And the God of all grace, who called you to his eternal glory in Christ, after you have suffered a little while, will himself restore you and make you strong, firm and steadfast.
1 Peter 5:10
This verse has sustained and encouraged me since the first time I read it. I guess you can say it's my "life verse". It works on a macro and micro level. All of life is a struggle and one day, those who love Christ will rejoice with Him in Paradise. But within this struggle of a life, we have good and bad times, and at least in my experience, after God allows a struggle to persist for as long as it needs to bring us unto Himself, He always provides relief. This is why I love running. Running mimics the faith journey that Paul describes to in his epistles. The up-hills are tough but the down hills provide "reward" for the struggle. In the end, it all levels out, and you learn to enjoy the experience of running - you are thankful for the ability to do it at all.
So, as if that made any sense, here is our news.....
Steve got a call from the Charlotte Fire Department! We are so thankful, and while this is only step 3 in the process, it is a big step. He has an interview on Thursday and is very excited for the opportunity. We had to get him a new suit - along with the rest of his new growing wardrobe. No joke, the tailor laughed at us when we brought in a lot of his nice clothes - the size difference (44 or 42 waist down to a 36) is so huge that his clothes are unalterable!
As always, our prayer is that God's will be done in our lives, in whatever way that glorifies Him the most. Whether that is firefighting, training, or being a janitor - life is too precious to do anything less or different than what God desires.
On another note, our weekend in Charleston was AWESOME. It wasn't long, but it was perfect and included 2 great workouts, 2 awesome meals, a lovely afternoon stroll through down town Charleston, and some great alone time with each other. We need to do this more often :-)
At Coast - WONDERFUL seafood!
What's up!?
Before our Saturday workout at the Bluefish Athletic Club that looks onto the water.
Inside BlueFish - cool mini CAC.
After a good workout.
Old candy shop near the Market.
Fort Sumter (or at least a view of) - where the first shots of the Civil War were shot!
Cool sign outside of the gym.
Pretty awesome how we stumbled upon a sweet fire station and their old sweat box gym! God definitely has a sense of humor :-)
See the pole? And the boots are on the ground ready to go!
An old horse-drawn steam fire engine!
Another old engine. We ran into a fireman who showed us around. This station lost 9 men about a year ago.
Very cool that we stumbled upon this. We don't believe in "coincidences".
One of many very cool Charleston homes. Had to be one of my faves.
An alleyway on our wandering adventures.
Best Mexican food I have ever had - no joke - little dive called Zocalo in North Charleston.
Cool.
Before our grand feast. So yummy!
So, as if that made any sense, here is our news.....
Steve got a call from the Charlotte Fire Department! We are so thankful, and while this is only step 3 in the process, it is a big step. He has an interview on Thursday and is very excited for the opportunity. We had to get him a new suit - along with the rest of his new growing wardrobe. No joke, the tailor laughed at us when we brought in a lot of his nice clothes - the size difference (44 or 42 waist down to a 36) is so huge that his clothes are unalterable!
As always, our prayer is that God's will be done in our lives, in whatever way that glorifies Him the most. Whether that is firefighting, training, or being a janitor - life is too precious to do anything less or different than what God desires.
On another note, our weekend in Charleston was AWESOME. It wasn't long, but it was perfect and included 2 great workouts, 2 awesome meals, a lovely afternoon stroll through down town Charleston, and some great alone time with each other. We need to do this more often :-)
Pretty view down King St.
At Coast - WONDERFUL seafood!
What's up!?
Before our Saturday workout at the Bluefish Athletic Club that looks onto the water.
Inside BlueFish - cool mini CAC.
Old candy shop near the Market.
Fort Sumter (or at least a view of) - where the first shots of the Civil War were shot!
Cool sign outside of the gym.
Pretty awesome how we stumbled upon a sweet fire station and their old sweat box gym! God definitely has a sense of humor :-)
See the pole? And the boots are on the ground ready to go!
An old horse-drawn steam fire engine!
Another old engine. We ran into a fireman who showed us around. This station lost 9 men about a year ago.
Very cool that we stumbled upon this. We don't believe in "coincidences".
One of many very cool Charleston homes. Had to be one of my faves.
An alleyway on our wandering adventures.
Best Mexican food I have ever had - no joke - little dive called Zocalo in North Charleston.
Cool.
Before our grand feast. So yummy!
