Our Climb: Oct 9, 2009

Chapters are opened, read, and then closed for the next to begin. What chapter of your life are you in? Things will not always remain the same. Enjoy the moment you are in now to the fullest. God is with you and... knows exactly what you should be doing & exactly what you need.

"To every thing there is a season, and a time to every purpose under the heaven" ~ Ecclesiastes 3:1

So, a chapter in our life ended this week. Danny's Aunt & Uncle, Billy & Junella Smith, were called to Pastor a church in Cross Plains, TX. This really is a good thing & I am so very excited for them... however, I am very selfish & part of me wants them to stay. I have to be honest! Life will def be TOTALLY different without those 2 precious people around.

You see, they are the reason we are at Liberty. We have been there for 8+ years now. In 2001, Danny & I moved back to Cedar Creek Lake. We church "hopped" for weeks, if not months! We just couldn't seem to agree on the right church home for our family. He liked the church his Mom & Dad were going to & I liked the church my Mom was going to. I remember one morning Danny saying to me, "You can just go to church with your Mom & I will go with mine". Well, God never intended for it to be that way! Billy & Junella invited us to go to church with them at Liberty. I knew the moment we walked it that it was supposed to be our church home. Danny.... not so much! It took a little while for him to come around, but it was all in God's plan.

Billy & Junella became a HUGE part of what Liberty is today. They really allowed God to work in their lives & lead them to where they need to be. They have gone from Young Adult Sunday School Teachers to the Senior Citizen Sunday School Teachers. Billy was ordained to be a Preacher, Junella taught a Young Ladies Class (which btw was AWESOME), and together have just grown so much in the Lord.

Over the years there have been many laughs, tears shed and hugs given....

Walking in to church this coming Sunday morning will be a hard one! I, myself, have been very much in denial! If I talk about it it becomes true, if I cry about it its reality, if I think about it..... well...... the list could just go on. Junella told me Wednesday night, "You can only be in denial for so long". It's true.... but seriously this is the first time I have really allowed myself to process it!!!! Tears roll down my cheeks as I type.... WOW! What a difference life can be because of the LOVE that people show you. Life is different because of what they have done for me & my family.

Pioneer Baptist Church could not be getting a better Preacher & Preacher's Wife than the one's that will be there Sunday morning. Liberty will never be the same, but neither will Pioneer.

He healeth the broken in heart & bindeth up their wounds! ~ Psalm 147:3

Perfect scripture for today as Billy & Junella head out on their new journey! Not having them here is gonna be hard, BUT NOT TO HARD! (I will NEVER forget Junella teaching us that in the Young Ladies Class)

We just have to remember that God is willing & waiting to carry each of us through the tough times!

Life is a series of transitions — chapters that are opened, read, and then closed for the next to begin. What chapter of your life are you in? Things will not always remain the same. Enjoy the moment you are in now to the fullest. God is with you and... knows exactly what you should be doing & exactly what you need.

"To every thing there is a season, and a time to every purpose under the heaven" ~Ecclesiastes 3:1