I have begun a new season in life.

It’s amazing how God just can slam the breaks on your life and flip things up side down and around and send you out in a whole new direction.

I am thankful that He is in control.

Less than a month ago my husband and I were considering a transfer to another state. He was in the running for a position advancement at work and while in this running, another job offer several states away was sent to him through the grapevine.

Then out of the blue our former realtor calls and wants to show a lady our house. The house that we had on the market for a year over six months ago, with no one showing any interest in purchasing.

You see we had decided that God must not have wanted us to move. We began making plans and adjustments to stay where we were… then God says… Surprise!

While in the planning-on-staying-put-in-the-house stage of our life… I had finally quit arguing with God about my inability to answer the call to children’s ministry. I began keeping a check on the church employment offers in children’s ministry in our area… knowing that God was leading me here eventually in His time.

When our house sold, less than a week following the grapevine job offer from another state… I thought, “Well this is it. God is moving us here, and here is where our ministry in the Lord is heading”

I believe I have shared before that whenever I decide that I know exactly what God is up to He never fails to remind me that I am completely clueless. And the truth is I am perfectly okay with that, I used to not be, but now I have learned that what He has planned far exceeds my limited ability to rationalize my own life course.

Well the house is under contract, my husband and I are not moving to Indiana. If the Lord wills, we are moving closer to His current job. His commute will go from on hour to ten minutes. And not only is His commute closer (which will help with my concerns of him driving for an hour home after working a twelve hour night shift) but God has also provided us with a beautiful new home that we love.

The finding of this home is a God thing as well… it is in a location we would have never considered on our own. But like I said God has a way of putting us where He wants us.

So, while in the midst of our current house selling and our making the offer on the house we have now signed a contract on… we continued to house hunt and we continued to pray about the three states away thing… because we had not heard a word on our offer.

Then through another God thing, I learned about the resignation of our children’s ministry assistant… my heart stopped.

Could it be?

Could this be where God wants me now?

I immediately began conversing with Him and praying and seeking His guidance… because I was beginning to become so sure that we were to be headed in the three states away direction… it had been over a week and we had heard nothing on our offer concerning the house that we loved… so no news of course had to mean we were supposed to be moving three states away… right?

And now this… what’s a girl to do?

What in the world was God up to?

My husband was on nights again… and when we got home from church he called and I sat and listened with forced patience as he shared how he didn’t think the Lord was calling us three states away… he realized that if we went we would be going for the sole reason of the job advancement. He knew that if he was going simply to chase a check… we were going for the wrong reason.

My heart stops again.

I now share with him my news and discuss with him about what I should do… We laugh together as we consider the absolute roller-coaster ride the past few weeks have been.

My husband confirms my heart and chides me in love as I try to unqualify myself again… He knows my heart well… better than I like to admit.

I make my heart’s desire known to my church the very next morning bright and early… and then I wait.

And now I need to make a new picture with a new title…

My blog post title is no longer accurate as “Confessions of a Christian Housewife”

It now needs to read “Confessions of a Christian Children’s Ministry Director”

The new journey has begun…