Some answers

Hi friends.  I'm just sitting here pondering all that God is doing in and around me and I thought I'd share.  First of all, I'm still struggling with feeling blue, but am making a conscious effort to lay it all before the Father on a moment to moment basis.  My emotions are running high and I can cry at the drop of a hat these days.  Case in point, I watched a chick flick on Friday night and had to really struggle to keep from boo-hooing.  Thankfully I just cried a normal amount and my sweet husband was distracted so he never noticed.  :)

I'm feeling prayers being answered one by one.  There has been more action with our house over the last week and weekend.  No offers yet, but we'll see.  I'm feeling more confident (on most days anyway) that our house will sell soon and we can move out of here when our lease expires on March 31st.  Let's keep praying for that!  (On a down note: This apartment still makes me blue.  And I'm ready to start nesting, but hello?  There's no place to nest here.  Okay back to thinking happy thoughts.)

God is also answering prayers for friendships.  There's a girl that works with Ryan who is really wanting a mentoring friendship and someone told her that we would get along really well.  Hopefully we'll be able to start hanging out soon, because I think we both need it.  There is also a group of ladies from his work that are going to start meeting for a Bible study and I'm going to join them.  That will meet multiple needs.  Thank you Jesus!

Ryan and I also began the process of joining a new church today.  We're really excited about this church.  We love their focus on ministry and the direction the church is going.  Well, today I got to talk to the wife of one of the ministers there.  She is really sweet and they've only been at the church since April.  Even though she grew up in the area, she has recently been where I am.  So she was really encouraging.  She stays at home with their little girl, who's about a year older than Eva, and suggested we get together during the week for the girls to play.  YEA!!!  They are also in the process of adopting a baby from Ethiopia and should probably have a new baby around the time that we have a new baby.  I told her that I worked with babies with developmental delays while in TX and she was so excited to hear that.  Maybe I can be an encouragement to her in the coming months as well!  

I've joined in with Beth Moore's blog in a challenge to memorize scripture this year.  She has challenged everyone who wants to, to commit to memorizing 2 scriptures a month.  I gladly accepted that challenge b/c who doesn't need to know more, right?!  The first verse that I have chosen for this year, I've been quoting to myself over and over to comfort myself through all of this.  It's from Joshua 23:14 and it says:  "You know with all your heart and soul that not one of the good promises the Lord your God gave you has failed; everyone has been fulfilled, not one has failed."  

That passage has been so comforting to me, just to know that God did not bring us to Kansas City to leave us hanging out to dry.  He brought us here for a purpose and he is going to take care of all the details.  This has definitely been a difficult time for the control freak in me because I can't do a darn thing to fix any of the situations we are in.  I just have to hand it over to Jesus on a moment to moment basis and trust Him to handle it.    It's hard, but I'm learning to like it... I think.