Today is a big day for my little family... Two falls🍁🍃🍂 ago Caleb and I started believing God for a job that would allow me to continue to stay at home with Jocci and our future children. We were also believing that Caleb would enjoy the job.
Caleb got his mining papers and we just knew by at least January (2013) he would be getting a job in a near by mine. He applied at a couple mines that we never heard anything from as well as 3 other good enough paying jobs that he would have to travel too work if he got were hired.
Although we always try to make the best of any time/situation in our lives, THIS was a really hard time for us.. The ups and downs of interviewing and testing for job after job while trying to hang on to hope. It's an emotional roller coaster on top of trying not to live off your parents (whom we already lived with, did work for to have money, and take care of our little Jocci). I had to change my thoughts, re-adjust them through every up and down, and most importantly find the "perscripture" as Madea would call it (hehe) or Word of God, for my problem! I found
"The Lord is my Shepherd, I shall not want." Psalms 23:1
This scripture doesn't mean that I wouldn't want or that God would only provide to me my needs. It mean that The Lord is my care taker, He KNOWS my needs as well as my wants.. He knows the desires of my heart and He will take care of those. All in His perfect timing of course.
So I held on to this word.. I meditated on it, posted it on my social networks when I needed an outlet. Repeated over in my head, spoke it out loud. Especially in the dark moments when I felt discouraged and wasn't sure how I could continue to hope.
Around April Caleb got a call that would change our lives..from
Continental Tire... He had an interview!!!! I would always speak Gods favor over Caleb as he applied for jobs, went into interviews as well as trusting that if this job wasn't the job God had for Caleb then we didn't want it. Not only did he get the job, he was hired directly on through the company and did not have to work as a contractor!
He was paid a small to some but good enough amount for us to make a budget and live comfortably on at my parents. On the TOP of the priority list in our budget (very first a foremost) was 10% tithe. From his very first check we tithed and did not miss tithing God's small 10% or giving more when we felt lead to, from not one pay check. After all, if it wasn't for God we wouldn't have the income at all AND if He could not trust us to tithe off of little how could He trust us to eventually tithe off of a lot. God would not asks us to tithe if there was not something better for Him to give back to us! He loves to give and to bless His children. WE WERE SO EXCITED! 😁
So I continue on.. Although this was enough for is to pay the small bills we had, take care of our family, and have money to give, save, and live a little.. I know my God knew our needs and our desires. We share an old beat up explore of my parents that we didn't take for granted. So a new car.. We obviously lived at home with my parents, so our house being finished. Were two major needs/desires.
We get married, never dreaming to literally come home pregnant, have no home of our own for two children and a small suv that only 2 doors work on. One up front and on in the back, difficult for two adults and two children with car seats!
But we continued to trust God, trust our tithe, trust His blessing upon on us and keep on keeping on.
So the new year was approaching, Caleb was hearing of job openings in the mines. So one morning we woke up extra early, loaded our little family up and I drove my tired from work man to a contracting place to take fill out an application. Still trusting, praying, believing, meditating! If he could get a job in a near by mine we could have more time together (less of a drive) save more gas, and afford the things we needed/wanted for a home and two children!
Not too long after, He got the second call that would alter our lives for the better! He has an interview with The contractor and come to find out he was hired!!!! This was a pay cut from continental but with the difference in gas it would equal out. But ended up being an even better pay check after overtime.. We continued to tithe off of our new higher income, continued to trust God as He had entrusted us with a little more.
Now. Bringing us to today. Three short (the minimum required 90 days) months later from being hired by the contractor to work in Wildcat Mines, Caleb is HIRED ON COMPANY and today is his first day!!!
I know this was a long/detailed story. That's kind of just how I tell stories, I'm a details kind of person. But I really want anyone (if any crazy person read this whole thing, praying someone did lol) to know that trusting God can be hard, but it is ALWAYS worth it... Since we started trusting God financially, tithing, and being faithful with little.. God's Word has never come back void. His Word is Truth and I got it deeply rooted in me through the ups and downs that "The Lord is my Shepherd, I shall not want!" He is my provider!!!! and this is a real life story of someone most of you know that there is NO denying it!
It was not always easy, it did not always look promising, but His word is the truth regardless of what my human eyes could see and regardless of how I felt. I don't trust my eyes or my feelings. I trust Gods Word above all!
I am beyond thankful for a husband who believes and trusts in God with me, who chooses to be an honorable worker and co-worker of integrity at whichever job he is at and try to love people He works with the best he can as Jesus wouldThe two of us are MOST thankful for a God who is personal, who loves us, and who is TRUE to His Word, ALWAYS!
