Saturday. April 14, 2018
IT HAS BEEN A WEEK! My hands are still shaking as I think about the heartache and stress that we have been experienced this week. Tuesday night my cousin messaged me letting me know that my cousin Mark passed away earlier that evening of a heart attack. Shock, sadness, and a million memories flooded my mind. My cousin was an amazing guy! We spent a lot of time with him when we were growing up. He had a heart of gold and a smile and laugh that contagious. He loved his country and fought bravely for it. He would do anything for anyone! I had not seen him in a few years. The last time I saw him was several years ago when we went to Michigan for another cousin's bridal shower. We all met at my aunt's house and his family came over. It was a wonderful evening and I am so thankful that we took pictures to always remember the love that we all have for each other. I will miss his FB messages to me just telling me hello or that he loved me. It is still hard to believe that he is gone. He has had some health issues lately. The last few weeks he was in and out of the hospital, but they thought they were on the road to getting him better. I had been praying for him so hard the last few weeks and the news of his death has rocked our family. He leaves behind a wife and three kids and my prayers continue to be for peace and comfort for them. We will be heading to Michigan this week to attend his funeral service.
I also found out who has been taking offense to my blog (well at least two of them). I totally just changed this sentence because I knew they would take offence to what I originally wrote 😆. They accused me of undermining and speaking bad of my place of employment. This accusation was said after they had just spewed the most hated venom out of their own mouths. I was fired up and it took everything in my power not to write a post right then! But the Lord restrained me. I have to let that go and know that when people read my blog they would have the courage to come to me and let me know if something I said was offensive. I actually have three people in my life that keep me accountable for what I write on this blog. (I expect a message from them shortly 😏)
Maybe the biggest shocker this week is that as of yesterday my husband no longer works at the school. His office is packed up in boxes in my living room. The business manager also no longer works there as of yesterday. I will not say any more on the issue. Jeremy's old principal had offered him some work at his school for the remainder of the school year. It will not fully cover what he was making so he will have to drive for Lyft and even then it may not cover all of our needs. I am bracing myself for another punch, but the word the Lord gave me Thursday night was courage. I need courage. I need courage to keep doing what the Lord has called me to do for this school year . Last night and this morning the messages and emails continued to come in of people that love us and are praying the Lord's peace and encouragement over us and the tears just flowed! The tears flowed not for myself but for the fact that the people sending the encouragement have also been affected by what is happening! Nothing forms true and faithful alliances than when people go to battle for each other. So many wounded walking around these days, but the Lord has brought us together for this battle because He has big plans for all of us! The Lord encouraged my heart last night through a sermon I was listening to that nothing passes through the Lord's hands without it being approved by Him. He is still good! He is still working on our behalf and we will one day tell of the victory that has come all for His glory!
I also found out who has been taking offense to my blog (well at least two of them). I totally just changed this sentence because I knew they would take offence to what I originally wrote 😆. They accused me of undermining and speaking bad of my place of employment. This accusation was said after they had just spewed the most hated venom out of their own mouths. I was fired up and it took everything in my power not to write a post right then! But the Lord restrained me. I have to let that go and know that when people read my blog they would have the courage to come to me and let me know if something I said was offensive. I actually have three people in my life that keep me accountable for what I write on this blog. (I expect a message from them shortly 😏)
Maybe the biggest shocker this week is that as of yesterday my husband no longer works at the school. His office is packed up in boxes in my living room. The business manager also no longer works there as of yesterday. I will not say any more on the issue. Jeremy's old principal had offered him some work at his school for the remainder of the school year. It will not fully cover what he was making so he will have to drive for Lyft and even then it may not cover all of our needs. I am bracing myself for another punch, but the word the Lord gave me Thursday night was courage. I need courage. I need courage to keep doing what the Lord has called me to do for this school year . Last night and this morning the messages and emails continued to come in of people that love us and are praying the Lord's peace and encouragement over us and the tears just flowed! The tears flowed not for myself but for the fact that the people sending the encouragement have also been affected by what is happening! Nothing forms true and faithful alliances than when people go to battle for each other. So many wounded walking around these days, but the Lord has brought us together for this battle because He has big plans for all of us! The Lord encouraged my heart last night through a sermon I was listening to that nothing passes through the Lord's hands without it being approved by Him. He is still good! He is still working on our behalf and we will one day tell of the victory that has come all for His glory!
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