Good afternoon, all! :) My name is Jennifer, I'm 34 years old, married to an amazing man, I have 2 sons and 2 stepsons...yes that is 4 boys - no girls! Whew!!! Even the cat and dog are boys...well, sort of...Right now I am a stay at home mom, but looking for a job...not at all excited about having to work outside the home, but as many of you probably have experienced it is hard to survive off of one income these days. So in the meantime, we are keeping a positive attitude ( a negative one will not accomplish any good) and trudging forward with writing my resume', re-writing...and posting to jobs in the hopes of finding something that will help financially, but not take too much away from my family. Does such a thing exist? This morning I thought...hmmmm...I like to talk and encourage others...I wonder if I actually could make a little extra something blogging? Others have come before me and accomplished this (not saying I quit looking for a job:) ) and so with a few prayers and some hope to boot...here I am world! :) Unfortunately, I have yet to get a computer in my own home, so I am at the library...sorry for the boring blog page! Hopefully soon I will be getting the Internet at home and then I will add to and make this a little more interesting. Until then, I hope you will enjoy reading and maybe feeling a little encouragement in my writings. I am an unapologetic Christian and so passionate about the Lord that I can't help but relate most everything to Him!
Lately, the Lord has been talking with me about going through the wilderness and rounding that same mountain again. I keep running across Deut. 8:8 where God says he lead the Israelites through the desert for 40 years to humble them and test their hearts. God keeps tugging on my heartstrings asking me, "Why are you afraid? Just trust me. I hold the universe in the span of my hand; I can handle your problems, which by the way are no surprise to me. I have a plan...trust me!" So, I decided to take a vacation from my problems and lay in God's rest. I prayed and asked and now I am not going to worry. So many times we say we trust God, but then we worry all the time about everything. That is not trust. God's got you covered and looking through all that He has brought me through I know He can get me through so much more. Look at the many examples of Daniel, David, Job, etc. God can handle your Goliaths, but He wants you (and me!) to also trust Him and face our giants. We can all have victory, but we can't do it laying on the couch! Today, my giant is an income. Somehow, someway I do need to bring in some money to help take some weight off my poor husband's heavy shoulders. Tomorrow there will be some new trial, but rather than ask God to remove the trial I ask that He strengthen me and provide the tools to attack it! I want to be stronger and wiser, not just to have every obstacle removed so I don't have to deal with it. Because one thing I learned a long time ago is that God is more interested in my character (good morals and strength) and my integrity (honesty and sincerity) than He is with my comfort. And I am thankful He loves me that much!
I pray these words are encouraging and I get some feedback. If you are looking for some good books of encouragement to read, try Fearless by Max Lucado. Half way through and loving it!
