should line up for me either. I just have to wait, a...