We haven't updated recently just because for me personally I haven't really had a stream of creativity. JP worked 14 hours of overtime last week and is set to have 7-8 by the end of this week with July Fourth off. This will continue he has been told until the end of the month. He comes in an hour early and stays an hour late. This does help us financially but we are all tired. JP accidentally overslept this morning and had to rush out the door to be an hour late for work. He is a very conscientious worker so he felt really bad about it. I felt bad for him too.
My constant prayer has been for God's provision during this difficult time and He has been faithful to do it through JP's work and other means we never planned on. We have to trust God that right now He is using this overtime as a means of provision for us. We also rely on His promise that He will not put more on us than we can bear. God is taking care of us each step of the way and we are learning more and more to trust Him. After you have been a Christian for a long time, there is a temptation to become comfortable where you are and not realize the extent to which we are so far from where we should be. This experience has shown me that to grow closer to God we have to be willing to be tested by fire and refined as silver.
I was reading in Psalms 66 yesterday and these verses stood out to me:
For you, O God, tested us; You refined us like silver.
You brought us into prison and laid burdens on our backs.
You let men ride over our heads; we went through fire and water,
but You brought us to a place of abundance.
Did you noticed how many You's with a capital there are in those verses? God uses hard times in our lives to bring us into a place of spiritual abundance. I am learning to let go and let God work and move. He is so much more equipped than I am.
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