the last four months of our lives have been a whirlwind! a career opportunity for me took chris and i to south beach miami, the never-ending snowstorms, a few holidays, christmas blizzards, a wedding in chicago for new year's and an intense job search have all kept us very busy. who ever thought the first year of marriage would bring such chaos! certainly not me!
i would have to say that the heaviest thing on our hearts these days is the job search. after yet ANOTHER unfortunate round of substantial lay-offs, chris is back at it. the last few months have been a wild ride but we're trying to see the lessons in all of this. a friend of mine the other day said, 'WAIT is a 4-letter word in my book'..... now THAT i'll have to agree with! patience is (supposed to be) a virtue, right? anyway, my husband has been working his tail off and i could not be more proud! in asking for guidance, God has led us to a couple verses in particular which i am happy to share:
Consider it pure joy, my brothers and sisters, whenever you face trials of many kinds, because you know that the testing of your faith produces perseverance. Let perseverance finish its work so that you may be mature and complete, not lacking anything. If any of you lacks wisdom, you should ask God, who gives generously to all without finding fault, and it will be given to you. But when you ask, you must believe and not doubt, because the one who doubts is like a wave of the sea, blown and tossed by the wind. Those who doubt should not think they will receive anything from the Lord; they are double-minded and unstable in all they do.
James 1:2-8
Therefore we do not lose heart. Though outwardly we are wasting away, yet inwardly we are being renewed day by day. For our light and momentary troubles are achieving for us an eternal glory that far outweighs them all. So we fix our eyes not on what is seen, but on what is unseen, since what is seen is temporary, but what is unseen is eternal.
2 Corinthians 4:16-18
if we were not believers, i don't know how we'd ever get through this. it's definitely been a character-building couple of months! after receiving a few good phone calls this morning, it seems as though the end is getting closer! there's always a lesson and hind sight is 20/20. i can't wait look back and praise God for teaching us so much and getting us through another season of life!
now after all of that heavy stuff, i'm going to post a few pictures from the holidays! hopefully you had as much fun as we did!
chris' family; parents, sister & brother-in-law
chris' grandpa Alex
us with papa & grandma nolan
the tekolste family with the snyder addition
brrrrrrrr
eating the m&m's from our BINGO game
pre-sledding
happy new year!
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