God’s PERFECT Plan

I sit here writing this blog post 8 days after receiving word that the department I have worked under for the past 3 years is being cut.  I am also 5 hours away from a meeting that will tell me if I still have a job within a different department or whether I will be joining the 9% of people in Arizona without jobs.  Several months back I worried about losing my job and pictured what I would do if such a thing would happen.  The funny thing is what I thought back then is not how I feel now.  Let me explain…

While it would be easy to begin freaking out and to start worrying I take a second and look back at the path behind me.  It is easy to see that the God I serve has continuously guided, protected, and walked with me through it all.  Here is a breakdown of the past 10 years…

• Both Paige and I went to college at SAGU, met each other, received church ministry degrees (mine with a focus in youth ministries), and got married!!!
• We both went to Illinois to work with the AG District office where I worked with the youth department and Paige began doing graphic design based on a need there.
• God called us to become a CARES team and to serve an apartment complex, do events and meet people (so we moved from IL to AZ)
• After moving to AZ we both needed jobs and God provided those.
• Paige started her own graphic design business.
• After three years of being a CARES team we felt God moving us to something new, but had no idea what that looked like or where we would end up.
• A week after turning in our notice to CARES we sat down for a meal with a missionary couple only to find out that they were in need of a graphic designer and a person to lead the youth portion of their program down in Mexico.
• My mother and father-in-law offered us a place to stay while we figured things out and we moved in with them.
• We accepted the two positions and have begun support raising.
• Just found out my current work is cutting my department.

So based on the above list why should I worry about losing my job.  If I keep my job GREAT!  If I lose my job GREAT!  Why worry about stuff like this when you know that God is the one in control of every part of our life.  I love seeing God’s hand throughout our path as well as seeing how He has molded us into the people He desires.  I guess we just have to realize that sometimes God’s perfect plan feels a little messy, but it will all work out in the end.

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