Setting the plan in motion...

On June 7, 2010, Michael lost his job with the Log Cabin.  I remember that day in June when he found out, he spent the whole day with his dad and chose not to inform me until later that evening.  Mostly because I normally jump off the deep end and turn beyond hysterical.  He wasn't for sure how I would react to the news.  Later that evening when he told me, I remember a sense of peace.  I told him that it was okay and that it must have been in God's plan and He would open a better door of opportunity for him.  I'm sure Michael wondered where his real wife had disappeared to.  I had always said that if one of us lost our job, we'd have to pack up and move in with my parents.  Wow, what a provider God has been to us.  It definitely hasn't been easy considering Mike is still unemployed but God has definitely been a keeper of His word.  He's provided for us every step of the way.  When we found out we were pregnant with Jay in January, I remember wondering why would God plant this seed with only one of us working.  I just couldn't understand His timing.  Aha moment: It's not always meant for us to understand His timing.  It's only meant for us to trust His timing because His timing will never be wrong.  Right after Jay passed I remember Michael saying how honored he was to be able to get up and take our kids to school and daycare everyday and pick them up.  He was a proud daddy.  Today as I walk around folding Jay's clothes and putting things away, God brought Michael's words to my remembrance as He slowly began to reveal another aspect of His plan to me.  We knew on that day a year and a half ago that Michael losing his job was all in God's plan for him but little did we know that God and the rest of heaven were rejoicing as He set the plan for Jaylan Khristian Allen in motion.  It was already in His plans that Michael would be needed to drop Jay off at daycare every morning at 8:15 and pick her up every afternoon at 2:30.  He knew with the limited precious amount of time that we would have with Jay that Michael would need to devote most of his time here at home instead of traveling in the evenings from county to county.  God continued to provide and prepare us as heaven prepared to release an angel into our lives to fulfill the work of the Lord.  What an amazing God I serve!  And then to think of heaven rejoicing again as she returned faithful to our God on October 6th.  Little did we know that it was all apart of the brilliant, life changing plan of God.  Thank you Lord for continuing to reveal to me your plan piece by piece.  In Habakkuk 2:2 God tells Habakkuk to "write the vision and make it plain on tablets".   Well now I see that God too will make His vision plain to us if we have patience and just trust Him.  Sometimes we just don't understand why God allows some things to happen in our lives.  We just don't get it and sometimes we may never understand.  But God just asks us to trust Him.  If we really believe that He is who He says He is when he says I AM GOD than we will trust Him.  Trust isn't just a word, but it's an action.  Thank you Lord for your manifestation.  Please continue to surround us with your spirit and fill the hole that has been left in our hearts and we will continue to trust you.  My God!  Full of goodness and magnificence.  God is good!