I always want to be raw and transparent with everyone. I have had a lot going on recently so I have not been able to get on here as much to share things with you all. So as you all know, my family has been in a season of struggle (financially) due to my husband being out of work for about a year now. He hurt his back which lead to surgery. He is on the mend now and trying to start his own business instead of going back into the oilfield. He made decent money in the oilfield, so as you can imagine our bills did not change just because he has been out of work. If you are wondering why he didn’t get back into the oilfield, well he got hurt twice (second time consisted of a care flight ride) so he was over that. That time was very scary for myself and my kids. He also has missed so much of our kids life and he is over that as well. I told him that God will provide for us. When he got out of the oilfield, we cashed out his 401K so we rode on that for a little while. But for the past 6 months it has been a huge struggle, to the point that our mortgage company has sent the letter of foreclosure on our house. Praise God that we talked to them and we were able to get one month added to the end of the note. We have also had church family blessed us as well in the process. So now we are coming to the end of this season. If you are wondering how I know, God told me that He has a huge plan for us that we will not be struggling financially anymore and we will be able to bless those who are in our situation now.
What does the next season entail? Well, I have started taking online classes for a Bachelors of science in applied management. I do not even know what this is going to come of this, but God has totally led me down this path. I felt like I was in autopilot and he took control. So this school is Christian based in Arizona. They actually include God in the curriculum and have worship nights on campus! Like how cool is that!! When I have applied to other colleges in the past, the process was long and I had to take that dreaded entrance exam. I did not have to do this and I was enrolled in class within 2 weeks! That was all God! I have had time set aside to do my classes and still keep up with my Bible study which is something that was very important to me.
So I have classes going on right now.
Next thing, if you know me, you know I love decorating and organizing. I love making a house feel like a home. I had my side business of selling home decor and went about doing that as I felt it should be done. Through that whole process God kept telling me to set up an account on Amazon to sell from there (FBA). I got everything uploaded and got to the part of needing to do the video phone call and I thought “I am not doing that!” I do not like to even talk on the phone let alone a video call with a complete stranger. This was way out of my comfort zone. So I shut down the idea and went about my business to what I thought I needed to do but it was not successful. I tried to do it again about a year later, but then I could not figure out how to schedule the video call. Fast forward to now, I had the thought cross my mind again. I was on auto pilot again and I figured out how to set up the right sight that didn’t cost a lot, I am scheduled for my video call, and I have started posting stuff as an affiliate marketer until I get my Amazon account in full swing. The process again has been so smooth!
On top of all of this, I have surgery in a few weeks to take out what they think is a polyp on my uterine wall. I was so worried about it in the beginning thinking about the C word. But God has showed me that I have to trust Him. Maybe He is keeping me busy to keep my mind off of it, but I really don’t think about it much. I know God has got me and no matter what happens I know that it is His will for my life. Worrying about it does not change anything!
Lastly, my husband will be opening a shop to start his small engine repair and let me tell you again, this process has been so smooth! The owner of a shop had it for sale , but God told me that is it. So I told my husband to call him and just see if he will lease it to you until you are able to buy it. The guy says he would! But when he met my husband to show it to him, the guy said he has to get his wife on board because she did not want to lease it. So my husband started to look at other possibilities that did not even amount to the first one he looked at. Just as he was about to hone in on a small building, the guy calls my husband back and says to meet him at the shop Saturday. He told my husband that his wife is on board but it will still be up for sale so the contract will be a month to month basis and it will be ready in September. That gives us plenty of time to get things in order and for me to have my surgery. Like Gods timing y’all!! Everything has been falling perfectly into place which makes my knowing that we are almost out of this season even more of a reality.
If you need to make that step in building your relationship with God, reach out! He is waiting for you to make that step. I pray that you have that uninterrupted communication with God so He can lead you in the life that He has for you!!
Many blessings to you all!
My Protector 