The Hardest Thing God Ever Asked Me To Do...

Ok, Don't get me wrong, I have had hardships in my life...I guess you can say, I am no stranger to pain. This particular time I felt like I was inflicting the pain on myself. Making a Choice to follow God's plan and forget my own feelings. When the opportunity came up for us to move to Ohio, circumstances in my life were kind of rocky, and I jumped at the opportunity to even think about a move. Then the mood passed and I still felt God pushing us to make a move, things just kept urging us in that direction. We made arrangements to move and made an announcement that we were moving. That made the decision very real, we were excited about this new phase of our life and the possibility of a fresh start was very enticing. I started packing some things we didn't need in November and I felt sick over it. Then as the days progressed to weeks and the overwhelming challenge of packing up your life and loading it onto a truck was staring me in the face I was even more convinced we were wrong, God did not tell us to move. A little over four years ago, I faced the most difficult thing I have ever had to face and that was loosing my mother. Then almost two years ago we as a family faced another situation that was very emotional and overwhelming. I put this move right up there with those two things in my life. I did not know how hard this was going to be. I did not know how sad we would feel. The day we were to leave town, the house was just about all cleaned out, just a few more little items and our suitcases to pack, Riley decided to look around the house one last time and when I glanced at him I saw tears in his eyes. I had to look away, because I knew I needed to be strong for him. Brady, what can I say about my sweet Brady, He was so emotional he could not contain himself. He stood in the doorway of the garage and the kitchen and sobbed, very loudly, I might add. I kept asking him to be quiet, but he just cried louder...I think the emotion of seeing that empty house was more than his little four year old mind could take in. He finally stopped crying only when Nate picked him up, and our big strong daddy decided to have us hudle and pray...only he couldn't get the words out, so I finished his prayer of thanksgiving to our Lord~for the awesome priviledge of working at a Church like Glenville for almost 10 years, and for the opportunity to move on, not because of sin and we had too, but because it was time and God had made clear the path for us and opened the doors he wanted to open, the road we have been traveling has not been easy either, we came here with no home and it took almost a week to find a place to live. Our first sunday at our New Church was a difficult one for me as well, I received text messages from a couple of friends and didn't know if I would make it without crying all through the service, but I did. At the end of that service someone came and asked me to pray, I did and her prayer was wonderful, thanking God for me and Nate and praying that we would continue to let God use us...WOW! We are feeling at home here now, we still don't get very much done at the Church because people are still trying to get to know us and want to talk to us...we have dinners scheduled all the way to March...Time heals, and we are feeling that healing. We are excited about our future in Medina,Ohio, and anxious to see all that God has in store for us. I know that "All things work together for good to them who love God..." and I know that all things are working for our good. Moving across the country is an adjustment to say the least...but when you are seeking God's will for your life and listening to His voice, I have said it before and I'll say it again, there is no better place to be than in God's Will...Thanks be to God for his unspeakable gift.