Wednesday, June 1, 2011

My Life was Already Awesome

It's true! Nothing is wrong with my life. Actually my life seems, looks, is great. I have a nice house, nice car, nice family pet, nice roommates, and a nice income. I can honestly say that I enjoy my job. My principals are wonderful caring individuals that want the best for the kids I teach and they care about ME. I have the luxury of openly speaking about Christ with them and they can relate. Unheard of!
Strangely enough I have peace about leaving it all behind. I'm not freaking out because I resigned which means I won't have an income!
Here is the story about the day I resigned: The Lord told me that Thursday, May 26th was the day to leave my job. Well not exactly like that...I woke up with a real peace about the situation. I just knew it was the day to turn in my resignation. I have to say I sat on this knowledge until 3:45 in the afternoon that day. I had to leave the school at 4:00 to get to the gym for coaching on time. At 3:30 I began pacing around the room and packing boxes (yet I hadn't resigned. I decided to check my e-mail before I left for the day. A friend of mine sent me a message on gmail chat which said praying 2 Corinthians 10:5 for you. Here's the verse:"We are destroying speculations and every lofty thing raised up against the knowledge of God, and we are taking every thought captive to the obedience of Christ." Oh, man the Lord caught me. Yes, I had been speculating about all the terrible things that could happen if I gave up my job and all the terrible things that could go wrong at the orphanage. God knew my avoidance of being obedient. He knew my worries. My thoughts and, he saved me from being disobedient.
I grabbed my resignation letter I printed off that morning and ran it to the office to give it to my principal. Needless to say, it is hard to be obedient even when God tells you which steps to take.

1 comment:

  1. Darby - you are so right. God can speak so clearly and give us peace to accomplish His will, but we can still have a hard time with obedience. I just want you to know that I am so inspired by this journey you are on and promise to pray for you daily. Can't wait to hear more about your mission!
    -Erinn

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