Learning to Trust

The company that wants to hire Dave for their Washington location doesn’t seem to be in a hurry, and it’s trying my patience. So far he's sailed through two interviews with flying colors, and they've told him that he still needs to interview with three other people, who will be calling him soon. Problem is, they never tell him when the call will be, so he ends up waiting around for days in suspense. I’m not in a big hurry to move, but I’d like to know what the verdict is, one way or another. Right now this is the only real potential job offer we have, and it’s hard to wait patiently to see if it will materialize.

It's been a long time since I've lived on the edge of faith, trusting God for each day, and I find I'm a bit rusty at it. When I was young and single, I thought nothing of trusting God to provide miraculously for me on the mission field, and He always came through, even in the most impossible circumstances. I guess it feels more adventurous when you know that you're the only one who suffers if you get it wrong. But when you've got a family with small children, the stakes are suddenly higher, and it can be hard to truly leave things in God's hands and not worry. It helps to remember that our kids are blessings on loan from God for a short while, and He loves and cares for them even more than we do.

Dave’s been out of work for a month and a half now, but thanks to God's faithful provision, we've really had nothing to worry about. We've been able to pay all our bills, our new baby's arrival has brought gift cards and other presents from friends and family, and we've been approved for Unemployment and MediCal. My parents paid for groceries and expenses during their entire visit, and Dave's friend Xavier has hired him a couple of times to do extra work for him. The price of gas has finally dropped below $3.00, and the weather has been so mild that we've only had to turn on the A/C twice all summer, which brings down a couple of our bills. With these unexpected bits of income, we've managed to stretch our savings a lot further than we originally thought.