Here We Go Again

Just because we haven't had quite enough turmoil in our lives in the past few months, we decided to add some more. C accepted a job in Virginia. 1500 miles away. That's no weekend commute, folks. Don't get me wrong, I'm thrilled for him. He's been looking for work for so long, and this is a fantastic opportunity with a really impressive company. This is the kind of company that you retire from. It will be a really great thing for him. The problem is that I am now spoiled to having my family, friends, and church family all in one place.

I have been spending some serious time in prayer about this, before I knew he got the job and since. I've been asking the Lord to help me learn to be a godly wife, to learn how to allow my husband to be the head of our home, to learn to trust God and C to both lead me out of selfless love and service. I just didn't think that I would get such a grand opportunity to practice. But this is as good a time as any to make such a huge life change. Just the two of us, young and able, I can find work about anywhere, no house to sell or anything like that.

I keep reminding myself that this is a step in the right direction for our family. We don't have plans to start a family in the near future, but I feel really strongly about being able to stay home and take care of a child eventually (much later). There's no way that could happen with the little bit of work that he's been able to find here. We would have no choice but for me to go back to work ASAP. Not to mention the toll that this must have been taking on C, being completely underemployed for this long when he has so much to offer. I think I would have lost it by now! There's also a chance that after a few years, we would be able to come back closer to home, after he's established with the company, so I keep clinging to that. My sister sent me a scripture today that has become a lifeline for me:

Genesis 28:15 "I am with you and will watch over you wherever you go, and I will bring you back to this land. I will not leave you until I have done what I have promised you."