We live the given life.

After several months of trying to start up my own business again without much success, searching and applying for jobs without any call-backs, trying to discover what it was that God wanted me to do in this season, waiting and praying...applying for more jobs, waiting....

Finally, suddenly, I have a job that is beyond what I asked for, and that I am completely excited about! I'll be working for a Christian organization in a group home for children and teens with developmental disabilities. The schedule is not what I had hoped for, but Loris and I both feel a peace about it and will just make the necessary adjustments.

A quote I saw on a friend's facebook wall the other day rings true:

"We live the given life, and not the planned" - Wendell Berry

I'm reminded that I am not the author of my life, God is. And when He brings something along that is different than what I would have planned, I know it is the better thing.

Sometimes it's the tension of knowing that without seeing it, but sometimes I think He likes to bless us with something so obviously good and beyond what we were asking. To remind of us - just a little bit - of how much He really is capable of.

And for that, I am so grateful.