Isn’t pride wonderful…instead of keeping a steady flow of
blogs coming, I shut down until after a trial to write what I’ve learned
instead of buckling down and being transparent during. Thank God that He is
faithful even when I am not. This has been a season of testing and sifting for
our family and a time for us to walk out the prayer I started praying last
fall: that we would walk by faith and not by sight.
Despite an earlier post on FB that we were moving and that
J had found a job, we are still at the beautiful campground in Garrison that we
are calling home in this season and unemployed. Thank God for my man that is
not afraid of work and for his talents in so many areas. There has been a
steady stream of side jobs that have kept the coffers from being totally bare.
We are learning to trust the Provider instead of the provisions, which I think
is a lesson that will put us in good standing when our dreams are realized.
This campground has a large herd of deer that run freely,
some even succumb to being handfed, but they are really little better than
goats, because you have to make sure you put anything valuable up at dusk find it
chewed up in the morning; it has a family of giuneafowl that are pretty but
loud and have made a nest in the tree next to our camper which leads to the
trees that are everywhere; there is a spring fed pool here that used to be the
spring used for bottled water in the area, beautiful wooded hiking trails and
wonderful, kind and generous neighbors. This place, even if it is a temporary
respite from the hustle and bustle of life, has truly been a gift.
The kids are enrolled in school, and while they enjoy
being around the kids, neither one wakes up ready to go to school. Mostly they
want to stay home and homeschool and be with us. It is my hope that they are
learning much during this season from us being happy and full of smiles and
faith even amidst lack of steady employment. If we can just give them a legacy
of faith and not following the herd, then I will count it great joy!
