Once Upon A Time

Once upon a time he dreamed of being a fireman, then a policeman, then a teacher, then a rockstar, then a lawyer, and then a family man.  None of those dreams were bad, but none of them happened.  It's been said that life is what happens while we're making plans, but I think it's really different.  What it should say is "God is what happens while we're making plans!"  He (okay, he is me) did once dream of being all of those things at one time or another, and who knows maybe rock star is still attainable, but God has had me where He wanted me to be the whole time.  I often think about how often we've moved and how much I have hated being uprooted and having to pack and unpack all of the time, and that was before I joined the army!  Now we've been blessed with a home, have started to grow roots and find friends here as well as a really good church, and seem to be living the American dream.  Soon we will become foster parents and have a full house.  You never know what God has in store for you!  All I can really say about all of this is that sometimes life seems overwhelming, but if you just let go and let God, He will always give you enough strength to get through.  I never thought we would end up where we are now, but God knew, and He knew before I did that I was going to love living in the Pacific Northwest.  Maybe one day we will move again, I really don't know.  I hope it's really time that we settle down and stay but if God has other plans I will keep an open mind and heart.