Thankful Thursday - Coming Home

It's getting close to Thanksgiving, and I can't help but think about everything that Jake and I have been blessed with and all that we are thankful for.  So I'm going to try and make Thursdays a day where we can reflect on all that we're thankful for, because so many days we seem to busy to sit down and count our blessings

One things that has really been on my mind lately is how everything has just fallen into place since moving to Oxford (well, Abbeville) last February. 

I can remember the day we found out where Jake would be working.  It was the day before Christmas Eve, and I can honestly say, it kinda ruined our Christmas fun.  It was NOT where we had wanted to go and had planned to go.  We were soready for them to say go.... only they said go somewhere else.  It was a huge blow to us and a big set back.  We had all these plans in place, but it didn't matter.  We were so dissapointed and upset that things did not work out like they wanted.  But now we can look back and so easily say that this may not have been what WE sought out, but God knew what was best for us and what we needed.  He has so richly blessed us. 

We moved just outside of Oxford to a little community, Abbeville.  It's perfect for us.  Not in town, but not in the boonies.  We bought the most perfect house for us (we walked in and just knew that this was it) and love being homeowners.  I had no problem finding a job.  And the two greatest things, we found an awesome church family, and we're having a baby!  We were so ready to find a good church home.  The church in Vicksburg was all older couples and we never felt like we fit.  Now, we have a large, loving church family and feel a part of something.  And probably the best blessing ever, our little Anna Kate that will be here in March.  Jake and I had been wanting to start a family for almost a year.  I am so glad we weren't during that stressful time (between Jake getting his job and us moving) but we were so ready to start a family and it just wasn't happening.  And now, it has and our precious little girl will be before we know it!

God has shown us that we need to be here, that this is the place and situation we need to be in.  We really learned what it meant to "let go and let God".  And we can't be more thankful!