Wednesday, June 12, 2013

Valley of Waiting

God is so good, all the time!  All the time, God is good!   Amen.

Sam and I love our church!  It is growing all the time, he is leading worship just about every week now with me mostly singing too or running the media slideshow.  It just really touches my heart so deeply to see new people come and experience the Lord in a new way.  We have brand new Christians, those who are still working on their faith, and those who are strong in the Lord and are able to be there for others.  I love how as Christians we never "arrive," but are meant to continually learn more and more about Christ and what it means to live for Him and die to our flesh daily.

I really do love living in Fargo.  Yes, there are times of deep misery such as in the middle of our 6 months of winter when it's 20 below and I have to drive in a scary blizzard.  Or in the middle of summer when it's over 90 degrees and humid and the sky is filled with swarms of mosquitos.  But I love the lush grass and trees, and small-town feel even though it's a town of over 100,000 people (not including neighboring towns), the amazing PEOPLE I know and love who reside here, the northern accents, and all the memories it holds for both Sammy and me.

But gosh dang it, I miss my family!!!  We moved here over a year ago because God called us to be here.  What the duration of living here is, I do not know.  We may move, we may stay.  We are really seeking the Lord about what needs to be done and where God wants us to pastor and be active in ministry.  But I tell you what, I surely would love to be able to see my family a lot more often.  Especially when we start having kids....I will need my mom!  God knows our hearts' desires.  He knows what is best.  We have to pray, follow His peaceful leading, and trust that He knows better than we do.

While we are here in the valley of indecision and wait, I do praise God that at least my new position in my company is better than what I had!

Praise God from whom all blessings flow.  Bless you guys (whoever you may be).
Honeymoon July 2011 (it was one of the only pics saved on this computer and i wanted to post a pic but don't feel like finding a recent one! ;)

Monday, March 11, 2013

I am so blessed

Hallelujah!

I am just so amazed by the Holy Spirit and the work He is doing in my life.

I am reading a book by Benny Hinn called "Good Morning, Holy Spirit," given to me by my preacher brother Joey Trieb, and it is amazing!  I am having more revelation about how the Holy Spirit IS GOD.  He's isn't beneath Jesus, who isn't beneath God the Father...which is something we have, I think, all grew up to believe, purposely or not.  Some of us grew up in churches that hardly recognized the Holy Spirit at all!  But He is the one who helps us pray, who guides us in all things, who deeply desires communion with us, who protects us and makes us feel loved.  He is hurt when we don't spend time with Him or recognize his power.  Life is better with the Spirit beside you at all times.  There's a lot more I will say about this when I am done reading it.


Spring is coming!!!  I can feel it in my bones!


Bless the Lord.  He is so good.  I feel like I just came out of one of the worst months ever....January.  I don't even know WHY it was so bad for me, it just felt like a desert I had to go through while holding onto God's hand the whole time to make sure I didn't crumble and fall.  But He was there, He helped me, and I made it to the other side with happiness and hope!  Hallelujah he brought me out!  And my amazing husband was of course very present and helpful in my times of need and made me feel better.



I will never stop praising the Lord, not when life is hard and I may get tempted to give up, not when life is wonderful and I may be tempted to forget about Him.  How can I ever neglect my Jesus?

God is so good.  He also gave us the only apartment that we really felt good about and at peace with.  And we were the only ones even looking at it!  It's the best apartment in the building!  We move in next month!!!  Seriously, it has an elevator and heated underground parking, just to name a few perks...oh, and it's so close to us, we can see it right now when we just take a glance out the window.

random, but pretty.  i felt like a picture needed to go here


For a while now, I've been feeling a little bored with my job and have been desiring to move up in the company to further my expertise and experiences.  I have been keeping my eye open for internal positions opening up, and applied for a COBRA Account Manager position a couple months ago.  I received word a couple days later from a very friendly, helpful coworker in HR that they had to fill the position quickly and didn't even have a chance to review my application.  But, he so thoughtfully set up a meeting with me and the supervisor of that department so I can learn more about the position and so he can meet me and keep me in consideration for future openings.

A little while later, I applied for a lateral move of a Claims Adjudicator position, and got it!  However, I was informed that my position won't be starting until October...10 months away!

I praised the Lord for the position He gave me and geared up for making the best of where I still was.

Later, the same HR guy came up to me again and give me the inside scoop that there is another CAM position opening up, and he will set up an interview for me!  I was so excited/nervous.  I felt that surely God is using this HR man twice now to make sure I get this position.  I was the first one interviewed...surely this job is mine!

A couple weeks later I received a request to meet with the same CAM supervisor.  I knew this would be the meeting where he either tells me I have the job or I don't.  Since the meeting was the next day, I went home and prayed.

I said, "God, you know me better than I know myself, and only You really know what I am capable of.  I will praise You if I get this position, but I will praise You if I don't, because I trust You and know You have what's best for me."

So I met with him and he told me I didn't get the job.  

Bummer, but I totally wasn't devastated and was looking forward to started afresh in Claims in October.  I still knew that God was in control.

But then, just about a week later, I get another meeting request with the same supervisor.  I was so nervous, what in the world could this be about?

Well, long story short, I got the job!!!!  He said that they needed one more person and wants me!!  I am sooo shocked, honored, scared, happy, excited..... whew!!



Now we can save up even more money for paying off loans, getting a future house, and having future kiddos!!!!  

I can't wait to keep learning more about the Holy Ghost in Benny Hinn's book, and also by diving more into the Scriptures!

I CANNOT WAIT to see my family for Easter!!!!!!  I get to see these people plus TWO MORE:  Shasha's boyfriend Mick; and Joey's girlfriend Valerie, who are pretty much engaged to be married :D