What a crazy few weeks it has been, from deciding to leave KinderCare earlier than expected, to graduation, to moving, my life has been a whirlwind. A whirlwind of thoughts and emotions, but through it all God was there. God is good all the time. We left a little later than we would've liked this morning, but we did make it safely to WI. Chicago traffic was not bad, and I actually liked driving through Milwaukee. It's wet and cold here, colder than MI, and Steve says the landscape is a mix between Ohio farmland and Michigan trees. I completely agree. I just hope that when spring comes and things start to green up, we will see some beautiful sights. But like I said, God is good all the time.
We called last night to check on hotels because we wanted to bring Sherman with us, so we needed to find a pet friendly one, but everything online seemed to say "no pets." So Steve got in touch with his sponsor and we ended up booking a room at our good old standby Choice Hotel. The Comfort Inn. Free internet is nice, and so is a big king size bed. Hopefully we won't have to call this room home for very long though. Tomorrow we'll go look at apartments and rental his sponsor mentioned last night too. I'm praying this rental works out because it sounds fantastic. 3 bedrooms, 2 baths, hardwood floors, downtown. God is good right? I'm learning to trust his provisions and the verses about providing for the birds of the air and flowers of the field keep coming to mind.
"Therefore I tell you, do not worry about your life, what you will eat or drink; or about your body, what you will wear. Is not life more than food, and the body more than clothes? Look at the birds of the air; they do not sow or reap or store away in barns, and yet your heavenly Father feeds them. Are you not much more valuable than they? Can any one of you by worrying add a single hour to your life? And why do you worry about clothes? See how the flowers of the field grow. They do not labor or spin. Yet I tell you that not even Solomon in all his splendor was dressed like one of these. If that is how God clothes the grass of the field, which is here today and tomorrow is thrown into the fire, will he not much more clothe you—you of little faith? So do not worry, saying, ‘What shall we eat?’ or ‘What shall we drink?’ or ‘What shall we wear?’ For the pagans run after all these things, and your heavenly Father knows that you need them. But seek first his kingdom and his righteousness, and all these things will be given to you as well. Therefore do not worry about tomorrow, for tomorrow will worry about itself. Each day has enough trouble of its own." Matthew 6:25-34
This goes along well with the advice my husband gave me upon returning from boot camp. He said that I will notice a change in the way he handles things, that he won't be so uptight about the little things. That he has learned to live life and not worry about something until a problem occurs. There's no use worrying about what might happen. I do that all too often, so now I am trying really hard (cause it's definitely not easy) to only worry about what problems come my way. There is definitely no sense in worry about the what-if's. I did it today before we left about Chicago traffic, and things were FINE!
So as we embark on this new phase of life, this new adventure, my new life verse shall be "Do not worry about tomorrow, for tomorrow will worry about itself." Matthew 6:34 I'm excited we're here in our new hometown. I'm ready for this...it's been a long time coming, really. We are now Steven and Ashley, our families are still supporting us with encouraging words and prayers, but we're cleaving and leaving. They are no longer a short drive away (though I'm sure there will still be several visits in the near future from parents). We're becoming independent in our career choices and building our marriage for a future family. Many changes will come our way in the next few days, weeks, and months, but I'm ready. Steve's ready. And really that's all that matters. God's got everything else under control, all we have to do is keep putting our trust in him.
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