Faithful through Fear

This week has been in the simplest description, hard. A good majority of the people I know have heard me say, "It's going to be great" and have realized it's basically my catchphrase. Most people tend to get annoyed when I say this because things are very much NOT great. I like to clarify because when I say "It's going to be great," I am not saying that they ARE great. I am saying that they are GOING TO BE great. At some point our really horrible situations that we are struggling through are going to be better. It may not be that noticeable at first, but eventually that really horrible, knock-you-down situation, is going to get better.

Early this week, Chris and I found out that the apartment we were planning on moving to in Indianapolis decided to not accept us. Now we are scrambling to find somewhere to live and application fees get expensive. The fear starts to creep in with the whispers of, "Where are you going to live," "How are you going to afford the move now," "Your lease is about to be up so the clock is ticking," etc. It gets difficult to not succumb to the darkness that the fear tries to instill, instead of looking to God who is lighting our path through our faithfulness.

This week I have also been questioning my impact on those around me. Am I really making a difference? (Remember, I said this week was hard). On Friday I received a letter from customers from a previous job, and who are now customers at my current job, who like to think of themselves as my adopted grandparents. I didn't read the letter until Saturday because I was too focused on the fear that I had allowed to set in through the week. The question of if I was making a difference to those around me was very clearly answered. That not-so-small act of telling me what I meant to them will forever be cherished and be a reminder that God is faithful. We must stop focusing on the fear, and instead cling to the faithfulness that will walk us through the fear if we allow it.

Chris and I are exhaustively trying to cling on to the faithfulness but we are in desperate need of your prayers as well. As our brothers and sisters in Christ we plead with you to pray for us for our time of transition and the emotional struggle that is causing from moving from friends and further from family, prayer for our financial situations that we are currently facing with moving to Indianapolis, and prayer for Chris and I to continue to remain faithful in Christ's calling for our lives.

If you feel led to pray for us, please pray. If you feel led to assist us, please click the link above. If you feel led to give us electronic or real hugs, please do. All is appreciated more than you may ever know and because of Christ and His love for us, it's going to be great!