Praise God from Whom ALL Blessings Flow!!!

Yeah!! Mark has a job. It's not just a job, it's a great job!! We are sooo thankful to our Father for this blessing. We have learned so much through this trial, like learning to depend on the Lord and giving full and rightful control to Him. He is such a GOOD God!! I do not know how people go through trials without Him. We have also learned great things like the joy of not being in debt. I have been so thankful for a husband who has told me NO many times to silly things, so that we would not be in debt. I have found that leaning on Mark as the leader for our family is very easy. His faith in God has been unwavering and I am grateful for the many times during this trial that he did not let me give into self-pity and worry. He constantly pointed me to my Savior! We have both been very thankful to our family and friends for their love, support, and prayers. We are convinced that we attend the greatest church ever. The love that we recieved from our pastors, friends, and care group is unmatchable. We both have the best families ever!!

Three Treed BIG TIME!!!

I know this title may seem foreign to most, but most Sovereign Gracers know exactly what it means. Thanks to my very loving Father, who hates sin, my very caring husband, who is not scared to comfront my sin, and much examination, by me the sinner, I have unfortunately been producing some bad fruit recently in this trial. I do know how many times this week I have said, "I just want my life back." Which in turn the Lord so lovingly showed me that I was like the Isrealites complaining and saying they just wanted to go back to Egypt. I have always thought how silly that was, until I found myself begging for the riches of slavery and denying God's plan. (Numbers 11:1-15) I haven't stood up under the temptation and preached the gospel to myself in the last week. I have not let His presence be my yearning. I was so grateful because God did not let Mark stop there, we went on to look at 2 Corintians 1:1-12. Iknow in this life my trials will never be as hard as Paul's, but I am grateful that he wrote about them so that we can share in the comfort. Please be praying that I will see God's mercy and comfort (verse 2-4), His deliverence (verse 10), and His grace to affect my conduct (verse 12). That it would bear good fruit. It hasn't stopped me from praying for quick deliverence from the trial, but it has made me pray once again to walk in faith trusting in Him for deliverence in His perfect plan!!!!