Tuesday, October 20, 2009

So where do we go now?

Uhh. That's all I can think of to say! For those of you who don't know all the details of what been going on:
Brandon graduated from SLU School of Law in May. ( In the top 20% I might add!) He passed the Bar in July and in August, he recieved a phone call from a friend asking if he still needed a job. Well, he did. He called the law firm that was looking, and on the first Thursday in September he had an interview at said law firm. That interview went amazing, and he was scheduled to meet with the head partners in Kansas City two weeks later. He had the meeting with the partners and was then sworn into the Missouri Bar Association the next day! Everything was finally on track. He was then scheduled to meet with the final partner in Springfield one week later. That interview went well.. so we were told to start getting our living arrangements in order in Springfield. So we did as told. We started packing our little hearts out. (Seriously, we were living off of paper plates and plastic silverware!) Well, a couple of weeks went by and we never saw a contract. Brandon tried calling the partners in Kansas City, and they never called us back. Weird, we thought. Brandon did however stay in constant contact with a partner in Springfield, who kept telling us, "it should be any day."
So we stopped worrying and kept packing. Then one day Brandon called down to Springfield to get a finalized answer. We were then notified that they had sent one more person to Kansas City to interview with everyone, just so they could cover themselves in the case that Brandon didn't work out. Two days later, as we were loading the boys into the car to head to Springfield, we recieved the phone call that they had decided to go with someone else. Not just anyone else, but a 10 year Air Force JAG officer, which had just decided to quit. Seriously. After six weeks of dragging it out, we were done. No more packing, no renting the Uhaul, just questions. Like what do we do now? Should we unpack it all or keep it boxed up? Is there still a slight possibility of us moving to Springfield? Why us? Why again?
So now we are back at square one. Searching for a job, in a jobless market. So Brandon is back at it. Making phone calls, schmoozing, and trying to make as many contacts as possible.

So I've made a promise to Brandon and myself, that this is it. No more talking about or dwelling on this subject! From now on, we are just moving forward, looking for whatever God has in store for our family! So many encouraging Bible verses come to mind.. and that's what I have to keep dwelling on.
Jeremiah 29:11 "For I know the plans that I have for you, delcares the Lord, plans for welfare and not for calamity to give you a future and a hope."
Isaiah 43:2-4 "When you pass through the waters, I will be with you; And through the rivers, they will not overflow you. When you walk through the fire, you will not be scorched, Nor will the flame burn you. "
Habakkuk 3:17 " The Lord is my strength, my personal bravery, and my invincible army. He makes my feet like hinds feet and makes me to walk- Not to stand still in terror- but to walk- and make (spiritual progress) Upon my high places of suffering and trouble.

So I know that no matter how many questions, how much I doubt, or all those times I want to give up. That He is there for me. He will not leave me, no matter how alone I feel. He will come through, because he promised me he would. When I fell like I can't walk or even get out of bed or that the water is going to overcome me, he will carry me through the day.. he promised me that too. He is my Army, he is my strength, he is my I AM. So on those days, where I just want to cry, he is there. He will let me face my human emotions, but he will always be there.