Open Doors

Deliverance by man is in vain,
Through God we shall do valiantly!
Psalm 60:11-12

It seems as though God is working in our life to move us to Louisville, KY. Through a whirlwind of open doors, we believe this is God's path for us right now. I will start classes, working toward a doctorate in New Testament and Greek. While we will be leaving First Baptist Church, Savannah, TN, I plan to continue this blog as a way for our friends to keep up with what God is doing in our lives. A couple of reflections further:
1) My wife's faith has been much stronger than mine through this. She is trusting God at every turn and I an leaning toward worry at every turn.
2) It seems as though everytime one thing finally gets decided or confirmed, another thing gets undecided or left questionable. One would think that as we move along in the process, decisions are being made and we would have a better understanding of our future. But, instead of moving to a more comfortable, stable set of circumstances in which we know the future, things continue to stay up in the air. The effect of this is we are praying and needing to trust more and more instead of less and less.
3) In hindsight, we are able to see how God has prepared us for this move already. Though we never realized it when it was happening, we can see now how our circumstances have lined up to make us ready and able to start school in August.
4) My life verse since my first seminary days has been Ezra 7:10, "For Ezra has set his heart to study the law of the Lord, and to practice it, and to teach His statues and ordinances in Israel." This degree would allow me to formally "teach His statues" anywhere in the world at any level.
5) I have not yet stopped and chronicled all the ways God has worked in our hearts and circumstances. Pray for me that I will do that soon.

Memory Verse last week:
"and He died for all, that they who live should no longer live for themselves, but for Him who died and rose again on their behalf."
2 Cor. 5:15

Memory Verse this week:
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