http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=go9uekKOcKM28 seconds of free fall! You notice that no one gave a shout of enthusiasm until the chute was completely open and the feel of the fall was over. There is something about jumping off the edge and giving up all control...but it's not worthy of celebration until you've been safely brought back to ground. For a while you are silenced by fear...but this is followed by shouts of enthusiasm.
I've purposely not posted a blog in the past couple of months because my family and myself have be in the midst of the free fall...it is only now that God has planted our feet on ground and we will rejoice with shouts of enthusiasm. Allow me to shout for my God!
It was about two months ago, when Shelli was on maternity leave (after having Brandt) and about to head back to work, that she received a call that would require our family to take the first step off the cliff. For those of you who are unfamiliar with the past five years of our life and ministry, God has used the stability of Shelli's career to allow me to pursue an education as well as serve in ministry roles that haven't always gone very far when paying the bills. In fact, it was an act of God that provided her job through a miraculous answered prayer (different story, different day). But now, one week prior to returning to work, Shelli received a call from her employer asking if she would make a decision to work more hours or resign to allow for a person who could work more. As was the scene in the video, where the camera looks over the edge and you got dizzy just thinking about it...that was us.
My wife knew already in her heart that God had not called her to be the career woman, but that her greater role at this stage in life was to focus on our family. The problem lied in the fact that my income was minimal and there was no sight of that changing in the near future. Basically, the cliff was high and our chute was small.
To be continued...
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