The Daylily is Being Transplanted Again

We've moved too many times, but up until now the moving has been the hard part. For the last 30 years my dear husband has worked for the same company, and a move didn't mean a brand new job - just a different place for the same job.

All of that changed just over three months ago. For reasons beyond his control, my husband's company decided they no longer wanted him to work for them. So now we've joined the ranks of the unemployed, and the next move will be a jump into the unknown unlike any other move has been.

Being unemployed has been...well, I wouldn't say fun....but not as bad as I thought it would be three months ago.

At the end of March, God gave me this verse: "Have I not commanded you? Be strong and courageous. Do not be frightened, and do not be dismayed, for the Lord your God is with you wherever you go." Joshua 1:9 (ESV). That verse came to mind night after night as I'd think of what could happen - the "what if's" that crowd our brains at 3:00 am when rational thought escapes us. I resolved to not fear the future - after all, aren't I a child of God? Doesn't He hold me in the palm of His hand? I know, firmly believe, and can testify that He never, ever lets anything touch me that hasn't already passed through His hands. He is sovereign, and that's the end of the story.

We've gone through April, May and now June without fear of the future - we know that what we are living through is for our good and His glory. We know He knows our future, and it will be better than we can imagine.

But there's more. There's another verse that He is reminding me of more and more: "Not that I am speaking of being in need, for I have learned in whatever situation I am to be content. I know how to be brought low, and I know how to abound. In any and every circumstance, I have learned the secret of facing plenty and hunger, abundance and need. I can do all things through him who strengthens me." Phil. 4:11-13.

I've always thought of myself as being content, but the past few months have shown me the source of my contentment - God Himself. I can imagine situations where contentment escapes me, but not this one. He is supplying our needs, and what He doesn't supply, we find we don't need.

And as an added bonus, I get to do something I didn't think I'd be able to do for many years yet. I get to spend every day with my best friend. I didn't think that would happen until he retired!

"Yet it was kind of you to share my trouble." Phil. 4:14. Keep our family and every family you know that faces unemployment in these difficult times in your prayers!