Inspired by: Eyes That See

My sister, Courtney, read Mary Beth Chapman & Ellen Vaughn's book "Choosing to SEE" over the Spring Break. It must've been great because she had it on an app on her phone and as we were touring the Nature Museum on Wednesday I could see in her eyes this desire to just plop down on a bench and escape from the world to read it! I'm starting it as soon as I finish Lysa Turkhurst's "The Best Yes" in a few days.

I wanted to share with you some inspiration from my sister, by way of the book.

"Waiting does not mean doing nothing.... 

It means going about our assigned tasks, 

confident that God will provide the meaning and the conclusions." 

~Eugene H. Peterson

Some of you know but many of you don't. But the past two weeks has been extra trying for our little family. Not in the life-threatening way or we don't know how we'll make it way but just a little extra stress to make ends meet. While I pursue this passion of mine, my husband is working his cutie patootie off every day on a freelancer's schedule to bring home the bacon. So I have been doing everything I can to earn extra income. Liz Hill & Co is a great dream but, let's face it – what new business hits the ground running? It's not like we planned for years for me to do this and finally made the leap. My business venture came out of the loss of a job and lack of a new one. So while I am ecstatic to be helping the clients I have and making the pieces I make, it certainly doesn't make up for the lack of my MBA-level salary.

A couple of weeks ago I thought I had the perfect lead. A position with a company I've worked with before, in a job that I have wanted for a long time, with potential coworkers who I knew and loved already. The position came available and I had to wait for the interview. Then the interview came and I had to wait for the answer. Then the answer came and I found out they offered it to someone else. Such a bummer! But I knew all along that if it wasn't God's perfect plan, He would protect me from it.

So it was back to the drawing board. Back to dreaming. Back to wondering and praying about what God would have this business look like. Was it just a hobby? Was it not meant to be a dream big kind of venture?

A few days of praying and seeking counsel and thinking big picture led me to the conclusion that, while this is a great, meaningful adventure, I do need the income of a J-O-B to fund the plans I have laid out. So will you pray with me while I seek that perfect position, whether full-time or part-time, that allows me to be happy at work and leave it there to be happy at home as well? One that leaves me with the energy and excitement I need to continue Liz Hill & Co's schedule?

I don't want my waiting to be doing nothing. I want it to show that I have the confidence in my Heavenly Father to give me the direction and reveal the meaning. I want to be busy about His business.

I want to have eyes that choose to see Him working in every situation... even when it means waiting.

Liz