Yesterday, Sunday, April 28th, Deb and I drove to Omaha for AJ's Athletic Banquet for Midland University Seniors. I had a lot of reflection time in the car thinking about our family, in particular, I was thinking about our kids, what might be in store for their futures, and where they're at right now.
AJ is graduating in 3 weeks with his education degree. Next year is a little bit up in the air for him at this time, but he has an interview at a school in SWI on Thursday. No matter what, he's taken the Gordon attitude of not worrying too much about it. I know that he has that feeling that God will provide and His timing will be perfect. He has an idea about what he (AJ) wants, but I know that he knows there's a bigger plan and a bigger God that will place him where He wants him. I'm grateful for his attitude.
Abby just finished her first semester at Mercy in Des Moines and will now wait to see if she gets into the program that she feels like she wants to be in as the fall semester resumes. If not, she knows there will be some other options and she'll be fine. We're happy that she just got a job at Hobby Lobby just a few miles from our house and will start there this week. We're thankful for her being a loving mother to Parker and know God will bless her future.
Nicole, Brett, and Jonathan are doing very well in Salt Lake City working with Impact and the ministry there at the University of Utah. I just feel like they are exactly where they need to be at this time, and I know they are feeling the same way. We're very proud of them.....and look forward to time with them in a few weeks in California and then in July back here in Carlisle when they are here for a couple of weeks.
There's no better feeling than feeling like you are exactly where you are supposed to be in the middle of God's plan. God can change that plan anytime that He wants to, but I know when we seek His will and surrender ours it's a beautiful thing. God has worked so many times in our families lives as we've moved and it's cool to see Him working in the individual lives of our kids now.
I did a little bragging about our kids this week, but when you have 5 hours of drive time with some great worship music tuned in on Spotify and a great wife by your side, it makes for a fantastic time of reflection so that's where I'm at today. Grateful and Thankful.
God is continuing to lay out His plan for us all. It's good for us to tune into it, with or without the windshield time.
"For I know the plans I have for you", declares the Lord, "plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future". Jeremiah 29:11
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