"If you're directed by God to pull up stakes from your comfortable position in Nampa Idaho and move across country to Northern Kentucky to focus on a grandparenting ministry, what are you doing laid up in a rehab hospital unable to put any weight on your left leg? And how about all the other roadblocks you' faced?"
Good question. We haven't thought about moving back to Nampa. We have thought of running back!!! Our plans are not God's plans. Our plans were to have a pole barn up by now, with fencing for cattle and horses and the beginnings of house construction. The initiation of a retreat center for grandkids, friends and others and to be a support to two of our children in their parenting prorcess.
A couple of Proverbs passages speak in part to our situation. "A man's mind plans hisway, but the Lord directs his steps and makes them sure. Roll your works upon the Lord, commit and trust them wholly to Him; He will cause your lthoughts to become agreeable to His will and so shall your plans be established and succeed."
I believe God is telling us that what we're experiencing is preparation for our new ministry, just as if we wanted to be physicians, there would be at least 8 years of formal prep.
What does Grandparenting ministry look like to us? To influence our children and theirs to know, love and serve God by:
*innundating them with encouragement and love,
*being available,
* living a godly life,
*building a world view based on Scripture,
* touching the lives of others with loving encouragement,
*and allowing our grandchildren to observe how we handle life's challenges in a godly manner.
With this objective in mind, I would guess that the ministry is off and running. Just not lthe way we had planned.
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