OK....Now For The Secret

If you will recall in this post, I mentioned that we had gotten an exciting phone call but I couldn't share the news at that time. Well, now I can....

As some of you know, Bruce has been laid off for a while. Pretty much since before we left for that youth conference a couple of months ago. During that time, Bruce put in several applications to different places, updated his resume, etc. Well, after the day out we had, there was a message on our answering machine for Bruce to call this man back about a job interview. So he did. He had already had one interview with this man, but had never heard back from him, until now. After another interview, then going up to tour the place, he was hired. We couldn't really say anything because Bruce had to go through a drug screening and a background check and hadn't been able to turn in his resignation at his current job. He was finally able to do that this past Sunday night when he returned to work. So he'll be working his notice and then starting his new job June 4th. He's really excited about it. He'll be working Mon-Fri and going in on a pay raise. So that was a blessing. He'll be a macinist for Rockwell Automation, working a lathe. They build engine shafts or something like that. This was certainly an answer to prayer.

During the time Bruce was laid off, we really went through some difficult moments. But I have to say, it's good to be a child of God. He certainly takes care of His children in ways we would never imagine. Some ways made us cry. And some ways even made us drop our mouths open and just laugh. He blessed us spiritually as well. We were able to be in meetings and be uplifted and encouraged and it was wonderful to just sit back, trust the Lord, and watch Him move in our family. God is good. All the time.

Sometimes it's difficult to let go of ourselves and give our situations into the hands of our Heavenly Father. We tend to need to "fix" things on our own. But I've learned that if you just let go of your situations and fully trust the Lord, He will have the opportunity to move and work things in our lives that we would otherwise find humanly impossible. And it is such a sweet experience.