Our life is never boring. EVER. Even when it seems as though things are "normal" around here, it's chaotic and crazy and full of energy.
I'm pretty sure that our life is the antonym of boring. And, I'm pretty sure that we are the synonym of chaotic.
But over the next month our lives will prove to be more chaotic than ever.
And, through it all I continue to remind myself that NONE of this comes as a surprise to God. He knew how incredibly chaotic our lives would be at this time and He remains in control.
(And lately, I'm chanting the previous sentence to myself on an hourly - sometimes minute by minute - basis.)
Why is our life more chaotic than normal these days? Let me start with the basics that you probably already know.
I'm about 36 weeks pregnant with our 6th child. Our oldest child is a mere 5.5 years old. That in-and-of-itself is chaotic.
But wait, there's more.
My grandma, Maw, just had major heart surgery. Major, major heart surgery. God is proving, once more, to be merciful and is healing her body unlike anything we expected. Her recovery will last for the next 3 - 4 months and my Mom will be her primary care giver. How does this directly impact our family, aside from the fact that we love my Maw more than words? Well, my Mom usually helps us out several times a week with childcare and dinners and such. With her giving all her effort to care for my Maw, our life will become a little more chaotic.
But wait, there's more.
We found out that Luke's paternal grandfather passed away and arrangements will be made for his memorial/burial in the next week. Luke is planning on attending the funeral, which will be in another state. We are still working out details, but he will certainly be traveling over the course of 2 - 3 days, while his wife is on the verge of going into labor. That makes life chaotic.
But wait, there's more.
Perhaps the most chaotic thing is that we finally sold our house.
Oh, had you forgotten that it was still on the market? Well, it was. Let me catch you up to speed.
We've had a contingent offer on it since sometime around October. However, the folks who are buying our house had to sell their house first. It wasn't looking good and we had agreed that if they hadn't sold their house by December sometime (I don't remember the date) the contract would become voided.
Well, that day in December came and went and we re-negotiated so that our contract would expire if we didn't close by February 28th.
We didn't think it was looking promising. Actually, Luke and I hadn't even spoken about selling our house in several months. We were sorta on auto-pilot with the whole house thing, or so we thought.
Then, randomly (you know if you believe in coincidences) last Thursday, Luke and I laid in the bed and talked about how wonderful it would be if God would allow our house to sell before the baby came.
We talked about the debt we owe on our house and how much of burden we felt over it.
THE NEXT MORNING I got an email from our realtor. The buyers had an offer on their house. At 5:00pm I was on the phone with our Realtor hearing myself say that a closing date of March 3rd would be acceptable.
That's 5 days before this baby is due.
With my Maw still being in the thick of recovery and rehab.
And now we have to find a place to live.
And pack up all ourcrap treasures.
And all the things that come with moving.
Our life is getting incredibly chaotic. More chaotic than I ever thought possible.
But God knew. He knew the before the creation of the Earth that we'd be expecting a baby and moving and dealing with recovery of my Maw and the death of Luke's grandfather.
He knew. Even though we had no clue.
So we press forward, trusting that the Lord is completely in control. Trusting that even though it feels like the ground beneath our feet is spinning out of control. Truly, it isn't.
Truly God is in control. Truly, He knew that when we placed our house on the market back in August, with a new baby growing in my womb, that it would all accumulate around the same time that the baby would come.
He knows what will happen in the next 30 days and I do not. He knows whether or not I will go into labor while my husband is several states away (please Lord, NO!).
He knows how on His own green Earth we will pack, move, settle, have a baby, help as much as possible with my Maw, support Luke's Dad and family and still Homeschool, disciple and raise our children.
He knows. Even though we have no clue. And I am trying my best to rest in that knowledge.
I'm pretty sure that our life is the antonym of boring. And, I'm pretty sure that we are the synonym of chaotic.
But over the next month our lives will prove to be more chaotic than ever.
And, through it all I continue to remind myself that NONE of this comes as a surprise to God. He knew how incredibly chaotic our lives would be at this time and He remains in control.
(And lately, I'm chanting the previous sentence to myself on an hourly - sometimes minute by minute - basis.)
Why is our life more chaotic than normal these days? Let me start with the basics that you probably already know.
I'm about 36 weeks pregnant with our 6th child. Our oldest child is a mere 5.5 years old. That in-and-of-itself is chaotic.
But wait, there's more.
My grandma, Maw, just had major heart surgery. Major, major heart surgery. God is proving, once more, to be merciful and is healing her body unlike anything we expected. Her recovery will last for the next 3 - 4 months and my Mom will be her primary care giver. How does this directly impact our family, aside from the fact that we love my Maw more than words? Well, my Mom usually helps us out several times a week with childcare and dinners and such. With her giving all her effort to care for my Maw, our life will become a little more chaotic.
But wait, there's more.
We found out that Luke's paternal grandfather passed away and arrangements will be made for his memorial/burial in the next week. Luke is planning on attending the funeral, which will be in another state. We are still working out details, but he will certainly be traveling over the course of 2 - 3 days, while his wife is on the verge of going into labor. That makes life chaotic.
But wait, there's more.
Perhaps the most chaotic thing is that we finally sold our house.
Oh, had you forgotten that it was still on the market? Well, it was. Let me catch you up to speed.
We've had a contingent offer on it since sometime around October. However, the folks who are buying our house had to sell their house first. It wasn't looking good and we had agreed that if they hadn't sold their house by December sometime (I don't remember the date) the contract would become voided.
Well, that day in December came and went and we re-negotiated so that our contract would expire if we didn't close by February 28th.
We didn't think it was looking promising. Actually, Luke and I hadn't even spoken about selling our house in several months. We were sorta on auto-pilot with the whole house thing, or so we thought.
Then, randomly (you know if you believe in coincidences) last Thursday, Luke and I laid in the bed and talked about how wonderful it would be if God would allow our house to sell before the baby came.
We talked about the debt we owe on our house and how much of burden we felt over it.
THE NEXT MORNING I got an email from our realtor. The buyers had an offer on their house. At 5:00pm I was on the phone with our Realtor hearing myself say that a closing date of March 3rd would be acceptable.
That's 5 days before this baby is due.
With my Maw still being in the thick of recovery and rehab.
And now we have to find a place to live.
And pack up all our
And all the things that come with moving.
Our life is getting incredibly chaotic. More chaotic than I ever thought possible.
But God knew. He knew the before the creation of the Earth that we'd be expecting a baby and moving and dealing with recovery of my Maw and the death of Luke's grandfather.
He knew. Even though we had no clue.
So we press forward, trusting that the Lord is completely in control. Trusting that even though it feels like the ground beneath our feet is spinning out of control. Truly, it isn't.
Truly God is in control. Truly, He knew that when we placed our house on the market back in August, with a new baby growing in my womb, that it would all accumulate around the same time that the baby would come.
He knows what will happen in the next 30 days and I do not. He knows whether or not I will go into labor while my husband is several states away (please Lord, NO!).
He knows how on His own green Earth we will pack, move, settle, have a baby, help as much as possible with my Maw, support Luke's Dad and family and still Homeschool, disciple and raise our children.
He knows. Even though we have no clue. And I am trying my best to rest in that knowledge.