Thankful

A year ago, Cheryl returned from visiting her Bay Area brother for Thanksgiving. After that, everything changed. We suddenly found ourselves expecting a baby, changing plans, cancelling flights, and addressing an increasing amount of physical concerns.

Early in the new year, I responded to a church in Virginia Beach that had posted a need for an assistant pastor. I remember telling Cheryl, "This job description reads like my resume." We hadn't considered moving to the Mid-Atlantic, but Cheryl encouraged me to look into it. By this time, she was in bed almost 24/7, by the way.

To our surprise, we found ourselves part way through the year with a new position, new house, new city, new church, and a new baby born on August 17. I trust that readers of this site have noticed the pictures of the little boy - that's the baby referred to here.

The Lord graciously and creatively pulled so many things together for us over the past year. We are thankful for His kindness and care, and for showing that He can and does provide our needs. It's not always in our time frame, but when it's His time surprising things happen.

This Thanksgiving we are in Michigan with my family. We paid about sixty cents for the tickets, because we had credit from last year - when we had to cancel our Christmas plans.

"It is good to give thanks to you, O Lord, and to sing praises to your name, O Most High." Psalm 92:1