The Lord's Perfect Timing

As much as I love blogging, I never seem to be able to find the time to do it! But, miraculously, I have found a few minutes to share!! You see, most of my evenings are spent with my hubby, once we get Riley to bed. We are early to bed and early to rise, so our short time together in the evenings is precious, and I hate to spend it blogging. But, tonight I am flying solo, as Corey left this morning for 4 days. It's tough being away from him for so long, and this time especially, because we won't even have any phone contact! It will be the longest we have ever gone without talking:(

Corey has gone to Colorado for a four-day Men's Retreat. His birthday is coming up at the end of this month and this was my surprise birthday gift to him. Many of you may be familiar with John Eldredge, who wrote the acclaimed book "Wild at Heart". Many of you women may be more familiar with the book his wife Stasi wrote, "Captivating". Well, The Eldredge's put on a series of Men's Wild at Hearth Retreats and Women's Captivating Retreats in Colorado at Crooked Creek Ranch. Because of the high demand, the selection process is done by lottery. I have tried a few times before to get Corey in one of the Men's retreats, but was unsucessful. But not this time - and it was totally because of the Lord's perfect timing. The lottery opened up last fall, and although the timing wasn't the best for us financially, I prayed that Corey would be accepted if it was the Lord's time for him to go. A few weeks later I found out he was accepted. I had one week to reserve his spot with payment. Not only would this be the biggest financial decision I had ever made without Corey's input (since we've been married), but it was also only about four weeks before Christmas, so we were up to our ears in gift expense. But, I felt the Lord leading me to move forward and trusted that he would provide.

I had no idea then, how perfectly timed this trip would be for Corey (but, I have a feeling, the Lord did:) As I have shared before in previous posts, Corey has been looking for new job opportunities, pretty much since the beginning of the new year. He has been self-employed for the last two years selling Pre-Paid Legal Services as an employee benefit. Although he found success with the company, he didn't find happiness. For most of the end of last year, he was discontent, and made the decision at the turn of the new year to actively pursue something different. So, he really started seeking the Lord for his purpose, direction, and next step in his career. He has had lots of opportunities come his way, but still doesn't feel like he has a clear direction from the Lord. As this week began, Corey had four different job opportunities, in four very different companies, and no idea what he should do next. Not to mention the financial pressure he feels to provide for his family.

And now in light of all of this, he gets to go on this amazing trip this week. I mean, does the Lord know what we need, exactly when we need it, or what!! I absolutely love watching our Father work so intricately in our lives - his love for us can be seen so clearly in how involved he is in every little detail!

I have been so excited for Corey all week, because I just know that Lord is going to rock his world this weekend!! I can hardly wait to talk with him on Sunday and hear about all that the Lord has done! Please keep him in your prayers as he is away from us and travels back home on Monday!!