The Decision....

We are EXCITED to share what God has been doing in our lives, while trying to figure out this job situation.

We were praying God would provide a different job for Ben because the insurance gig wasn't going very well. God provided one! Ben went in for an interview last week Monday, and got a call back on Wednesday offering him the job. Crazy how fast God works!
However, before we got the call back, we decided to fast and pray about this decision. It would put our family through A LOT if Ben took a 2nd shift job because we wouldn't get a chance to be a family. We wouldn't see each other or be able to see Emma at the same time either. Very hard to even imagine life like that. After much deliberation, we chose our family over money. To many this may seem foolish, but we really feel like God can turn the insurance job around. He's the ONLY ONE who can. We're trusting and praying that this is the case because He knows our needs and desires.
We both had some sin issues that we feel God needed to work on before He can provide in the way that we need. We needed to throw aside our pride and pray together as a couple. For me (Jess), money has always seemed like the answer to money problems, but it's really Trust in God; who gives and takes away. I'm coming to the realization that without God is my life, nothing else matters. He needs to be my Number 1!

James 1:22
"But be doers of the Word, and not hearers only, deceiving yourselves."
This verse always brought to mind actions, going into the world and being different for Christ. God has used this verse in a new and refreshing way as I reread it. Not only does it mean action, but also attitude. How many times does it say in God's Word to Trust Him! Too many to count! How many times are we given a command to pray! A LOT! Well, these are two areas I'm not very good in. When you know you need to pray, PRAY! Don't just be hearers of these commands, but doers! When God tells you to trust, TRUST!

I hope you are blessed by what God is doing in our lives!