I received a phone call late last night and it was such a blessing to our family! I was offered another part-time job that allows me to work around my current hours for the church! This is such a blessing to our family as it also does not interfere much with my time with the kids - the most important thing after all. So, starting this week I will be working two part-time jobs and I feel so blessed and loved by God.
One thing I have learned is that there will be times of great rejoicing and times of great sorrow in life (sometimes all at once, like this week), but we are called to do is to praise God in ALL circumstances. I am praising Him for this new opportunity but I also should be praising Him in all situations in my life - this call is for us not to have a complaining spirit about us, but to be thankful all the time.
A dear friend of mine had her parents staying with her this weekend and while they were her their house burned to the ground in East Tennessee. The first thing that their family did was praise God for their parents being alive and then have continued to praise God! Let us learn from that. God is in control and even if bad things happen to us or those we love we can have complete faith that God is working out a good and perfect work. He never means harm to us. Sometimes we just don't see the big picture. Well, most of the time we don't, right? Encouraging you to praise God today for whatever you are going through, even if that something isn't something you feel like praising Him for. Love to all!
