It's Amazing to Watch God in Action

As you know, N and I live apart during the week.  He spends Sunday evening - Thursday evening working at the dam.  I spend that time with Zoe here in Spokane.  For about 7 months we've been feeling like we HAVE to be together NOW!  We even use shouty capitals in our thoughts.

There is always 612 things that bring anxiety when we would talk about things:

1) What about Zoe's school?
2) What about a little thing I call a job?
3) What about our obligations at church?
4) What about the older girls?
5) What about Zoe's care?  My mom does that now, so I'd have to find daycare and what if I pick the wrong one and she gets hurt in some way? 

Then the rollercoaster of anxiety would carry me up the big hill and send me crashing into a ball of flames that made me only want to think of good things like rainbows and unicorns.

We spent much time in prayer.  At the end of summer I was told about an opening at an investment firm in the Tri-Cities.  I was overqualified, but I figured I'd apply and see where that led.

It led to them telling me that I was overqualified for the position, but they had an opening for the exact same job I do now.  The exact same job!  They only needed to create the job first.  For the last three months we've been talking and they've been creating.  N and I have been praying.  In the last three months things have happened to eliminate all my anxiety:

1) We found a Christian school in the Tri-Cities that is identical to Zoe's school here.  They have an opening.  We've applied. 

2) I've got the job that I love to do with the added bonus of a raise!

3) Our church is going through a split.  It's ugly.  It's saddening.  A large part of me grieves for my church home of the last 28 years.  It's definitely God's way of telling all of us, even my mom, that it's time to go.

4) We've been in a battle over the older girls for the last 10 months.  Without saying too much, we got word last week that all this will be resolved in the next two-three weeks. 

5) My mom found out that she can work from anywhere in Washington state.  She's moving too.  Zoe's routine will remain the same, which is what I worried most about.  She cries when she outgrows clothes, so I can only imagine what a move to another house in another city is going to do to her!

I'm awed by Him, His plan and His love.  He knew my anxieties and He's answered every one of my prayers.  While I know this move will not be easy in many ways, I also know, without question, that this is where God is leading us. 

Now comes the fun part!  It's Christmas, we're planning a two-prong move (N from the house we're renting now that isn't big enough and us from Spokane), and we're all going to be starting anew.  None of that worries me.  He will continue to open wide the doors to His plan.