Change has come

This week ended a very special chapter in our lives. It was Joe's last week as the youth pastor at our church . It is hard to believe that this wonderful chapter of our lives is over because the church holds so much of our hearts, so much of our love. However, we both know it is time to move on. The Lord has made that very clear, and He is demanding that we follow no matter how much we long to stay.

So what are our plans? Good question. :) At this time we still have no idea what the Lord is wanting us to do. I'll just go through a couple of possibilities.

Possibility #1 Joe is employed by RYM (Reformed Youth Ministries) and a church. He concurrently goes to seminary.
Possibility #2 Joe is employed as a youth pastor and we pay off debt and save money for seminary.
Possibility #3 We stay where we are and work. I find a full time nursing job (I only work 16 hours/week now), and we work to pay off debt. We go to seminary when our debt is paid off.
Possibility #4 Joe becomes a famous musician, and we tour the United States...better yet the world. :)

So right now these are what I see as future possibilities. However, the Lord may have completely different plans for us and that is okay. Our focus right now is on living by faith and not by sight. Let me tell you this is not always easy especially for me. I am a planner, a worrier, and a person that longs for security. The Lord has been working hard on me though, and he is showing me that I need to throw out all my plans and just follow. So Joe and I have been following hard after Him, and we have such a peace about everything (even though as I said we know absolutely nothing about our future plans). We've not only had a peace we have had excitement! We are excited to see what path the Lord takes us down, we are excited to see if we end up in another town or if we stay where we are. We are excited because where we end up will be in the center of His will...the most exciting place...the place where we will have the adventure of our lives.