I am sitting quietly out on the water today just waiting for direction. Floating isn't a bad thing. I have to stop myself from frantically treading water because I've been so conditioned to be "doing something" that to sit and be still is really hard for me. But, I've had more than one Godly friend remind me this week that I should relax and take some time to be still. Afterall, I'm not even unemployed yet! I have this week of emploment and a month of salary coming because I didn't use all of my vacation days. And during the decision process, I was fully convicted that I needed to take time away from all the noise and just "wait". I need to remember that (thank you friends for reminding me!!)
Rusty and I are preparing for our "Freedom" tour to kick off. We're so looking forward to connecting again with our friends and fellow service-members from our years in the Air Force. We have a group in Ft Walton Beach FL we're spending some time with and then another great group of friends in San Antonio TX. We love those guys and are looking forward to reminiscing about the "good ole days" and sharing with them about what God has done in our life since we last saw them. It's been one heck of a ride! To look back on all that has happened in and with our life since Rusty and I met and married---wow. I don't even know where to begin. I would not trade one second of it for anything.
As I write this blog, our nation is celebrating Independence Day. U.S. history is fascinating. If you've studied it with any depth, you can see that where we are as a free nation is divinely inspired. So evident in fact, that many history books are being re-written as to remove anything that remotely suggests divine intervention. So many things happened beyond human effort. The dedication and fearlessness of the first settlers is beyond what many of us can imagine today. In that respect, we as a country have a lot to be proud of and thankful to God for. But, we have gone too far now in seeking independence. We now want to be independent of God and His will and do our own thing as a nation. Relying on the state for the things that God Himself promises to provide. We've been so blessed in the past with natural resources, creative hard-working people, plenty of everything, that we've come to believe it's those things that made us a blessed nation. We no longer praise the One who has given us those things. I do pray that as a nation, we repent and turn back to God and His will. But even if we don't, as a child of God, I pray that I personally repent, humble myself, and earnestly seek the One who alone is worthy of praise and thanksgiving for the abundant blessings that we've been given. As our Pastor reminded us yesterday, if everyone who is called by God's name, humbles themselves and prays.....THEN God will heal our land. We can't dictate others to do it--we must do it. Our nation can change but it will only happen one child of God at a time. Let it begin with me!
