They say some of the most stressful things in life are moving, having a baby and starting a new job. Well in the Bates family, we apparently decided to do all of those at once.
We were living in Jeffersonville, In and my husband got a job offer in Belpre Ohio. We both grew up in central Ohio and we knew we always wanted to move back. But, as the saying goes, if you want to hear God laugh tell Him your plans right? See our plan was for Bobby to find a job in Ohio and us to move. Well that happened and then some.
Well first and foremost I have to say, I have NEVER felt God so much in one situation as I did during this whole thing. Bobby had been let go from his job at Discover where he did home loan mortgages. This, although crazy stressful, became a huge blessing in disguise. Soon after he was let go, the company laid off over 300 people. With having two children under the age of 3, this was probably the most stressed out we have ever been. We were broke and were the most dependent we have ever been on anything God was able to give us. I'm talking food stamps, kids on medicaid, living on unemploymen dependent. Bobby was able to find a couple of side jobs through neighbors and family. But I have to be honest, I STILL have no idea how me made it.
At the risk of sounding crazy, I'm going to tell you about an experience I had while at church with our amazing WRCC family. We went to church that morning feeling down, depressed, confused, and just not in a good place altogether. We took Braelyn to bible class and took Max in to the auditorium for service. Max started to get fussy and sleepy so Bobby took him out. As I sat there and church started, I couldn't get my mind off of our lives and what was happening. The opening prayer was said and I immediately started crying. Mason Trennaman, who had no idea what was happening, said a prayer that spoke straight to my heart. He asked God to keep our minds on Him and not think about the stresses from finances, jobs or any other things going on in our lives. From then on, every song that we sang, every prayer that was prayed and the sermon I felt like were all directed at us. When the sermon started (this is the crazy part) I HEARD God's voice in my head as clear as if it were my own daughter talking to me. I heard Him tell me "Be patient, wait for Me. I have a plan for you that is better than you can imagine." Boy was He right. Three days after that, Bobby got a call from His uncle saying he may have a job for him. That afternoon he called back and asked if Bobby could start the next day at a cost accountant job in Ohio. It was a whirlwind from there. He left and God took off with His plan. We ran into a problem with selling the house, God fixed that with giving us renters the day after we put the word out to a couple of people. We needed a place to live while we transitioned from Indiana to Ohio. God provided again with an open invitation to come live with Bobby's aunt and uncle.
We got up here and started to get settled, and then God revealed a part of His plan that we were DEFINITELY NOT banking on or planning yet. A couple of days of not being sure what was going on and a couple pregnancy tests later, and well, baby number three is due in September. You can just call me Fertile Myrtle. Nothing we did to prevent pregnancy worked so I KNOW this is God's hand again. So now we are really on a crunch to find a house and move as soon as we can. I have to admit, I KNOW God has provided and had this whole thing in His hands, but I am very nervous about what lies on the other side.
We had this plan of what we wanted to happen and how it would go. I think we gave God a pretty good chuckle.
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