Answers

Someone has correctly said, "Be careful what you ask for!" Well, I asked for an answer and I got it...unfortunately it wasn't the answer I was expecting OR wanting. But it is an answer and I will find a way to "rejoice and be glad in it". I trust that my God has something else in store for me, perhaps right where I'm living and working...and whatever it is will be better than what we ever imagined.
I had to smile when I got the call that they had chosen someone else. It's almost as if we had made an assumption that there wasn't anyone but us that could fill that position. As I look back on it I see the folly of that notion. There was nothing else that I could have done to make the outcome different. Oh sure, I could play the game like Abraham did and force the answer I wanted (even though that sounds very arrogant as I write it), but then it would have been my answer instead of God's.
For all of you who have been praying for and about us, thank you. Keep the prayers going as you move through your busy schedules. Keep on talking with our great God about my attitude and my work. I need your prayers just as I'm certain you need mine. And if you happen to be in the Rockford, IL area, we'd love to see you!