In our Saturday

AAs a follow up to our last post I wanted to explain a little about the meaning behind 'Saturday' and what we are doing while in this season of waiting on The Lord. 

First of all, to explain Saturday. During church last Sunday, they showed a video about the prayer ministry and in the video they talked about Easter.  Good Friday, everyone that knows or has heard about Jesus know what happens on Friday than Easter Sunday comes and we all celebrate that He is risen! But what about Saturday? No one talks about Saturday, but try to imagine what the disciples were thinking and feeling.  Sadness, confusion, maybe doubt that what they had been doing, who they had been following was all wasted time?  Maybe waiting for God to do something great?  Maybe not, but we have been reflecting on that a lot this week in feeling like we are waiting on The Lord.  We are definitely in a Saturday, not sure what God is doing in this time but we have gotten to a point where we know He is doing something great. He is faithful, He always has been, always will be.  We would be lying if we were to say there hasn't been a whisper of doubt and fear, but as we seek and cry out to our Jesus, His whisper is sweeter and more wonderful and oh so trustworthy.  We don't know what this next week will look like, or month or however long The Lord keeps us here, but we know He has kept us here for such a time as this. 

That being said, as we are waiting The Lord has provided so much, sustaining us emotionally, physically ans spiritually.  As I quit my job as a step of faith, we were wondering how paying bills was going to look.  Thankfully God provided a way to a job for Jared while we are still here in Iowa. Thank you to Mike Leaverton for helping us out. Even though it is WAY out of the box for Jared it is allowing him some great time with his dad, and he is learning a lot about carpentry :). (Maybe we will have a handyman in our house after all:). Love you darlin!).  As for me, I am completely embracing my role as mommy, homemaker, and errand runner.   It does have its daily challenges sometimes but more than anything it is wonderful to spend my days with our little man-no greater job in the world!  I am thrilled to get to watch him as he is developing. And now that he is pulling up and crawling around, he requires a lot more energy from this girl!  But it has freed me to go and spend time with my sister and nieces, be with my mom during treatments and resting at home and to start to feel semi organized in preparation of moving(reorganizing boxes and trying to find things I need since it is all stored in the basement).  All in all we are embracing the time with our families and waiting and listening for what The Lord will bring us next. 

Prayer points for you:

~a job for Jared in Lombard or surrounding areas

~our support/fundraising to be fruitful

~our families, lots going on with my mom and a new member is arriving soon to the Phillips side!  

Until next time!

Jess

Waiting on The Lord

Friends and Family,

We want to take this time to ask you to be praying with us in this "Saturday" in our life. By this we mean that we are in a time of waiting for The Father to move and open doors for us to move to Chicago. Right now we are waiting for a full time job for Jared, as well as a place to live. We have also been working towards raising both financial and prayer support as we embark on this new journey. Jared will be looking to start taking classes towards his Master's at Northern Theological Seminary in Lombard, IL as soon as we get moved and settled. While we are still here in Iowa, we are living with Jared's parents and Jared is working with his dad. That job alone has been a blessing from God because we were not sure how bills would be paid in September and now October. 

The Lord has placed on our hearts that we need to take this time to have our eyes open to what He is doing around us and to be thankful and joyful for how He is moving right here and now in our lives as well as the lives around us. As we mentioned earlier one of those movements of The Lord is that He has blessed Jared with a job! Praise Him who provides for our needs!

Another blessing that God has given us is Liam! Through this time of waiting and praying for a way to Chicago, Liam has changed so much! He is crawling, pulling himself up, eating baby food, giving high fives and that's only the beginning! Having Liam in our life has given us a glimpse of how much to Our Heavenly Father loves us. Liam brings so much joy and laughter into our lives and we are so thankful for that!

We also want to thank our families for opening their homes to the three of us for the last two months as we lived with Jess' parents the first 3 weeks of August. There is no way that we would be where we are at now without their generosity. It is hard for two families that are used to having their own space come together for a season and they have opened their homes and lives without hesitation! God has blessed us with wonderful families!

Please let us know if you want to know more about CityWave and what our journey entails in Chicago, we would love to share!   

Thank you all for your prayers

In Christ,

The Phillips (Jared, Jess and Liam)