The Plans I Have For You

I thought I would catch you up on the Kulwicki's.   Billy started a new job in September using the skills that he gained as the general manager of Lamar Electric.  We believe it was a gift to us.  Looking back on the last seven years we see God's hand from his job loss and our move to Paris to meeting Walter Cooper at FBC, Paris who hired him at the co-op to this new position as a regional vice president for Cooperative Financial Corporation.  Because of this new position we are moving to Rockwall where we will be on the interstate, closer to the airport and within 20 minutes of Brandon, our oldest son and his wife, Kylie.  

We began looking for houses in Rockwall and found an area we loved and eventually found 'the' house.  Since our house had not sold we began to pray about what to do and believed that it was the time to buy all the while knowing it was a risky time to sell.  We believe God opened and shut doors of opportunity and we walked through them fulling trusting that He would take care of us - as He has always done.  

So we are preparing to begin a new adventure in our lives and I am feeling the flutterings of a new hope.  It would be an understatement to say that the last 7 years have been horribly hard.  It is not the fault of Paris or the people of Paris.  I have the greatest friends here and will always come back for them and for the precious one we buried here.  But all the same - I am so ready to start fresh.  To have no memories.  To make new ones.  

Many years ago I sat by the bedside of my middle son, Matthew as his little middle-school heart was broken by some little girl and I quoted to him the words of God that are so meaningful to those of us who are called by His name.  "For I know the plans I have for you," thus saith the Lord.  "Plans to prosper you and give you a future and a hope."  I have wondered for 3 1/2 years if there was any hope for people like us - people who have buried a child - on this earth.  It seemed for far too long our only hope was in the world to come.   But today I am standing on His word - believing.   Thank you for loving me in my pain.  Thank you for helping me to believe when I couldn't believe for myself.   I am looking forward to what God has for MY future.