MOVING FORWARD

Well it's been exactly since I went back to work in Beckley on a part-time basis. Something just occurred to me as I was typing...I have 3 part-time jobs that are all really full-time if done properly...how funny!

Being back here in Beckley is a bit surreal. I had really written off this entire chapter of my life and never intended to come back here. I had joked in the past that I would go anywhere God would send me but please Lord don't send me back to my Egypt (Beckley). Well He has done that. I took on this job as a revelation from God that it was time for me to be a tent-maker again and like Paul use work in the secular world as a means to support Sarah's calling to be a full time mom.

So here I am. Back in the place that I wouldn't have necessarily chosen for myself but have been obedient to do what I believe He has asked me to do (in case you missed it, my FOUND MY TENT blog explains all of this...see posts from earlier in September).

As I writing this I'm thinking of many times in the Word that we may be asked to do something we don't necessarily want to do. Abraham was asked to take Isaac up to the mountain and offer him up as a sacrifice. I"m pretty sure that Abraham wasn't thrilled at the thought, but by faith he did it in belief that God would raise his son from the dead (as told in Hebrews). God honored his faith by providing the sacrifice and sparing Isaac.

I'm also thinking about this in a slightly different spiritual context. Egypt is symbolic of bondage in the Bible. The Hebrews were slaves and captives there and were treated terrible by their masters. They were freed and Moses led them from the land of bondage and on their way back to the Promised Land they whined and complained about how much better life was AS A SLAVE. They WANTED to go back to Egypt rather than make the sometimes challenging journey into what God had already prepared for them.

This journey to and in Beckley won't be easy, but it is what God has ordained. It may not even be fun, but it is He has asked me to do. I come here looking to set some captives free, not to become captive myself.

This blog is therapy for me today so let me thank you for allowing me to just flow with my stream of consciousness. As I sit here in my 3rd floor corner office looking at the rain pounding against the window I realize that I am blessed. I'm blessed to be asked to come back here so that God can use me here. Even in Egypt I will give Him praise because I know that He is bigger than me and gets it far better than I can or ever will. I have faith that I'm here for a purpose that is greater than building up this company's bottom line. God help me to find you here. Help me to see where you're at work while I'm at work and give me the courage and boldness to join you in it. Let me see beyond the circumstances and what I see with my eyes and trust your Sovereign ways.