My Provider

Some of you might remember the following song. It has been playing in my head all week:

Jehovah Jirah!
My Provider's grace is sufficient for me! (x's 2)

My God will supply all my needs
According to His riches and glory
He will give His angels charge over me,
Jehovah Jirah cares for me!

You see, currently, I am at a point in my life where there is only so much more I can do to change my situation. I am in desperate need of a job and it has been surprisingly more complicated than I first thought. I'm moving up to Grand Rapids, MI on Friday where I feel God has led me. I have a formal interview next Wednesday for the neonatal (infant) position I mentioned earlier and am trusting God to do the rest. If I don't get this job...well, my bills will be due in a month and that will be it.

But there's a certain point of desperation in which you look at the physical facts and they simply don't work out like you want. At that point, there's nothing more I can do except pray. And I have to admit, it's almost a relief. This is where I am reminded once more that God is my Provider and now it is up to Him to move my situation. And God is nothing if not faithful. Even as Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego said just before being thrown into the fiery furnace, "We know our God is powerful to rescue us. BUT...even if He chooses not to, we will still serve the Lord." I know my God is able, and I have determined in my heart that no matter what happens, I will serve Him always! Right now I am simply trusting Him to lay my steps before me in whatever path best serves His will.

He is my Provider and He can make a way where there is none. I will trust Him to take care of me!

What A Blessing!

Alright, it's time to tell about "awwww" moments with Scott. Yes, I know, but I just can't help it.

So we were in Grand Rapids at Meijer the other day and I was silently bumming because I hadn't heard back a definite answer about a job yet! I wasn't saying anything about it but somehow he knew what I was thinking about.

Scott: You know, God will bring along just the right job in His time.

Me (shocked that he randomly knew what I was thinking about): I knowww! But it's hard waiting when I'm supposedly moving up here in only a week!

Scott: Well, if He wants you up here, He'll give you the job. And if that's not His will, you wouldn't want to be here anyway, would you? I know He'll put you in the right job no matter where it is. This is one of those times you just need to trust Him, right?

He had a point...and a good one! I was so blessed to have a guy who could encourage me like that. That's not all! The next morning I met him for coffee at 6:30am before he left for work. I was on my way to an interview at one of the hospitals before heading home to Indiana. We got our java and I tried not to stress out about the job search. As we walked back out to our cars he said,

"Cindy, I'd really like to pray with you before you go. Is that okay?"

Was that okay?! Of course it was! So right there in the Starbucks parking lot on the corner of two of the major highways in Grand Rapids, Scott and I had a conversation with God. And His peace, (you all know the kind I'm talking about, it's the peace that passes understanding) filled me to the brim Wednesday morning! My second interview went well and I was promised to hear back on it by Monday. But what a HUGE gift from God to have a boyfriend who believes in the power of prayer. That wasn't the first nor the last time Scott has prayed for me, and each time I am so grateful to God for blessing my life with him!
 

***wistful sigh***

i miss him already!


(that's right Miriam. go ahead. i'm waiting for it!)

"eeeewwww! BLEH! GAG ME!" ....eyes rolling...

hahahahha! just for you girl! 

God blessed us with a GORGEOUS sunset! 

HAHA! Say "Cheese!" 

Awwwww! 

Well, this pix doesn't need words, now does it? 

The GANG: (L to R)

Scott, Me, Miriam, ANDY(!!!), Jared, & John

(John is Scott's younger brother and Jared is a friend.) 

So for those of you who may have read Mirm's blog, i have to say one thing.....She and Andy weren't even at the park yet while the rest of us were waiting in the line for an hour when the ride got cancelled! haha! ah well, we had a blast didn't we, Mirm?

Here are a few more pix of our good time! Afterwards we all drove back to Detroit (THREE hours, not FOUR) and spent the night at Scott's parents' house. Scott and I took Mirm and Andy to see a few sights around "town" before they left Tuesday. It was a lot of fun!!

REAL WORLD

Yes, this would be me searcing for a job right now. The plan is to move to Michigan on August 25th, and although I already have my apartment up there waiting for me, I don't have a job yet. There are 3 major hospital networks in Grand Rapids and I'm applying to all three of them right now. I've heard back on a couple things, but nothing definite so far. I've applied for a position on a neonatal unit (pre-term babies), a surgical unit, and a general adult floor. Please pray for me that God grants me His Right Job soon!

And to those of you who are greatly concerned with my moving away to Michigan, to you I say,
"FEAR NOT! For I SHALL return!"
(I've always wanted to say something like that!)
No really, I will be coming back to Indiana, and hopefully in the not too far off future...hmm....?!? ;)

All About HER

It was recently brought to my attention (by the very woman, herself) that this post is LONG overdue! Seriously, how could I neglect for so long writing about one of the most fabulous people EVER?! Oh, she knows who she is!

Let me list her qualifications: (as quoted directly to me from her very lips!)

~Smart
~Funny
~Beautiful
~No, make that, Gorgeous!

...and the list goes on. Of course, you all know who I'm talking to, don't you? You don't?! Oh, come now! Well....it really would be almost an insult to post her name. With qualifications like that, I should think it obvious really.

Ah well... there it is then. Perfect in her own way, I can't think of anything more to add. So there you are, my dear. When you pictured me creating a blog all about you, had you ever imagined something as MAH-VELOUS as this? Well, you're welcome. And enjoy! ;)



Tee-hee-hee! My dear Woman, does it meet your satisfaction? Did I leave anything out?! And Beth, you were there, did I remember all of her quoted self-qualifications? Haha! ;) LOVE YOU!

A Heart of Gratefulness

I PASSED! Praise God I Passed!!


What more can I say? I am now a certified Registered Nurse licensed by the State of Michigan. Thank you, Lord!

Thanks to all of you too, who thought of me and kept me in your prayers! God is so good!!