The Middleman

We wonder, why still worry when we have so many experiences of God's plan for our lives and so many times that he has taken care of us? It is our nature to wrestle with problems and try to solve them ourselves. Not sure if that is a West Michigan thing or an American thing. This we know for sure, it is a Jane and Jeff thing.

A great part about taking on this new challenge is we are both being pushed out of our comfort zones. It is exhilarating to not have all the answers and to humbly turn to God, chuck our cares his way. So many things are being blessed and providing us with assurance that he is guiding this journey. Then we have an issue, that is not part of the new journey, and we decide in our infinite wisdom that "We Got This"!

Jeff had a thing that was bugging the heck out of him. There wasn't anything we could see that we should do yet he was grousing about it off and on for months. To us it seemed unfair and unwarranted so frustration and anger were popular options. Just yesterday he realized that the best course of action was to pray and have faith.

Seriously, why do we pick and choose what we are willing to hand over to our Father? We have learned similar lessons so many times it is truly embarrassing to have to learn it again. The real growth we are seeing on a sort of consistent basis is the length of time we own things before placing them where they belong. Thankfully the time is getting shorter. We are hopeful that we will become middlemen and get rid of junk like it is our job.