Change is in the air.

Isn't it weird when an event here and an event there comes together and forms something that shows you once again that God is in complete control? Chad has a job opportunity that after days of prayer and talking and prayer and talking we have decided that we can't pass up. It involves Chad being gone for a year with a month off half way through. I was all excited because my sister was gonna come up and stay with me and take a load off but God has shown me that He has other plans for me. She won't be here until August which means that I'll have roughly four months with just my boys and I. Other than knowing I will miss Chad with an intensity that I am not real excited about facing, I am excited about the changes that God has in store for me. I feel like He has been preparing me for this for the last couple of months, without even knowing that it would lead to this.
I know that God is going to help me become a better Christian because I'm going to be leaning on him for everything. He has shown me that I have got to pray more because I'll be doing a while lotta praying in the next year. He has led me to lessons on grace because I will have to show grace to my husband and my kids in the next year and show them that we can get through anything if we put God first.
I know that God is going to help me become a better mother. I'm not gonna get a whole lot of breaks in the next year from my boys and instead of fretting and whining about it, I'm going to revel in the fact that I get to be with them. I am going to pray for them and with them and let them know that there is nowhere I'd rather be than with them.
I know that God is going to make my marriage stronger. Chad and I have such a precious bond right now and while I know it's going to change, I know that with God's help, it's gonna change for the better.
The next year could go in two different directions, either up or down and I will not go down. I will not fail my husband, my kids or my Lord by dwelling on the negative because with His help the next year will change us all for the better.

"For I know the plans I have for you," says the Lord. "They are plans for good and not for disaster, to give you a future and a hope. In those days when you pray, I will listen. If you look for me wholeheartedly, you will find me." Jeremiah 29:11