Open Hands

Faithful is he that calleth you, who also will do it. Thessalonians 5:24

Ye have not chosen me, but I have chosen you, and ordanied you, that ye should go and bring forth fruit, and that your fruit should remain; that whatsoever ye shall ask of the Father in my name, he may give it you. John 15:16

So shall my word be that goeth forth out of my mouth; it shall not return unto me void, but it shall accomplish that which I please and it shall prosper in the thing whereto I sent it. Isaiah 55:11

Commit thy way unto the Lord; trust also in Him; and he shall bring it to pass. Psalm 37:5

But Jesus beheld them and said unto them, with men this is impossible; but with God all things are possible. Matthew 19:26

Behold, I will do a new thing; now it shall spring forth; shall ye not know it? I will even make a way in the wilderness and rivers in the desert. Isaiah 43:19

I Wait for the Lord, my soul doth wait, and in his word do I hope. Psalms 130:5

Andy has a good habit of highlighting verses that are meaningful to him on the Bible App on his phone. Every once in a while, we go back and read through the "highlighted" ones and grasp on to them when we're feeling especially weak.

I feel as though we are the children of Israel, wandering around in the wilderness. I am complaining, I grow tired, I am anxious and its hard to see the big picture. Yet, reaching out and grasping on to these verses brings things back in perspective for us.

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A bit of a life update from us:

We are living in Congerville.

Our Goodfield house is on the market.

We are beginning the process of selling our business inventory.

Our kids get out of school end of May.

It would be our desire to head to language school before the next school year starts, but God may have other plans for us. We trust in Him to lead us forward when the time is ABSOLUTELY right and not a minute before.

The month of May will be absolutely crazy with end of school activities, graduations, birthdays and Andy and I have a trip planned to CVE the end of May.