Moving On Down
Yes, you read that correctly. The McCall life is about to look a look differently..and warmer.
So to just cut to it.. We are moving "back" to Florida. We are not moving back to the Tallahassee area, but instead moving to Lake City, Florida. So back but not back if that makes sense. Also, I've never lived in Lake City so it's new to me.
I know for some this seems sudden but this post is a collection of writing over a few weeks. I do want to say first and foremost that this has NOTHING to do with Refuge Bible Church. We love them and are very saddened that God is calling our family away. As I'm writing this, no one besides Chris and I know that we have officially accepted his new job position. Some do know that this is something that we've been praying about and working through with God... but no one officially knows anything. When God very clearly put this in our laps.. Chris and I were pretty taken aback. It wasn't something that either of us thought we would EVER..EVEERRRRR do. I can 100% promise you that this was something we both wholeheartedly agreed on. I mean to the point where when this job proposal came up, you start laughing at first because you're like "oh, God's got jokes".
He didn't have jokes though. We've always said that we'll go wherever He calls us. Not where I want to go, or Chris, or our friends, or family, but ONLY where HE wants us to go.
I don't want anyone to think that we've made this decision easily or that we're doing it for any other reason besides that it's where God is calling us to go. He keeps opening door after door and has given us a peace about everything. That DOESN'T mean that we're not incredibly sad to leave everyone in Indiana. Pregnant me has cried several times over the thought of having to do goodbyes. Especially since we will be moving early September-ish which means our Hoosiers won't get a chance to meet Baby Girl.
This coming Friday (July 26th) we will be flying down to Florida to finalize everything and let our families know.. and from there start making calls and putting things in moving mode. From the time our vacation ends to about the time we would be moving would be about a month. It's not a lot of time. About a month and half later, we will then be welcoming Baby Girl into the McCall clan.It's a lot in a short amount of time, especially for me being pregnant because I have been in nesting mode for MONTHS and I can't tap into that "nesting" yet.
I am excited and no I don't have any worries or concerns about being pregnant and moving. Obviously I'm not going to be doing any heavy lifting. I'm pregnant not incompetent.
...Just got really sad again.
Okay.
So there are a lot of pros and some real cons to both sides. Either moving or staying. For instance, yes there a lot of doors being opened 100% by God alone with 0% being opened by us about moving to Florida but some of those cons are:
-It's Florida
-Floridaman is a real thing
-College football is basically viewed as a religion and that IRKS me
-Florida is basically one big sinkhole and I wouldn't be surprised if it eventually disappeared all together
-SO MUCH FRIED FOOD & I don't like fried food on any level
-Country music
-The fun new flesh eating bacteria that's decided to show up
-Zero seasons. (It's wierd around the holidays when it's hot)
Also....Chris didn't accept a job as a worship leader. He accepted the ??Head Truss Designer?? (Not a clue what the official name is).... He'll be overseeing the entire truss department for his family's company.
I write this next part because we've heard some things that haven't....... sat..... too well with us when we have told some people about the job change (post timeline is about 2 weeks time so at THIS point we've told a lot of people)....
1.We didn't make this decision to accept this job offer because we're having another kid.
2.We didn't accept this job offer because we couldn't do ministry forever and it's time for basically a grown up job.
3. We didn't accept this job offer because we couldn't have another kid and do life how we've been doing it.
4. We didn't accept this job offer because Chris doesn't want to be a worship leader anymore.
5. We didn't accept this job offer because we got tired of working for a church plant.
6. We didn't accept this job offer because we were unhappy with our church.
7. We didn't accept this job offer because we were tired of living so far away from family.
Let me be very clear.
NONE OF THE STATEMENTS ABOVE ARE TRUE.
ONE DAY CHRIS WILL BE BACK AT DOING WORSHIP BECAUSE THAT IS WHERE HE FEELS CALLED.
WE ACCEPTED THIS JOB OFFER BECAUSE IT IS 100% GOD CALLING US TO DO IT.
When we hear things like the above statements.. it actually hurts us. We are not driven by the world and what it tells us we need. We are solely driven by God and his leading. We've been praying for a period of rest because as most of you know we are GO GO GO all the time... and then God placed this job offer in our laps. And let me restate.. we've been praying for a PERIOD of rest. I don't pray for our lives to be simple or easy or like "The Jones's". I don't pray for a comfortable or easy life for us. I don't pray for a life that the world says we're supposed to have.
I pray for our lives to be focused on Christ and His calling for us. I pray that our focus is on Him and not ourselves or others. I pray for our contentment in what He provides in all ways. I pray for faithfulness in good and bad times. I pray that our lives are lived where He wants and when it's time to go, that we then faithfully go where He wants us to go. I pray for a life lived for Christ and Christ alone.
The McCall Clan has been able to do so many new things and grown in so many ways while in Indiana... and I think this will the hardest move we've had to make as a family.
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