Back to the Beginning

I decided to name this post "Back to the Beginning" because of one of my favorite movies "The Princess Bride". If you've seen it you know, that when things go wrong you should always go back to the beginning. Well things aren't going wrong. They've been going so right, it is almost scary. My husband and I were married almost three years ago. Two months after we got married me moved away. A couple of months ago, he was offered a job back in our hometown. For him to accept, we had to move out of our first home and in with my grandmother and mother. I had to quit my job and hope I found a new one ASAP. Most importantly, to survive we needed to sell our house quickly. Well, two weeks before we moved back, I got my old job back (a wonderful job). I started the week of New Year's. Everything was going great, but I wasn't going to be able to work as many hours as I wanted. Well, the interim principal, from Franklin Elementary called me and asked me to be a long term sub. I agreed only if I could keep my current job. To sum up, I am working two jobs and one employer is letting me leave early, while the other one is letting me come in late. An enormous blessing. Next order of business: We knew our house would not sell quickly. When we bought it, it had been on the market 1 1/2 years. One month to the day we moved out, we went under contract with someone to buy our house. If things work out as we planned, we'll only have to make 1 payment on a house we're not living in. This may seem trivial to some, but do you ever have God remind you that He is always there. That is what these last few weeks have been like. Austin and I stepped out on faith, and God has carried us. Don't laugh. I've been ignoring Him for a long time, and He has shown His love just by showing me He is still there. I guess I have always thought that in many ways God has let me down. That wasn't fair or accurate of me. Life is life. It hurts and it's hard. No one can expect perfection. You just have to learn to deal with what comes. There will always be good things that keep you going. I had plenty of those good things, but I was angry. Sometimes I still am, but I'm trying to deal with that. I guess I thought that if I turned my back on Him, He would leave (like so many have done) but He is God. Instead of leaving, He showed me that He hasn't given up. I could not be more grateful for that. So my message today is "When things go wrong, always go back to the beginning."

Genesis 1:1 "In the beginning, GOD created the heavens and the earth."