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Thursday, August 7, 2008

Well, the good news is...

We are looking for the good news right now in our house. Yeah, there is good news, such as Becca's enjoyment of school, but more things are falling apart than staying together at this point.
  • The biggest thing is that the finance committee of the church met on Sunday and decided that they can no longer afford to pay me from the church. I talked to Dale last night and he said that I still had the position of children's pastor, but it was now volunteer if I desired to keep it. At this point, there is nothing pointing me to another church. In fact, there are many things pointing me to get busy at the church getting parents involved in the ministry of their child. AWANA has some exciting things they are doing that I have been dreaming of doing for years and it looks like this fall may be the time to stop dreaming and start working. But it is volunteer. I don't mind working for free, but my bills do mind it.
  • Speaking of bills, the mortgage is going up in September and we don't know by how much yet. I have started talking to mortgage companies about refinancing, but we got in at the exact wrong time -- the height right before the bubble started bursting, so the house is worth $60k less than our mortgage is for. So we are trying to refinance. I guess the good news is that the new law they passed to help saps like me takes affect in October, but we will definitely struggle in September if it takes that long.
  • I just accidentally published this post, so it's longer than the post was before. Just ignore the accidental post.
  • Micah is bored. He's been out of school for two months and I think he is eager to get back (although he'll probably fight it for a while.)
  • With church income gone and umpiring done for the season, there is absolutely no extra income. We were looking at our bills and there is absolutely nothing we can cut. So now it's time to start wondering where everything is coming from. I don't know.
I guess the good news is that God is still in control. It's a matter of living a life that is trusting that God keeps his promises and no matter what, we will be taken care of, even if it is not how we think God needs to do so (who am I to tell God that His way is wrong.) This is a concept that we are going to be trying to instill in our children, and parents, in the next few months and beyond so maybe God is instilling that belief in me too.

Verse:
Romans 8:18 (Tony Paraphrase)
I consider the bad things we are going through right now are nothing compared to the great things God has in store for us!

1 comment:

Unknown said...

We'll be keeping our fingers crossed for you all.