Been a while since I have written, and life has thrown another curve ball at us, and the best way for me to process sometimes is to write. So here I am! The past few months have been pretty good, finances continue to be a struggle, but other than that we have been settling in to a good routine. I have been blessed with the great church we are in and was excited to become an "official" member. I also was so blessed to see my best friend and her husband get baptized and dedicate their daughters to the Lord the same day. Truly that was a day with so many happy emotions and excitement. Just to think of all God has done in the past year for us is awesome! I think this is a good reminder for me, of just all He has done for us!
I heard someone preach once that either you were in the middle of a trial, coming out of one, or going into one. How true that is! I thought the the financial struggles we were going through were a trial, but considering all He has done for us and looking back I don't think it was really a "true" trial. We were just settling into a comfortable place, we were in a great church, I'd been blessed with a great friend, and Greg finally started taking classes online to finish his degree. Everything was moving forward and I was finally (after 3 years) finding contentment in Rhode Island. But we were just on the verge of another trial. Our lovely state, while giving itself a raise, decided to cut human services by 20%. Of course both my husband and I work in this field, so what it looks like for us a loss of hours for both of us. Remember when I said we were just barely making our bills every month? Well that type of pay cut for both of us is a really big deal. I am doing my best to give it to God, but I have to admit that I am struggling. We aren't sure exactly what we are going to do, but I know that God must not want us to get comfortable, He wants to use us through this trial, so I am praying that I will but fear aside and let Him move.
I have seen Him work so many times in my life so I know that He will work it all out this time as well. So I am just gonna take a step back and let Him move in the way He wants too. I serve such a great God, I know that He will make a way even when I can't see it. Like I said Greg has started classes to finish his degree, and I am so proud of him, it's been a long time coming, but God is good. So please pray with us that he can stay diligent in his studies even with this new trial in our lives. We are praying about what to do, weather it be a second job for him or a new job all together we don't know but we are gonna keep trusting Him for the answers!
