There are days in life when you are unquestionably be tested. God didn't promise this life would be easy. It's in the trials and tribulations that He refines you, teaches you, makes you stronger and wiser. Being a grown up isn't fun all the time. It's hard work making decisions that not only effect you, but those the Lord has entrusted you to care for. Thankfully HIs Word says if we do not give up we will reap in due season. Due season has finally come for the Sadler's. Here is a bit of our journey through the wilderness and to the Promised Land.
Now some of you may not believe in Prophesy. I encourage you to study the Word and pray about that because if God used it some 2000+ years ago to speak to His people we can rest assured that the God of yesterday, today, and forever still uses it today. While Steven and I were facing another difficult time in our life last year while waiting to come to Life Church, we received a "God-Word." A close friend of the family sent my mom an email of encouragement and what she felt like the Lord wanted us to hear.
Her email said that my mom would rejoice over Steven and I. It said she would laugh and cry in happiness over things she would see take place. It said we were "thinking too small." See my mom was worried after we left our last church that we would be taking our family (her beloved Weston..ha) and moving out of town in search of another church to pastor at. Her heart along with ours cried to stay close to family since we had just lost Steven's mom. God called us to Life Church beyond our wildest dreams. We have both laughed and cried in that accomplishment and joy of God's goodness. Surely we were thinking too small as God had said. But then I think God must have been laughing at us when we thought it ended there.......
I won't go into detail of the journey too much on this blog. It take a couple of blogs to show the craziness that we faced during the past 3 months. If you know us personally, you know that we just bought a house. In the same area as my parents. In fact in the same neighborhood. Four houses down. Next door to my grand-parents. Across the street from my great-aunt. In the area I grew up. I'd say our thinking was just a tad bit small. God has a great sense of humor. :) I challenge you to not limit God to a box. It's so easy to do and yet so disappointing for us. If we let God be God, He shows up in such a real way. I'm testament to that. I don't deserve His blessings but He is such a good God. I am truly blessed to be a blessing and that is what I intend on being. What are you believing for? Are you weary in the wait for it? Stand firm. He's coming in his perfect timing. You will reap in due season.
