Sarah Vaughn

Howdy!!!!  Ok, that doesn’t even sound right in my mind. HAHA!  Well, we’ve been in Texas for almost a month now.  Here’s a little update.  1-Still have not sold the house, so if you know anyone needing a house in the area send them our way please. 2-Tyler’s work is steadily increasing and He’s also learning to do web coding in addition to his ability to do graphic design work. 3-I have not found a job yet.  I have only had 2 interviews out of somewhere around 30 resumes/applications.  The right job is out there!!!!  Supposed to be hearing back on one by Friday.

The girls getting better adjusted, sort of.  There have been a couple of nights since we’ve been here that one, the other or both of the girls slept very little.  It would be easier to let them cry it out a little if we were not 5 feet away in the same room.  But, it’s only temporary.  The girls started eating finger foods this week , yay!!!!!!  Other than just puffs….real pieces of veggies and fruits..and eggs.  They seem to be enjoying themselves.  While Liberty is very precise, Laila rakes a handful and tries to shovel it all in.  Which is really funny because I would have thought it would be the other way around.  They are both standing and moving around the furniture.  Lib is standing on her own for short periods and Laila is getting there….she’s got a little bit more weight to hold up…hehe.  They are also starting to follow each other around and really interact which is so fun to watch.  Built in playmates.

I haven’t posted on my “Monday Morning Reflections” in a while because life has been very unpredictable.  But the Lord has really been challenging me in the area of trust again.  Obviously transition requires trust.  This past week I learned something I want to share that brought clarity and excitement to me.  We have all heard Jehovah Jireh…..My provider his grace lalalla….Just kidding about the song part (guess you’d only get that if you grew up in church).  Yaweh Jireh is literally translated in the Hebrew “the God who sees my need and meets it.”  Selah……….   Thank you God that you see my need; that You see me.  I think so often, if we are honest with ourselves we really don’t believe that God truly sees us.  When times are less than desireable we think that somehow we have fallen off God’s radar.  But the word says that He saw and knew us before even one of our days came to be.  I want to encourage you, as I have been doing within myself, to be patient in the processes of God.  Most times they are not quick, they are not perfect (at least in our eyes) and they are not exactly what we expected.  But I know this much……either God is who He says He is, or He’s not.  If He is than I have to believe that He is always good, always faithful and His timing is always perfect.  We can question God all day….and I don’t think He is offended by our questions…..but you can’t let that separate you from God and form roots of bitterness and anger.  I believe it is a mark of maturity when we can say, “God, I really don’t know what you’re doing.  I really just don’t get it.  But!! I trust that whatever you are doing and wherever it is that you are leading me is according to Your plans and is for my benefit, well-being and future.  I am not going to let these unanswered questions bring a division between my heart and yours.”  This scripture was given to Tyler and I by a good friend earlier this week and I am have been meditating on it ever since.

Hebrews 10:35-39

So do not throw away your confidence; it will be richly rewarded.  You need to persevere so that when you have done the will of God, you will receive what he has promised.  For in just a little while, “He who is coming will come and will not delay. But my righteous one will live by faith.  And if he shrinks back, I will not be pleased with him.”  But we are not of those who shrink back and are destroyed, but of those who believe and are saved.