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| God has the plan. |
The beginning of 2013....Not all that I had hoped! This is my favorite coffee mug. It has been my favorite coffee mug for 7 years, and now it symbolizes so much for me! This mug was given to me in Maryland by a dear friend. At the time, we met for workout and coffee at least three times a week at 5:30 am!!! Crazy - I know but it was significant for both of us. We both had 4 young children, life had spun out of control and our only time for ourselves became this workout and coffee time. She gave me this mug when I moved away to Washington. The mug has stood strong for 7 years. I drank from this mug almost daily and this friend and I continued to "meet" although less and less frequently as the time zones never seemed to work. We had moments though, always answered the phone for each other even if it was just to say, "I can't talk." Now....We have entered our new lives in Indiana. My friend and I are thrilled that we talk as much as if we lived down the street again! With the time zone problem eliminated our friendship is thrilled to be close again.
Early in January the mug broke.....it just slipped out of my hand! My heart got heavy, how could this happen? This was not supposed to happen, this mug has stood the test of time, it has been with me in the absence of my friend, it remained when life was falling apart at times in those 7 years!
I have thought about this break over the last month as I have watched all that has happened in our lives in this new year 2013. You see- this last couple of months have not gone how I planned. We are here- in a new place, a great place. It has been so much fun to move and start new again. Kids are really coming into their own here, it is a wonderful place to live, and there is excitement for our lives to take deep root here. Things ARE SUPPOSED TO BE GREAT! We all, mostly, like it here...yet I have been so sick, we have been sick, Rob is so busy, we can't get a handle on things (especially schedules)....and we just cannot seem to start our "run." Instead we are limping. I am not sure why this is but my mug reminds me that it doesn't always go the way we think it should go. I am ready to be "living" and enjoying life in Indianapolis but whether it be influenza, broken bones, fevers, teenagers schedule difficulties, teenagers, or any number of things...it feels like we are just limping! My broken mug began a run of simple, non life threatening trials which have worn away at my spirit. I caught my self asking that same "how could this happen?" question as I look around and am reminded:
It doesn't always go the way we had hoped. Our God doesn't work that way! We are not happy because we have a favorite mug or because we are well, or because things go the way we planned! We are happy because we have HIM and we belong to Him. I take comfort in this when all around doesn't look the way I want it to. He has the plan, the right plan. So I look around and we continue to limp but knowing without a doubt that God brought us here- we press on. He did bring us here and although things seem to be falling apart at times- we are constantly reminded of the paths He took to bring us to Indianapolis. So many of you have wondered where I have been, why I haven't blogged or called...well- life hasn't gone the way I thought it would lately and we have been limping. Hang with me- we will be in touch soon and I will take pictures again and let you all in on all the Hock happenings....just let my get my feet going again!
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| We were all taking so many things for sicknesses, we started labeling spoons! |
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| This is what our counter looks like for a couple of weeks...with labeled spoons! |
