Thank you Lord, but are you sure about this?
In January 2016, I claimed Ephesians 3:20 for our family. We knew as we walked through this desert time in our lives that there was something greater waiting on the other side. A few weeks ago, God began to show us the steps he has orchestrated for our family. We have been praying for a long time for God to give Troy a career move that he really needed financially and emotionally. The door has been opened, and Troy started his new position two weeks ago. What a blessing!
The job change, however, is just the start of some changes for the Jones family. The position is a Middle Tennessee territory. While his company is being very flexible with the time frame, our house will go on the market later this week. We are beginning to accept that a new chapter is coming for us.
I'm excited about the opportunity, but for the planner and organizer who likes a path I can see and prepare for, it is a scary ride. We have lived in Savannah 21 years. We have raised two children here. We have some friends and neighbors that have helped us and mean so much to our family. The comfort of having our oldest a little over an hour away at college will change. Finding a new school for our youngest and making sure he gets to have the opportunities to be as musically challenged as he has been here are important decisions. My job may be relocatable, and again it may not.
Perhaps the most difficult part to accept is leaving behind an amazing church family. All I can say is God performs miracles every day and I am going to pray for the miracle that leads us to somewhere just as amazing. I can't help but believe the love we have felt, the teaching that has been poured into us, and the flat out God stories we have seen were all part of God's plan to prepare us to do exactly what the mission of our church is, to take the Gospel outside the four walls of our building and into the community. What community next? Only God knows that answer.
It is amazing to watch God work. Even in the hard times, we have faced, he has provided amazingly, abundantly more than we could ask or imagine. That excites me knowing there is more to come!
I'm sharing this so you all can pray for our family. We have claimed another verse as we watch for the next page of our life's story to turn.
With much love,
The Jones Family
The job change, however, is just the start of some changes for the Jones family. The position is a Middle Tennessee territory. While his company is being very flexible with the time frame, our house will go on the market later this week. We are beginning to accept that a new chapter is coming for us.
I'm excited about the opportunity, but for the planner and organizer who likes a path I can see and prepare for, it is a scary ride. We have lived in Savannah 21 years. We have raised two children here. We have some friends and neighbors that have helped us and mean so much to our family. The comfort of having our oldest a little over an hour away at college will change. Finding a new school for our youngest and making sure he gets to have the opportunities to be as musically challenged as he has been here are important decisions. My job may be relocatable, and again it may not.
Perhaps the most difficult part to accept is leaving behind an amazing church family. All I can say is God performs miracles every day and I am going to pray for the miracle that leads us to somewhere just as amazing. I can't help but believe the love we have felt, the teaching that has been poured into us, and the flat out God stories we have seen were all part of God's plan to prepare us to do exactly what the mission of our church is, to take the Gospel outside the four walls of our building and into the community. What community next? Only God knows that answer.
It is amazing to watch God work. Even in the hard times, we have faced, he has provided amazingly, abundantly more than we could ask or imagine. That excites me knowing there is more to come!
I'm sharing this so you all can pray for our family. We have claimed another verse as we watch for the next page of our life's story to turn.
We don't know God's timing or how the next chapter in our life book will unfold. So please keep us in your prayers that God will order our steps and that we will have the wisdom to follow the path he places before us.
With much love,
The Jones Family
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