Not trying to act like Abraham or anything but 7 months ago I was called to leave my area of comfort and join the corporate world at LifeWay Christian Resources in customer service. I was asked to take a position that would be a 6 month assignment with the POSSIBILITY of being offered a permanent position. Very scary. Very not interested. I have been a hairdresser for 22 years and it takes a long time to build a clientele. I began to pray about what I should do. I asked my husband and my parents what THEY thought I should do. Finally, my husband said to me "Steph, I know you have been praying about this. What is God telling you to do?" And in that moment I knew. God had been saying one thing to me over and over. It was "Take each step forward in faith."
I knew at that moment that He wasn't promising that things would turn out the way that I thought they should. Things would turn out the way HE thought they should and that I would be ok because HIS ways are better than my own. I have had moments of being very afraid and stressed. I have had moments of thinking that I was in control. (ha)
Resoundingly, I have rested in the knowledge that HE knows what is right and best. I have no idea what the future holds for me. This has been a huge leap for me and lots of adjustment for my husband, our son, and my family and friends. I have seen our son have to adjust to lots of new and crazy things. My husband has stepped in and helped out when I was overwhelmed. My family has stepped in and been "mom" when I had to be at work. As crazy as it has all been, I have never been happier. Simply because I am where God wants me. Tomorrow He may want me somewhere else. Newer. Scarier. Less comfortable. But in the end I choose to trust in HIM. I am choosing each day to take each step forward in faith.
- Hebrews 11:6
And it is impossible to please God without faith. Anyone who wants to come to him must believe that God exists and that he rewards those who sincerely seek him.
I want to please Him. Because He is.
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