Our Life In A Boat

Picture this, if you will:

You decide to make changes in your life and journey on a new adventure (your journey is mostly in a boat to get from your old destination to your new life). As you set see you encounter a storm. Just as you think it's going to get worse, the storm almost blows you overboard. You don't think you'll survive. Finally, from what seems like an eternity, the storm ends. But you're not at shore yet. You're just floating on the water, in your boat, no land in site. Out of nowhere, God drops a whole bunch of different looking oars onto your boat. It's up to you decide which oars you want, which will determine which direction your boat will take you to your new destination.

This is exactly how the past 3 months have been for us. We had so many "disappointing" things happen to us. It felt like our boat was tipping and we were not going to make it. Then the storm stopped. There was absolutely nothing going on, good or bad. And now in the past week, the oars have dropped. It may sound easy to choose which oars of life you want, but it has been extremely difficult. Last week I got a call to start a temporary position. I took it, only because we need the money. Keith has two interviews lined up and possibly a third on the way. I got a call Friday for an interview at a fantastic place. So what's so hard about this, right?

One of the opportunities Keith has is to be a welder four hours away from where we currently are. But, God has big plans for us this year, so we're not sure if He wants us to start a new life out there. His other job opportunities are in our current area. My job opportunity is in our area as well.

We really thought we had this thing figured out. As of yesterday, we really thought God wanted us to stay here. Which was great news. There's lots of opportunities for us here, and we're already established. But after one of Keith's interviews today...we're confused again. After a lot of deliberation, it seems like our decision will be based off of my interview. If I get this job, we're staying. If I don't, we're starting a new life in a new area.

Pray with us that God will help us. We just need some kind of peace and guidance in this situation. My headache just keeps getting worse thinking about it...I will miss everyone so much...but I do look forward to meeting new people.

Oh, one other thing I should add to this mix, is I've been doing a decent amount of tattoos lately and have others lined up. I just need prayer that this will keep going and I truly feel like a new ministry will flourish out of it.