I'm back

Well, I'm back again. With some encouragement from my husband and two friends, Bob and Monica, I've decided to give blogging a real try.

We just got back from visiting my Mother and my husband's parents for the weekend. We had a great time. We brought our dog with us for the first time. As soon as I figure out how to post pictures on this thing I'll let you see how much fun she (Sadee, our dog) had on her first road trip. It was awesome.

Here's whats happening in my life at the moment: God has directed my husband Ray, who is a pastor, to move us to Denver Colorado to start a new church there. Wow, just saying that makes me take another deep breath... you can go to my husband's blog; raybrim.blogspot.com to read all about it. As far as I am concerned, here are some of the thoughts and emotions that I have been going through:
- thought my husband was just joking.... not really serious.
- took him serious when I saw a U.S. map spread out on the sun room table that he was praying over every morning.
- began crying out to God. Surrendered my will to His every morning.
- cried for the first two weeks.
- wondered if Ray was just going through a mid-life crisis
- wondered if he was really hearing from God
wondered how I could be away from four of my five children, my four grandchildren, my mother and other family members, Ray's parents and family, my best friend, all my friends, our home (first home that we have ever owned and where my last three children grew up), all the beauty that surrounds me here in Georgia that I notice every time I step outside and all my memories of home here for the last 35 years of my life.
- went through a short period of wondering if I could really trust my husband to take care of us there.
- doubts, fears, frustrations tried to over- take me.
- wondered if I would stop crying soon.
- thought about many different scenarios to this decision.
- stopped crying after two weeks ( although I still have moments).
- began to experience God helping me inside my heart and mind.
- concluded that Ray had truly heard from God about this.
- began to get a little excited about the idea.
- became overwhelmed that God would even count us worthy to be called by Him.
- I stay overwhelmed by God.
- realized that God was already seeing me through a grieving process.
I am very excited about this new adventure in our lives now. I'm still grieving though. I have moments of overwhelming emotions about leaving the ones I love here. But I am trusting God. How thankful I am that He is trustworthy. How thankful I am to know Him. How thankful I am to love Him and to know that He loves me. How thankful I am to be called by Him to serve others. May we be found faithful to Him always.

Today, our house has been on the market for one week now. As soon as it sells we will leave for Colorado.