My husband Gary and I consider ourselves blessed, because in the past, major life decisions have been clearly marked for us by the hand of God. For example, when Gary and I were preparing to get married, we had decisions to make regarding where we would make our first home. At the time, we each lived with our families in Southern California, but Gary had applied to a fellowship program in Sacramento, and we would not know the status of the application until after we needed to choose and commit to an apartment lease. Things were complicated by the fact that we had taken a “survey” trip up to Sacramento the summer before the wedding, and let’s just say that the events of that trip could have gone a little more smoothly.
After my first Sacramento experience, I had a terrible taste in my mouth and knew I did not want to live there. We considered our options: should we just find a place in So Cal somewhere, where we were already well connected? Should we move up to Sacramento anyway, and just hope that the fellowship would come through? What if it didn’t? Then we’d be stuck in a miserable place, far away from friends and family without any job possibilities at all! At that point, many people would have probably found themselves in a state of panic (the wedding planning process alone can do that, actually), but I soon found myself in a supernatural state of peace. In fact, the closer we got to decision time, the more I prayed about it and the more I just felt myself become convinced that Sacramento was where we needed to be. Even though it wasn’t where I
wanted to be, I just
knew we had to go! We faithfully made the decision to take the plunge, and shortly thereafter found out that Gary was accepted into both of the programs he applied for, so he actually got to take his pick between two highly regarded competitive programs. Since then, Sacramento has definitely become home to us, and we marvel at how God led us right where He wanted us. Since then, He has led us into the unknown numerous times, testing our faith, yet has never let us stumble.
