Life...

I hope that this does not embarrass my husband, but I just wanted to commend and thank him. Last night, he was online checking his schedule for next week and noticed that they had scheduled him to measure fence for a very questionable establishment. At that point, he found himself between the proverbial "rock" and "hard place." With rampant cut-backs and other recent developments at work, I could see that it would be very tempting not to "rock the boat," but he immediately shot out an email to the scheduling department and said he would not do the appointment.

After a few emails back and forth, they finally told him that he would have to do it, there was no one else available on that day and he did not have an option. His manager could not understand what the problem was. He told Jason that it wasn't like he was going to have to go in the establishment. Jason told him he understood that, but he did not even want to be on the premises. I mean, think about it, Jason has a pretty blaringly-obvious vehicle, and if someone we know drove by and saw him standing out there, do you really think their first thought would be, "Oh, he must be working."? No! There going to think, "Oh, I guess we see what he does on his lunch break!" Okay, so maybe not everyone would immediately condemn him, but he still has the responsibility of protecting his character.

He never heard back from any one last night, and his drive to work this morning was a long one, I'm sure. Once his manager got in to work, he called Jason into his office and proceeded to chew him up one side and down the other. Jason had determined ahead of time to keep his mouth shut and just listen, and for those of you who really know him, that was a VERY HARD thing to do! His manager told him that he wasn't going to make Jason run the appointment but that he better never pull something like this again. (Yeah, that's fine, as long as they don't give him another appointment like that again.) He told Jason that he had planned out all this stuff to say to him but only gave him 10 percent of it. How nice! When his manager informed him that he was done talking, Jason said, "Okay," and turned around and walked out! Wow! God's grace is sufficient! I know how difficult that was for him! He said his mind was just reeling with things to say, but he bit his tongue.

I'm very proud of you, honey! Thank you for having the courage to stand up for what you know is right. Thank you for loving and respecting me enough not to want to be associated with any kind of questionable venues. I love you!

A few posts back, I mentioned that I was going in for a procedure in the middle of May. The Lord worked a complete miracle for me! I called the doctor's office last week to see if there was any way to move the date up, and the nurse told me that they had just had a cancellation on April 7th. I gladly took it! Please pray that the doctors will be able to find and fix the problem. The girls will be staying with my parents from this weekend to next. I plan on joining them either Tuesday or Wednesday, depending on how I feel.

These last few months have brought on a myriad of trials. Through it all we have seen God's hand working in very evident ways in our life, and that is always an exciting thing to watch. We can sense that there will be some big changes coming soon, and we can't wait to see how God will work it all out! We would both appreciate your prayers as we have some really big decisions to make in the near future.