God Does Facebook

He does. 

And He also likes to drop random perfect nuggets of wisdom and encouragement exactly when we need them.

I remember the first time I got one... God dropped it right into my little pink 4th grade purse. 

This is what it looked like!

I was super nervous about going to a mixed music class where 5th and 6th graders would be. It was my first day at a new school, I was nine years old and I was also a new christian. So before I had to go to this scary class we had a bathroom break and I took my little pink purse with me. With no idea how to handle the trepidation I was feeling (read: total freak out) ..I pulled out my Little Tiny Bible.

And right there in the bathroom stall, God said to me...

 "Be strong and courageous, and do the work. Do not be afraid or discouraged, for the LORD God is with you."
1 Chronicles 28:20 
 
I felt so encouraged in that moment. Taking a deep breath, I put my Little Bible back into my little pink purse and walked out ready for the scary class with all the big kids. School was work and God said not to be afraid. So there you go.

Today I had a much needed venting session with a couple of very amazing ladies. Recently-ish... I have been struggling with some relationships and the way they have developed, or not developed. I'd been worrying about how I, as a christian and a friend, had handled things and how I should go forward. Should I push, should I pull, should I cut ties? Am I meant to be a leader for some or has my part in their paths come to an end? And in the midst of all the turmoil, I had seemed to lose myself just a little... like... my confidence took some hits, and maybe I was second guessing myself too much. My God used those amazing ladies to help me see those things and that I was worrying too much and that while I felt like I couldn't handle the situations at hand, HE could. 

He doesn't stop there though... when I get home He Facebook's me... more than once. And it's not the first time He's given me a nudge through Facebook.

I clicked "like" on The Bible in Facebook a long time ago. So there are verses all over my wall every day. I try to read every verse that I see while I'm logged in. There's a reason, even when we don't understand or realize it, that those verses are in our faces when they are. 

And I kid you not... the very first verse I see posted from The Bible was this:

Philippians 4:6 Don't worry about anything, but pray about everything. With thankful hearts offer up your prayers and requests to God.

PERFECT! 

And then I scroll down through my news feed...more God Nuggets! 

 

"So let us not become tired of doing good; for if we do not give up, the time will come when we will reap the harvest." Galatians 6:9

"The Lord is not slow in keeping his promise, as some understand slowness. Instead he is patient with you, not wanting anyone to perish, but everyone to come to repentance" 1 Peter 3:9

Psalm 119:32 "I am eager to learn all that you want me to do; help me to understand more and more."

I think... that I have been trying too hard to control where my friendships go..that I have been worrying too much about how to be an example, about how to teach and do His work....and do these things on my own terms. But I am not supposed to do them on my terms.

I am supposed to work according to God's terms. 

He can handle it. 

And he reminded me today on Facebook. 

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Today's Project 365 is a photo of the inside cover of my childhood Bible.

I was eight years old when I wrote this. 

Home in HI

These past couple of months seem like such whirlwind to me now, as I knew they would. Since that last moment, we've been re-united, had 6 Christmases, a New Year, a wedding, a funeral, 2 engagements, a major surgery, a move overseas...

Now as I type, very sleepily I might add, from within my new home at our new base-I am again grateful and blessed. God does come through for us, every time, regardless of form. This time we get to live in a breath-takingly beautiful place and we have a nice ((new)) roof over our heads. I'm so happy with the house that we ended up in. It feels right. It feels comfortable. We've only been living in this place for a week now, but I can already sit here in the living room and look over at the kitchen and feel like I've done that a thousand times before.

I guess that's part of being a nomadic family. The instant "home" you feel through your new front door. Granted, that has not always been the case. At our last base, we felt comfortable enough but that house was not really and truly home. Time will tell if this new one will be. I feel as though it maybe already is.

The girls have already made a ton of friends, as they always do. Luckies. It's so much easier for kids...kids all over the place at school and in the neighborhood. They have the ability to just walk up to a kid and say, "hey, want to play/be friends?" And then viola! BFF's.

Can you imagine the crazy lady that knocks on people's doors saying, "hi, I'm new here. Want to be my friend?"

No. It's tougher for us. Military Wives as a whole have a ton in common, and it's natural for us find each other and eventually become friends... but the waiting for those moments to come stinks.

We got lucky this time, and the 2 bases before this-come to think of it...that we had some friends already stationed here ahead of us.
See, another testament as to how God is taking care of us. ((THANK YOU LORD!))

OH! So get this. Hawaiian guys that were delivering our HHG's were telling us all sorts of goodies about Hawaii. A few hours into our Stuff-Delivery-Day, a big fat giant moth lands on our screen door. I commented on it's giantness and Hawaiian dude tells me that those moths are special. Hawaiian people believe they represent ohana,family, spirits and are good signs. They never kill them.
Hours later, after Hawaiian dude is gone, My Love and I are in the garage and see another giant moth just chillin' on a box.
I guess that must mean we are home... and welcome. E Komo Mai!

Time to go again.

One of the best things about being a military family is the moving. You get to see and do things in different states and countries and exotic places that you'd have never dreamed possible. In my world now, it's pretty common, but for the regular "civilian"...who really gets to live in Germany! Or Hawaii! Or South America! Mr. Military makes that possible.
Having found out a couple of weeks ago where our next assignment is, I'm super pumped to make this next move. While it's not anywhere exotic, it's somewhere I've never been. Curiosity has got me.
We have to start over with friends and jobs and schools and LIFE...but you get used to that. And you learn the value of people. Friendships come quicker. And go the same. But there are bonds formed.

I really can't wait.