How often do you find yourself living knowing that God is real and out there but as if He is just the Man Upstairs.  He is out there but you shouldn’t bother Him with your problems.  Life sucks.  Hard times have hit.  Stress is piling up.  Worries are keeping you awake at night.  Too bad God is out there but doesn’t really concern Himself with the small stuff.

I know I live like this too often.  I forget that God is there for all my issues.  The relationship He wants from me is a personal one and not just knowledge based.  If I don’t go to Him with the small things in my life am I really trusting Him with everything?  Nope.  He wants me to trust Him with everything.  Through Jesus He made our problems personal to make it all right.

God went for the jugular when he sent his own Son. He didn’t deal with the problem as something remote and unimportant. In his Son, Jesus, he personally took on the human condition, entered the disordered mess of struggling humanity in order to set it right once and for all.

Romans 8:3

I don’t like living like God is just up there for big things.  I don’t like living like He isn’t always a personal God.  I gotta remember that He wants to hear my small stuff.  He wants me to trust Him with all my life.

Remember He wants all of you, too.  He is your personal God as well.  Let Him be.

So my wife and I are unemployed.  It brings a whole new meaning to trusting God.  We HAVE to.  Doesn’t mean it’s easy, but I know that He will take care of us.  He has a plan for us that is unfolding as we speak.  

Unemployment is weird.  Quitting a job to be unemployed is even weirder.  But that’s ok.  We have lots to do.  California is ahead (Lord willing) with Texas in the rear view mirror.  Peace out, Texas!  Now we just have to sell our house to get the U-haul and the gas.  Please pray for that.  There are some great churches out in Orange County and we are hoping to find one that is home.

But for now, we are back to painting!  We are repainting the outside of our house (and not asking the home owners association…shhh…don’t tell) so that it will look all pretty for those coming to see it!  Woo hoo!  Come buy our house!