A not-so-typical Friday morning

     It started as a lazy Friday morning. The kids actually let us sleep in, which was delightful. Today marks the end of my first week of my first job since 2004. My sister-in-law got me a job working from home on the computer, and it's just what we needed. It's been a little over a month since Scot got the shocking news that he was being laid off. What a nice Christmas bonus.

     Since that day it's been an emotional roller coaster ride for both Scot and I, wondering what God had planned for us. We've barely been able to pay the bills with his unemployment check, but my new job will help a lot. Still, unemployment checks only come for so long, and Scot needs something to do besides clean the house and collect firewood :-)

     Like I said before, it started as a lazy Friday morning. Neither of us had anywhere to go or anything to do, and a quick glance outside confirmed my suspicion that it had snowed all night. We had breakfast and warm cup of coffee and were getting ready to play Mario Cart with the boys. I turned my cell phone on and noticed I had a voice mail. It was from our Pastor asking Scot to call him.

     "Hmmm..." I wondered, "What could this be about?" Scot called him right away. While he was talking to Pastor, I got the kids set up to play the Wii. I couldn't help but notice the serious look in Scot's eyes, now I was very curious to what was going on. After Scot hung up, he told me that someone from the church was upset that he denied their friend request on Facebook. Gasp! "Are you serious?" "No! Just kidding!" Scot said with a mischievous laugh. "But we do have to talk."

     We went to our room and I eagerly waited to hear what was going on. "Pastor wants to pay me to be a full-time Youth Pastor at our church, and a friend of his is considering helping to support us." Wow! I couldn't believe it! This is an answer to the prayer I have prayed for so many years! "God, show us what you want us to do, where you want us to serve!" It's like all the random twists and turns that have lead us here were all part of the plan, as crazy as it seems.

     Scot continued to explain that this mystery supporter wanted to meet with us tomorrow and conduct a sort of 'interview.' Now I was nervous. Will he like us? Will he think we're worthy of his support? We're just a couple of amateurs! Well, I guess it's time to pray! I'm going to ask you to pray for us too. Just for today, that this opportunity will work out for us.

Dear Lord,
Please let this work out, and thank you SO much for this opportunity! Being in full-time ministry with Scot is the life I have always dreamed of! Please, please PLEASE let this work out.