A new adventure begins...

I am so excited to write and tell you of the new chapter the Lord has begun in my life. Today was my last day to work at the American Cancer Society. I have always wanted to be a full time mom and wife. It has been such a deep desire that I have always have. David and I thought this would not be possible but after much prayer and seeking the Lord for wisdom on what to do we have decided that my time would be better invested in taking care of our home and our family... I am overjoyed!!! I am so looking forward to the joys and trials of this new chapter in my life. I can't tell you how excited I am to have been given this opportunity. However, I must say that it was bittersweet walking out of the doors at the American Cancer Society today and getting into my car to go home. I have been richly blessed with an amazing job with amazing co-workers. When I returned back to work from my maternity leave I remember praying thanking the Lord that if I did have to go back to work how blessed I am to get to serve at ACS. It was a very hard decision to walk away from an amazing supervisor, the sweetest co-workers and a job that is fighting such a worthy cause. I know deep down this was the right decision so I kept thinking this as my heart was sad walking out of the doors. The Lord is so sweet to me because when I got home at our apartment and opened the door I felt such peace overcome me. I just know these are the steps He has established for my life and I am so so so thankful for the peace He pours over our lives.

Psalm 37 has always been one of my favorite Psalms. I love and relate to so many verses so I have included the entire Psalm for you to read. Our Lord is so good to us. He desires us to submit our plans, dreams, desires to Him so that He can mold our hearts and give us His desires for our lives... oh what a blessing it is when we do this. He is a sovereign God who establishes our steps. He will never leave or forsake us. He is a just God who desires us to be STILL in Him. In the trials of life He is there to hold us up through them. HE IS GOOD. I pray that you know our sweet Jesus and you trust in these promises.

Psalm 37

¹Fret not yourself because of evildoers;
be not envious of wrongdoers!
²For they will soon fade like the grass
and wither like the green herb.

³Trust in the LORD, and do good;
dwell in the land and befriend faithfulness.
⁴Delight yourself in the LORD,
and he will give you the desires of your heart.

⁵Commit your way to the LORD;
trust in him, and he will act.
⁶He will bring forth your righteousness as the light,
and your justice as the noonday.

⁷Be still before the LORD and wait patiently for him;
fret not yourself over the one who prospers in his way,
over the man who carries out evil devices!

⁸Refrain from anger, and forsake wrath!
Fret not yourself; it tends only to evil.
⁹For the evildoers shall be cut off,
but those who wait for the LORD shall inherit the land.

¹⁰In just a little while, the wicked will be no more;
though you look carefully at his place, he will not be there.
¹¹But the meek shall inherit the land
and delight themselves in abundant peace.

¹²The wicked plots against the righteous
and gnashes his teeth at him,
¹³but the Lord laughs at the wicked,
for he sees that his day is coming.

¹⁴The wicked draw the sword and bend their bows
to bring down the poor and needy,
to slay those whose way is upright;
¹⁵their sword shall enter their own heart,
and their bows shall be broken.

¹⁶Better is the little that the righteous has
than the abundance of many wicked.
¹⁷For the arms of the wicked shall be broken,
but the LORD upholds the righteous.

¹⁸The LORD knows the days of the blameless,
and their heritage will remain forever;
¹⁹they are not put to shame in evil times;
in the days of famine they have abundance.

²⁰But the wicked will perish;
the enemies of the LORD are like the glory of the pastures;
they vanish—like smoke they vanish away.

²¹The wicked borrows but does not pay back,
but the righteous is generous and gives;
²²for those blessed by the LORD shall inherit the land,
but those cursed by him shall be cut off.

²³The steps of a man are established by the LORD,
when he delights in his way;
²⁴though he fall, he shall not be cast headlong,
for the LORD upholds his hand.

²⁵I have been young, and now am old,
yet I have not seen the righteous forsaken
or his children begging for bread.
²⁶He is ever lending generously,
and his children become a blessing.

²⁷Turn away from evil and do good;
so shall you dwell forever.
²⁸For the LORD loves justice;
he will not forsake his saints.
They are preserved forever,
but the children of the wicked shall be cut off.
²⁹The righteous shall inherit the land
and dwell upon it forever.

³⁰The mouth of the righteous utters wisdom,
and his tongue speaks justice.
³¹The law of his God is in his heart;
his steps do not slip.

³²The wicked watches for the righteous
and seeks to put him to death.
³³The LORD will not abandon him to his power
or let him be condemned when he is brought to trial.

³⁴Wait for the LORD and keep his way,
and he will exalt you to inherit the land;
you will look on when the wicked are cut off.

³⁵I have seen a wicked, ruthless man,
spreading himself like a green laurel tree.
³⁶But he passed away, and behold, he was no more;
though I sought him, he could not be found.

³⁷Mark the blameless and behold the upright,
for there is a future for the man of peace.
³⁸But transgressors shall be altogether destroyed;
the future of the wicked shall be cut off.

³⁹The salvation of the righteous is from the LORD;
he is their stronghold in the time of trouble.
⁴⁰The LORD helps them and delivers them;
he delivers them from the wicked and saves them,
because they take refuge in him.