What’s Going On?

It’s seems we’ve been a bit quiet around here!  Or have we????    As we are in the last week of February, we have nearly been married for 5 months now, Tim has turned 28 and I’ll be 27 in a few days, business is growing, friends surround us daily, my baby brother is about to have a baby, God keeps his promise to pay all the bills continuously, AND I keep hearing of soooooo much snow in Illinois…..I am just so happy!  Sometimes as I move through my day the happiness is overwhelmed with the daily stuff…like two bills sitting here on my desk, a hostess i can’t get in touch with, and continued changes all around me.  However, after sleeping in way too long and sitting in front of the computer wishing my husband was home so I could avoid work….I can’t help but think, “Gosh, my life is grand!” 

I have the best husband in the whole world!  I started my own business at the age of 24 and was a retired teacher at the age of 26!  Who else can seriously say that?  God has blessed us so much this year.  I hear this economy stinks right now, and I’ll be honest..Tim and I have our moments of paying for McDonalds with quarters that we found somewhere in the house….but our Father promises to take care of us.  He knew long ago that we would be in the place we are in right now.  He knew I’d work at a flower shop for V-day this year.  He also knew that by helping a friend in that way half of our rent would get paid (Silly me thought it would just take care of the car insurance! Ha).  He knew long ago that Tim would reach more children for Him in the youth group than in the public schools.  He knew that Tim and I would be closer and kinder without the crazy stress that being a full-time teacher involves.  And He knows the people that He will send to us who desperately need the great opportunity of Premier. 

By the end of this week, God will have 7 people entrusted to us as our children in Premier.  7 is a big number in Premier.  It means that we are among the top 8% in Premier. It comes with a certain amount of respect….and responsibility.  It means that we have obeyed in our own business and God trusts us to help others.   I have thought about this opportunity for as long as I’ve been in Premier.  Tim and I have worked many hours towards this day.  However, I always thought it would just come with the utter most amount of joy.  A sense of accommplishment.  And I guess it does, but as I look into my heart, I am so humbled.  I did not do this.  I just obeyed.  I just loved.  And these 7 people may never know how much they truly mean to us, but I pray that as they continue to build their own businesses they will see that God put them in this exact place as well.

So yes, we’ve been a bit quiet around here.  But have no fear, all is well.