He's Up To Something Good!

Hello, my friends! Did you think I'd dropped off the face of the planet?

So much has been happening in the Land of Pink that I have truly not had time for blog writing, blog reading, or email answering. If I have neglected you in any of those areas, please forgive me, but know that God has had me on assignment.

Two weeks ago I asked for prayer. And many of you agreed to do so. Thank you so much. It was evident! Several of my friends picked up the phone to let me know personally that they were hitting their knees. How precious that is to me!

On New Year's Eve, RedDaddy was released from his job. We are saying "released" because that is the word the Lord gave us. His company has gone from 80 employees to 12 during the last year. God showed His faithfulness to us by bringing that position to RedDaddy, and we are thankful for the opportunity it provided our family during a time of rebuilding and restoration.

For the first 24 hours I felt as though the carpet had been pulled our from under me. But, thank God, I am not led by my feelings! I am led by the Spirit of God in me! (If you haven't, you really should read this.)

My wonderful husband, stayed rock solid. He immediately recognized the Hand of God in the situation. He set our family on the path of hearing from our Father. We spent all of last week (and are continuing this week) being fed by anointed ministers of the Gospel, fellowshipping together around His Word, praying in the Spirit, and being wonderfully encouraged.

During the last two weeks we have received confirmation, affirmation, encouragement, exhortation, and direction from several sources. A friend 300 miles away called to say she had had a (clearly, to me, prophetic) dream about me, BEFORE she knew anything was going on in our lives. A man of God in our church received a very specific word of prophecy for us, again BEFORE he was aware of RedDaddy's employment situation. Some precious friends took us out to dinner and shared a Scripture he was given while praying for us; this was, unknown to him, the very same passage the Lord gave me, before we moved, as an anchor for my soul, as we stepped out in ministry. Then, Sunday during church, our pastor preached a very confirming sermon, which was punctuated by a tongue and interpretation (also, very confirming in our hearts), and some very precious spirit-led ministry by a group of wonderful, godly friends.

I list all of this as a testimony of #1: God's faithfulness to His children Psalm 37:25 I have been young, and now am old; yet have I not seen the righteous forsaken, nor his seed begging bread
#2: His faithfulness to His Word Isaiah 55:11 So shall my word be that goeth forth out of my mouth: it shall not return unto me void, but it shall accomplish that which I please, and it shall prosper in the thing whereto I sent it
and #3: His faithfulness to His promises 2 Cor 1:19-21 For all the promises of God in Him are Yes, and in Him Amen, to the glory of God through us.

I also want to ask you to continue to pray for the "Pink" family as we seek God's guiding hand in the upcoming days and weeks. We have had a specific check in our spirits regarding looking for a job or for a ministry position. In fact, the Spirit of the Lord arrested RedDaddy from saying, "I lost my job" and told him, "No, you didn't lose your job; you found it!" WOW!

Though we have stopped "looking", we have had a few opportunities come "looking" for us! As RedDaddy has been saying the last few days, "God is up to something. I'm not sure what, but I'm going to be in on it!"

It reminds me of the song our kids sang in Kidmo:
Our God is up to something good,
He's doin' all the things He said He would.
I know, and trust with all my heart,
Our God, our God
He's up to somethin' good!