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So much to say. Where to start?
You guys know Michael and I have wanted to move away from this area for a long time now. We both feel very drawn to northern Alabama. (There is great work there and great fishing there. There are definitely many pros and very few cons to moving there.) We've felt the tug on our hearts for the last....well, nine years! The timing wasn't right nine years ago when we last visited there, and we trusted we were supposed to stay in Maryland. Then Kara came along and I needed a lot of help, especially in the beginning. She was very ill right when she was born and in the NICU for a week. The doctors told me to prepare myself. That was the darkest sentence anyone has ever told me. Then when she came home, she was colicky and just plain never happy for the first 3 months. Things got much easier when that went away and she was an easy baby after that. But, all through my very sick pregnancy and when Kara was a baby, I needed help. And my mom was the one who gave me that help. I will forever be grateful for that. We wouldn't have had that if we weren't in Maryland.
Fast forward - now Kara is older. Things are different. We homeschool now. My parents are retiring to Florida in a few years and my sister is moving to western Maryland in a few years. If we stay here, it won't be for family because they won't be here. But, we don't want to move just to move. We just want to live in the Lord's will and obey Him. The hard thing is, knowing that will! We keep seeking him and trying to figure it out. Did God put the love of the place we want to move into both of our hearts as a dream he wants us to follow? Is he moving us out of our comfort zone (here in Maryland) to somewhere new? Or is this just us both liking the same thing (like loving the beach or something) and it's not really a calling? How do we know?
I just spent some time re-reading through my sister-in-law Elisabeth's blog through her whole moving process through her move this year. (I hope you're reading this, Liz, and you can give me some words of encouragement!) It has been such a long process for her and I am so grateful for her it's almost over. In a nutshell, they weren't sure if they were supposed to move or not - her husband's career was the main reason for moving (they liked the area they lived), and after a year of house hunting, they finally found a place and are moving now. I appreciate her sharing her experience. I prayed for her during the whole thing, and now we are seriously talking about moving.
The only way I've been able to know God's will in my life so far has been to pray, read His Word, and take a leap of faith. Doors open or close and God has the Holy Spirit in me feel at peace or warn me away.
God's will is perfect. God's timing is perfect. We are in no hurry.
Is this a dream we concocted and we should just vacation there, or is this the vision God gave us for our future? I am seeking the answer earnestly.
You guys know Michael and I have wanted to move away from this area for a long time now. We both feel very drawn to northern Alabama. (There is great work there and great fishing there. There are definitely many pros and very few cons to moving there.) We've felt the tug on our hearts for the last....well, nine years! The timing wasn't right nine years ago when we last visited there, and we trusted we were supposed to stay in Maryland. Then Kara came along and I needed a lot of help, especially in the beginning. She was very ill right when she was born and in the NICU for a week. The doctors told me to prepare myself. That was the darkest sentence anyone has ever told me. Then when she came home, she was colicky and just plain never happy for the first 3 months. Things got much easier when that went away and she was an easy baby after that. But, all through my very sick pregnancy and when Kara was a baby, I needed help. And my mom was the one who gave me that help. I will forever be grateful for that. We wouldn't have had that if we weren't in Maryland.
Fast forward - now Kara is older. Things are different. We homeschool now. My parents are retiring to Florida in a few years and my sister is moving to western Maryland in a few years. If we stay here, it won't be for family because they won't be here. But, we don't want to move just to move. We just want to live in the Lord's will and obey Him. The hard thing is, knowing that will! We keep seeking him and trying to figure it out. Did God put the love of the place we want to move into both of our hearts as a dream he wants us to follow? Is he moving us out of our comfort zone (here in Maryland) to somewhere new? Or is this just us both liking the same thing (like loving the beach or something) and it's not really a calling? How do we know?
I just spent some time re-reading through my sister-in-law Elisabeth's blog through her whole moving process through her move this year. (I hope you're reading this, Liz, and you can give me some words of encouragement!) It has been such a long process for her and I am so grateful for her it's almost over. In a nutshell, they weren't sure if they were supposed to move or not - her husband's career was the main reason for moving (they liked the area they lived), and after a year of house hunting, they finally found a place and are moving now. I appreciate her sharing her experience. I prayed for her during the whole thing, and now we are seriously talking about moving.
The only way I've been able to know God's will in my life so far has been to pray, read His Word, and take a leap of faith. Doors open or close and God has the Holy Spirit in me feel at peace or warn me away.
God's will is perfect. God's timing is perfect. We are in no hurry.
Is this a dream we concocted and we should just vacation there, or is this the vision God gave us for our future? I am seeking the answer earnestly.
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