Layoffs and Love...

Hello all my Dahhlings!!

I've sure missed my bloggin' time lately.

See, this is usually after a long hot shower (aka- God Time), and all my kiddos have been tucked into a warm cozy bed, prayed over, and kissed goodnight! This is my time to gather my thoughts and communicate with people other than WhoBob? SpongeWhat? It's reflection..absorption...release!

So get ready...I got a lot to say tonight....

"My God shall supply all my needs, according to His riches and glories. He shall give His Angels charge over me...Jehovah Jireh careth for me, for me, for me...Jehovah Jireh careth for me."

This is a song my family sang sometimes during our Sunday morning meetings. It is based upon Philippians 4:19. It is a song I continue to sing to this day. The powerful words remind me of God's abilities to keep me...no matter what may arise...

My husband will be joining the ranks of the Unemployed here in North Carolina.

By all rights, we should be worried, confused, and hunting someone/something to blame...right? I mean after all, we don't deserve this...no one deserves to loose their main source of income! Never mind the fact that we homeschool our kids, I only work part-time, and we just got our heads-above-water financially. We are by no means "set", but we haven't gone without the occasional McDonald's hamburger either.

Mikey (said husband) has been pursuing his GED on-line for the past two months. It is something he has tried to complete nearly a dozen times. He would simply quit. When the problems got hard...he quit. Not this time, though! God fueled him with a desire I've never seen him have before. He has a goal, a mission so-to-say. He desires that I not work at all. That I simply be wife, mother, caregiver, and free to spend my time studying God's word in order to teach others. His desire and mine are EXACTLY THE SAME! Wow! That almost NEVER happens to us. We are night & day...oil & water...mud & soap! This is totally a God thang!
Mikey wants his GED so he can go to college and take Welding classes. He would eventually like to become and Underwater Welder! I am sooo excited for him! A goal...A desire...something attainable...
But....the work is hard. He hasn't quit or given up. The work continues to get harder, yet he pushes on.
When we heard the news about his job, it was amazing how quickly we agreed upon what should happen...Mikey will go to school! He'll even be able to get it all paid for...in full! Oh, Lord, how Amazing you truly are! We probably wouldn't have been able to afford college for Mikey on our own. But through God's graciousness, He is providing a way! It may not be the way WE would have gone about it...but He has his reasons...and we have lessons to learn....

His word says He will PROVIDE our needs......He loves to GIVE us the desires of our hearts...

He blessed me this past weekend as well....I was invited to speak at our women's retreat and I gladly accepted. One of my spiritual gifts is teaching and over the past few years, God has developed it into a passion! I especially love speaking to women, young women, & girls.

I cannot possibly share with you EVERYTHING that happened during our time together, but I can assure that lives were touched, and some were changed forever! How amazing it was to watch God show up over and over and over....but yet be different each time.

I was given three sessions with about 10 women in each session. There was a rotation of three different session: J. Rowland, S. LaPradd, & myself. Each of us were asked to speak on a different "Name" of God. I had El Shaddi. The "theme" was husband and why God would refer to himself as such. It lead me to the "love" he has for us and the desire of an intimate relationship. The session was awesome!!

I'm sure my siesta's session's were awesome as well, I could hear the women discussing them as they would enter my room! I was so jealous! One of them spoke on God the "creator" and the other one spoke on God, the "provider".

It turned out to be a well-rounded weekend for all the women! God was huge...bigger than I had ever seen him at such and event. And the Holy Spirit came upon each one who was open to receive! It was fantastic and my "God Bumps" were at their peak!!

It was all so exciting and I was so honored and blessed by the women who shared their testimonies or stories. Getting to know each of them was better than anything else we did!! I just love my Sistas!!

I love all of you too! I am so humbled that you would actually want to read my blog! God is so good! I love him more than words could ever express!

I hope to write more frequently than I've been able to do lately...Live has gotten really busy.
We started our Homeschool year, Mike's getting laid off, I went to work full-time (after 7 long years!), and Mike's finally getting the education he always wanted! God, my provider!!