Sunday Scripture!

I am a dreamer.  Nearly every single night I have long, detailed dreams.  About once a month I dream that I did not actually graduate from A&M and my degree is taken away from me.  And it seriously takes me 2-3 minutes when I wake up to realize that it is not true.  And I feel such a sense of relief.  Now I also have GREAT dreams that take me a few minutes to realize are not true.  And when it hits me I feel so horribly sad.  But last night I had an amazing dream - all about my sweet Joshua.  And I can't remember the details, but it was just this overwhelming, wonderful feeling that he loves me and I love him.  Just pure joy.  And when I woke up I laid there and realized I was dreaming and started to feel sad for a second, and then it hit me that my dream was true!!!  I know it sounds so silly but it was really just the most fantastic feeling in the world.  And it just made me feel so thankful, before my feet ever touched the floor.  God has just lavished me with His love through this man. So thankful!!

Ephesians 5:19-20

¹⁹ speaking to one another with psalms, hymns, and songs from the Spirit. Sing and make music from your heart to the Lord, ²⁰ always giving thanks to God the Father for everything, in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ.

And amazingly this verse lead right into the other thing I wanted to share today - a song Josh and I are loving right now.  It is an old hymn that Casting Crowns has on their newest album.  It is AMAZING!!!  I could just listen to it over and over again, and I suggest you do too! :)  I love how it shows Christ's whole life - living, dying, buried, rising, and the glorious day when He comes again. I'm so thankful for this amazing plan God has for saving us!




GLORIOUS DAY
Artist: CASTING CROWNS.
Album: Until the Whole World Hears


One day when Heaven was filled with His praises
One day when sin was as black as could be
Jesus came forth to be born of a virgin
Dwelt among men, my example is He
Word became flesh and the light shined among us
His glory revealed

Living, He loved me
Dying, He saved me
Buried, He carried my sins far away
Rising, He justified freely forever
One day He’s coming
Oh glorious day, oh glorious day

One day they led Him up Calvary’s mountain
One day they nailed Him to die on a tree
Suffering anguish, despised and rejected
Bearing our sins, my Redeemer is He
Hands that healed nations, stretched out on a tree
And took the nails for me

One day the grave could conceal Him no longer
One day the stone rolled away from the door
Then He arose, over death He had conquered
Now He’s ascended, my Lord evermore
Death could not hold Him, the grave could not keep Him
From rising again

One day the trumpet will sound for His coming
One day the skies with His glories will shine
Wonderful day, my Beloved One, bringing
My Savior, Jesus, is mine

Oh, glorious day

Sunday Scripture!

So I've been thinking that I would start posting each Sunday with scripture, a hymn, or a song that has been on my heart this week.  Maybe it will help someone else who is dealing with a similar situation.  Or at least let you know another way you can specifically pray for us this week, so you can know what promises we are clinging to.  I figure most weeks will be a simple scripture, but I happen to have a lot to say tonight. :)

Do not be anxious about anything, but in every situation, by prayer and petition, with thanksgiving, present your requests to God.  And the peace of God, which transcends all understanding, will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus. (Philippians 4:6-7)

 God has also been really laying on my heart how He has provided for us in the past.  The words "don't forget, don't forget, don't forget" have been just repeatedly going through my mind.  Specifically how scared and desperate we were feeling before Josh got his job at UP.  He had just graduated and I was finishing up teaching my 2nd year at a job I was miserable at, and 9 months pregnant.  With no hopes for any job for Josh.  We were barely making it on my teaching salary and I just didn't know how we would ever survive.  So we decided that I would just teach another year and Josh would stay home with Noah until he found a job.  And I was crushed.  Absolutely devastated.  All I have ever wanted to be in this world is a mom and a wife.  To stay home and raise my kids myself.  And that dream was slipping away.  Josh interviewed at UP and they seemed so positive and basically made us think that he had the job.  The devastation we felt when they called to say he didn't get selected was the hardest thing we had been through at that point in our life.  I just remember specifically this one morning on my way to work, just feeling as though nothing could be fixed.  Nothing could get better.  And this song came on the radio.



And I just sat in that car at the stop sign on Cortlandt and just cried out to God.  Begging for Him to lift up my head.  Just feeling this release of pain, just being reminded that he heard even my sighs.  Feeling joy at thinking about how strong His hand is.  And you know, in one instant our world turned around.  And He provided in ways that we never dreamed of.  A month later we received a random call from UP saying they wanted to hire Josh for the next training class, which we didn't even know existed.  And He paved the way for us to get this house even though we didn't have good enough credit for it.  And UP increased the base salary for starting dispatchers a number of times over the first few years he worked there.  All things I never even dreamed could happen. 

I've been listening to this song a lot over the last 2 months.  Trying to let the words soak through to my soul.  And really focusing on the idea of waiting.  Waiting for His time, not mine.  Which brings me back around to Phil. 4:6.  The waiting makes me anxious.  But I'm really trying to hold on tight to this promise, cause I desperately need this peace to guard my heart and my mind.

Through waves and clouds and storms, He gently clears the way
Wait because in His time, so shall this night
Soon end in joy