"She judged Him faithful"

 I was driving the other day, and since I was in my work car I had the radio on.  Remember, I'm usually listening to a book on C.D.?! :)  Anyway, the deejay said that according to officials the recession is officially over.  Apparently it's been over for a while.  The deejays were asking their listeners if they thought it was over.  They were saying that while the officials may say it's over, it certainly doesn't feel over to some people.  They asked, "What do you think?  Is it over for you?  Is your life back to normal, or are you still struggling in some way?"

My first thought was literally "It never affected me in the first place".  Honestly, we didn't change our lifestyle or way of living at all.  Then my next thought was, "But wait, my husband lost his job".  It didn't really have anything to do with the economy or recession.  It had more to do with the product AT&T was selling and the lack of people using home phones.  Even still, we didn't change our way of living.  We were basically already living on one income and putting the second income completely into debt.  So while we do need to save more, and we have less of a cushion, we haven't changed much.

I don't say that to brag.  I say that to say, "How blessed are we?!"  God is faithful.  He has always been faithful to me.  He takes care of His children and I believe that all things work out the way they should.  Our steps are ordered.

I fully believe that Michael losing his job was a blessing in disguise.  I was only nervous or upset about it for literally about a day.  Then I pulled myself together and knew that there had to be a bigger plan.  "His ways are not our ways".  I knew God was up to something good, I just couldn't see it yet.  Michael hated that job, but because of the good pay and great benefits he never would have left.  Not only that, but the hours were just terrible.  We could never plan anything with friends, commit to things at church, or plan a vacation.  It would have never worked in the long run.  Something was going to have to give.  By Michael losing his job, he was forced to make a decision.  Going to school was something he had wanted to do, but just didn't think that because of our "plans" it was wise.  Our plans got changed.  To be honest, I'm OK with that.  I feel like God has us right where He wants us.  Michael is getting an education that in the long run will benefit our family and help us reach the goals we have.  God knew.  He knew he had to kick Michael out.  He knew that even though we wanted A and B to happen NOW, that by waiting a little bit longer, A and B would happen easier and on a bigger scale.

There is a story in the Bible about a woman named Sarah.  
She was old and considered barren.  God had other plans. 

Hebrews 11:11 (KJV) "Through faith also Sarah herself received strength to conceive seed, and was delivered of a child when she was past age, because she judged Him faithful who had promised."

She judged Him faithful.  I love that.  She judged Him faithful.  I have judged Him faithful.  Have you?