Mike's Interview Date

Really quick update--please keep Mike in your prayers as he has his interview with Alliance Defense Fund on Monday, August 30th at 10am!!!  This interview will be almost a full day at ADF interviewing with various people within the organization.  We are super excited and truly want God's best for us--if it's at ADF great, if it's elsewhere that is great too, we just have no idea what that other possibility would be right now!  Thank you so much for your prayers--it is truly a blessing to us!!! 

I Love How God Shows Up!

Recently I have been convicted on how I need to spend more time with God--in all aspects.  I pray throughout my day, but too often I don't sit down and really listen to Him or focus on His character and Who He is and what those attributes tell me about the God I love and serve.  Yesterday I had some focused time where I just laid everything at His feet.  One of the biggest events in my life right now is Mike finding a job.  As I mentioned a month ago he had an interview with Alliance Defense Fund (ADF) and has been waiting to hear back on if he made it to 2nd round interviews.  I prayed that God would just open and close doors and place us exactly where He wants us, even if that means waiting longer or even moving somewhere for the right job.  Mike and I certainly are not looking to move, but if we were not willing to move, I truly believe we would be wrong.  Something I've seen and noticed is that sometimes all God wants is a willing heart for whatever He asks--at times that means hard circumstances and changes other times it means that God blessings you for your willingness.  I don't know where God will take us--it could be somewhere here in Phoenix, it could be across the country and maybe someday He may take us out of the United States--all I know is that my job is to make sure that I am willing to obey and go wherever that is.  Well, as always God showed up in answer to my prayers; less than 24 hours after fervently praying for Mike, wisdom in his job search and whatever the future job may be, my business--in essence our lives--early this afternoon Mike received a call from ADF saying that he made it to 2nd round interviews!!!!  Praise the Lord!  Obviously there is no guarantee that this will be where God places us, but we are one step closer to seeing if this will be one aspect of our ministry for a time.  Mike is also busy writing resume's and cover letters to all sorts of different job opportunities that he's heard about, so your prayers are very much appreciated!

I don't know about you, but I love a good storm--it reminds me of God's power.  I especially love the sky and how it looks before, during or after a storm.  I have a couple great pictures that I took on my phone over the past month.  For those of you who do not live here in the wonderful Valley of the Sun it is currently our monsoon season--big, fabulous storms.  They sky is amazing if the storm rolls in late afternoon/early evening before it gets dark--at least for those who have no photography knowledge.  I've seen some amazing pictures of  storms at night by googling it!

Driving down the road and I look out my window...

 

These next two I took yesterday leaving my parents house on the way to the gym:

Sunset outside of my apartment back in 2007 just after a monsoon,

yes all the same storm--I have 30 pictures of this sunset--it was amazing!

These next pictures were taken in 2008 by the front office of my old apartment:

 

I hope you enjoyed the pictures and were awed by God's creation!  Expect God to show up in your life, not just in the big and important things but even in the small and seemingly insignificant things, because everything is significant to God!  

1 Peter 5:6-7 "Humble yourselves, therefore, under the mighty hand of God so that at the proper time he may exalt you, casting all your anxieties on him, because he cares for you."