What a difference a year makes....

Have you ever felt like the Lord wasn't responding to your prayers?  Not just in the answer you want, but any answer at all?  I have.  

I have been thinking a lot lately about how I prayed last year.  And I mean, I really committed to praying for God's will and direction.  I wasn't just saying that I was, I really was, more than I had before.  Dale and I both felt like it was time for a move for our family so we began whole-heartedly asking the Lord for His guidance and direction.  I believe we were open to hear "no" from Him, but He just seemed silent.  I began getting frustrated every time I would hear people talk about God's guidance and direction in their lives.  "Why was He ignoring me?", I thought to myself.  

Well, He wasn't.  He was teaching me to wait so He could show me that we could move in absolute confidence of His will.  Not just a gentle guide, but opening doors that I could have never even imagined.  I know we aren't there yet, our house isn't even under construction.  But the lessons I learned and will continue to learn through this process have been the best gift of all.  I am sure we will enter obstacles....we haven't even met with the city yet....there is much to be done, but the Lord is with us, and as we have learned already, if He desires it to be, it will!

I also believe that had we not found the house we thought we were supposed to purchase, we would have never sold our house (leaving us homeless).  Those events were necessary to bring us where we are today.  Planning for ahead for 3 generations.  

Thankfully the Lord knows best, He always, always does!