BACK HOME

It's been a year and a week since I left Memphis and my family behind to not only take a new job in Dallas TX, but in hopes of finding a new home and bringing the family along as well in the future. We thought we would be well entrenched in Texas by now and getting ready to spend our first Christmas there. But as will happen many times in all of our lives, things have not gone as we planned and eventually hoped.

As of Nov. 30th, I am now "permanently" back in Memphis. Due to further economic hard times, I was released from my position at Rampart Construction. So over Thanksgiving weekend, Laurie and I drove to Dallas to get all I had taken with me and brought me back home. It was somewhat bittersweet for us as we had grown fond of Texas and looked forward to making it our home. But now that I’m back, I have found that I’m so glad to be here with her and the kids, that I don’t really miss it. Home is not a place on the map. It’s where your loved ones are.

It has been a tough time, with many trials, questions, uncertainties, and longings. During this time, Laurie has run the gamut of emotions and desires, from dreading the move because it would take us away from immediate and extended family to growing excited about starting a new adventure in a new place. But she has been so good to me through it all. I have not the time or energy to write of all the things she has endured this last year without me bodily with her. Her strength has shone brightly. I am a blessed man because of her.

So now I find myself in an unfortunately familiar position: unemployed. Since I’ve been back, I have had an interview for a new job here in Memphis that quite honestly I hope works out. From all that I have ever heard about this company, it’s a great place to work and grow. But as will happen with many companies, they do not completely share my sense of urgency. I found out today that I will not be able to have a second interview until after the New Year holidays. So I will continue to look for work and hope that if this job does not work out, that I’ll find another. The one thing I am most sure of is that God is Sovereign and He will guide us through this time. His plans are sure and never thwarted. We find ourselves with another opportunity to trust in His magnificence and to be a demonstration of how He is glorified in us when we trust and are satisfied in Him. He is good beyond compare.

Please pray for my family as we walk this trail, that we would glorify God in all we do, delight in Him and His presence, and come to a greater knowledge of just how sufficient He really is.