March Madness

For the past two years, March and April seem to bring about big changes in our lives, specifically in our employment. Last year it was Graham's transition from Crossroads to ServiceMaster and me starting my Arbonne business, allowing me to stay at home with Ellie as of October 2007. The year before that was the closing of The Little Gym and our getting hired on at Crossroads Fitness. This year is the same but also different in other ways. Graham got hired on as an Auto Adjuster with Farmer's Insurance after a very grueling testing and interviewing process! It feels different to us this time because it seems like a career that Graham is excited about and has a lot of promise in the benefits such as paid vacation (what is that?!?!?), a group health insurance plan (woohoo!), pension, profit sharing, retirement, and a company car! This truly is proof that when you wait on the Lord-as Graham is very good at, (and as hard as those waiting times are- especially for me) He knows the timing and has a plan for that which we can't even imagine!

As I look back on the past four years, after we moved from Chicago, I am amazed at God's faithfulness even in the midst of uncertainty and financially hard times. There is a lot to be said for those times when we feel completely dependent on Him for provision. The lack of control is an invaluable lesson in the fact that we are called to become dependent on Him and give up the false idea that we can be in control of our lives. As wonderful as all of the benefits Graham is about to get from this new job, we know that worldly security is fleeting and false. The only true security we can have is through the promises of the Lord, and I have been (and still am) in the process of realizing that those are more than enough! What a faithful, good God we serve! I am in awe.

I thought I would also share some photos of what we have been up to so far in March.

Sleeping (this is how El sleeps at night)

Holding Babies (Wyatt is Laura Ensor's new baby)


Making basketball cookies


Coloring


Learning how eat like a big girl (unsuccessful so far)

Eating cake batter (yummy!)