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Amy Jo at Mindless Jibber Jabber was asking when the last time was when we talked to God about our dreams and future goals. So here goes: My dreams are so different today, being a saved Christian, than they were when I graduated from high school, when I was an unbeliever. One being, I married someone completely different. God in His infinite wisdom, directed my path in His time to meet my DH and for us to get married. He is my best friend and my soul mate. While he is not perfect, I cannot imagine anyone else by my side. My dreams changed after we had our first child. I completely and wholeheartedly did not want any more children after my first daugher was born. WOW - did GOD change my heart. Now we are blessed with 4 beautiful daughters and I inherited 2 beautiful step- daughters - one to which I've been able to raise and now call my own. I pray now for my DH to be convicted to allow God to determine our family size (he doesn't want anymore children) because my dreams include many more children. You see, I believe that God did not allow us any gray area here, nor did he want us to interject our "feelings" on the issue. I believe that God instructed things like: be fruitful and multiply, a full quiver, and children are blessings & gifts, etc. so that we would fulfill His Plan through us and our children on earth- no limits set by us. I love being a Keeper at Home, his help meet, and a homeschooling momma and can't imagine any other life for myself - until I pass child-bearing years, when God will bring me into a new phase of my life as a "Grandma." Our next dream is going to be realized within the next two years when my DH retires from the Air Force. We will be moving back to California to buy our dream homestead and actually plant roots, instead of moving every two years. My dreams have for the most part been realized. How can I not be content with what I've been blessed with? My life could not get any better. My future goals simply include letting God lead my life and for me to follow in HIS will for me. Whatever that may entail is fine by me. I also want to raise my daughters in the fear and admonition for their Lord. May they never have a day that they don't know the Lord as their personal Savior. Keep your lives free from the love of money and be content with what you have, because God has said, "Never will I leave you; never will I forsake you." I know what it is to be in need, and I know what it is to have plenty. I have learned the secret of being content in any and every situation, whether well fed or hungry, whether living in plenty or in want. Blessings, Michelle |
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