A good reminder.....

SOMETIMES WE CAN NOT SEE THE BIG PICTURE AND WE WONDER ABOUT THE DECISIONS WE MAKE.  IF WE ARE LIVING OUR BEST....WE ARE PROMISED THAT OUR HEAVENLY FATHER IS IN THE DETAILS OF OUR LIVES.
WHEN JER WAS ABOUT SIX MONTHS OLD, WE REALLY WANTED TO GET AWAY FROM THE FAMILY BUSINESS.  SHAD HAD FOUND A JOB CUTTING MEAT AT A PACKING PLANT IN CEDAR AND WE HAD FOUND A SMALL APARTMENT TO RENT.
THERE WAS A LOT OF CONTENTION IN THE BUSINESS AND WE JUST WANTED TO GET AWAY FROM ALL OF IT.  I REMEMBER SHAD'S DAD TALKING TO US AND HE REALLY COULDN'T PROMISE US THAT THINGS WOULD CHANGE...ONLY THAT HE KNEW HEAVENLY FATHER WAS AWARE OF OUR RIGHTEOUS DESIRES AND HE FELT IF WE COULD BE PATIENT....THINGS WOULD WORK OUT BETTER IF WE WOULD STAY
I AM SO THANKFUL THAT WE LSTENED TO HIM.  I DON'T KNOW WHAT WOULD HAVE HAPPENED IF WE HAD MOVED, BUT I FEEL WITH CERTAINTY THAT OUR FAMILY WAS BLESSED FOR STAYING.
I HAD HOPED JUSTIN WOULD BE ABLE TO MOVE HIS FAMILY CLOSER TO HOME.  IT HAS BEEN SUCH A BLESSING TO BE ABLE TO GO TO HENDERSON AND NOT HAVE TO FLY.  THE KIDS LOVE IT THERE.  I WANTED THAT FOR JUSTIN'S FAMILY ALSO....BUT I GUESS THIS IS A TIME WE WILL NEED TO WAIT AND SEE WHAT HEAVENLY FATHER HAS PLANNED.
WHEN WE STAYED ON THE FARM....I NEVER WOULD HAVE DREAMED WE WOULD SPLIT UP AND GET AWAY FROM THE FIGHTS.  THEN WE GOT SOME PROPERTY THAT HELPED US HELP THE KIDS...AND NOW SHAD IS A JUDGE...GREAT HOURS AND BENEFITS!
SHAD HONORED HIS FATHER.....AND IT TOOK YEARS BUT THE BLESSINGS HAVE BEEN WONDERFUL.  HEAVENLY FATHER'S HAND WAS THERE BUT IT TOOK MANY YEARS TO UNDERSTAND.