Game Changers

Ever had something happen in life that you sit back and think, "wow, this situation I am in is like a "Y". Life will take one of two very different paths based upon the decision I make"?

That has so been the past few weeks here.

Without going into too many details, Chris was offered a job with a different company. It seemed so wonderful! Great benefits, a perfect "fit" professionally, more money, I would get to leave Kaiser insurance (and y'all all know how I feel about that!), lots of little perks...the one downside? Travel. Lots of it (Like, every Monday morning through Thursday afternoon, though he would get to work from home every Friday). We prayed a lot about it, asked our friends and family to pray with us and began to move forward. Then, something happened, Chris couldn't shake the sadness as he thought about being away from me and our kids. He sought prayer and council with our pastor and an elder in our church. The bottom line is that he passed on this opportunity. I can't tell you what a hard decision it was for us, especially for him.

This week has taught us a lot. I am so proud of my husband for following the Lord. On paper, this job was a no-brainer to take, and he would have been awesome at the job. But, he is stepping out in faith and trusting the Lord. He chose his family first. I can't tell you the love I feel and the pride in my heart to see my amazing husband, who is an incredible dad, put his family ahead of himself. He chose to help in those "witching hours", to share in the daily discipline, to model Godly manhood to our boys and model our Father's love to our daughter, and to be the best husband and father, daily, that he can be.

In 15 years we are going to look back at this and see this decision and how God used it in our lives. What could have been? We won't know that. Thankfully, we trust in a God who is faithful to provide for His children, and answer the earnest cries of our hearts.