Sometimes, It Just Is

A lot of times, I often wonder what God has in store for our family because we've really been put through it the last two years. Our faith is tested each and every day, and for whatever reason, we just continue to go on, loving family, loving life, and loving God more and more. Don't get me wrong: we have our moments.

In the last two years or so, we have gone from having lots of earthly pleasures (you know, nice cars, dinners, movies, trips, toys, etc) to having next to zero earthly pleasures. Where we valued possessions over the more important things (God, family, friends, etc) two years ago, we've (for the most part) put all of the junk aside and have put God first. Of course, there's still the human side to us, but we know what we should be doing, and do try to do it.

 Several things have happened in our lives in the last few weeks. A lot of them have been very hard to deal with or very discouraging --- or something. It just seems like there is something that happens nearly every day. And, it's not one of those "easy" things like it used to be...NO! They are all pretty significant.

The human side of me wants to just put our list of problems out there, complain like a 4 year old, and throw a temper tantrum. Why, God? Why does this have to happen? And why SOOO MANY TIMES!!??

Funny how God works, isn't it?

For me, at the beginning of this journey, God was teaching me to trust; to trust others and to trust Him. Then, He worked on teaching me to have faith. Faith in others, and yes, faith in Him. Now, not only is He teaching me to trust and to have faith, but now, He's teaching me to obey.

Try to obey your Father every time he tells you to do something. Everyone knows that it's impossible. But, just as your earthly Father loves you, your Heavenly Father loves you so much more!

With all of the "junk" that has been the last two years, I can tell you now, I have never in my life, felt God's love for ME more than I do at this very moment. As much as I love the Littles, God loves me MORE than that! Me? Rebekah? Wow! That's one awesome God!

Another thing that is just indicative of how awesome our God is is evident in others that are involved in our lives. In this week alone, someone gave us $200 for gas, free daily childcare (and not one of those "you get what you pay for" situations), A scholarship towards Rachel's Space Camp ($169), and a washing machine (actually, we were offered one from several people because after manually spinning ours for over a year, it decided to stop altogether).

Here we are with -$200 in the bank with no resources for getting more, and our family is as strong as it has ever been! We are happy. The kids are amazing. Our marriage is easily the best gift I have ever been given.

I don't usually like to go on and on when it comes to the blog, but this MUST be said:

Our God is an awesome God!

He is taking care of the Corley Clan in ways that I could have NEVER imagined, and to just sit back and watch it unfold has helped me in my walk with The Lord in not only trusting, having faith, and obeying, but in so very many ways. Our garbage hasn't been picked up for four weeks, going on five --- because we just can't pay the bill. But, I know, deep down in my soul, that my God will take care of us, and that is a comfort that I can rest in without any hesitation.