So, Toby has been preaching thru Exodus...and not boring as you would expect. Last week he talked about the fact that God knew the Israelites weren't immediately ready for the promised land when they first came out of Egypt, so He led them on the long way around to Israel before letting them in...also talked about how the manna wasn't really what they necessarily WANTED, but what they NEEDED at the time. We've been struggling along with not being on staff with a church anywhere-but kind of enjoying being a part of a congregation that acts, instead of fighting about what we should do as a congregation. Anyway...we came to the realization that we are on the long way around...that our current jobs, while good jobs, are what we NEED right now to survive. Can you see the parallels???
Then this morning, he made a comment about the fact that we don't serve a microwave God, but a crockpot God...one who doesn't always take care of our problems immediately, but makes us wait & learn along the road. Not that He doesn't ever do things on an immediate basis - He still does, but everything is on HIS time schedule, not mine. So, here we are, being patiently impatient while we can sometimes catch a sniff of the wonderful meal/plan He has cooking for us.
As for the summer, we are doing pretty well. The boys have yet to destroy the house while we're gone - and Bob was finally assigned a branch permanently - across the street from mine! Now, if we could get our schedules to match, we could ride together!
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I love the idea that we get whiffs of God's plan while we are on that long way around. Sometimes it is those whiffs that keep us going. Praying for you all! (or is it y'all?).
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