Moore to Ponder

Scripture reference;

16 He sent from above, he took me, he drew me out of many waters.

17 He delivered me from my strong enemy, and from them which hated me: for they were too strong for me.

18 They prevented me in the day of my calamity: but the Lord was my stay. Psalm 18:16-18

Where in the world do I begin?  I have wanted to catch my readers up on how things are going for me and my family for a long time. I probably don’t have the same readers that I had when I first started Moore to Ponder. With that in mind, let me explain about my posts that are titled “Transitions”.  I’ll even go a step farther, and try to explain what my purpose was for starting this blog in the first place.

I wrote my first blog post on January 9, 2010.  At that time I was 43, my husband was 46, and we had been married 22 years.  Our son was 21, and was in graduate school in Columbia, Missouri. Our daughter was 15 and was still being home schooled.

I had so much on my mind, so much that I wanted to share, so much I wanted to search out in the Bible…and share. I was a woman with issues then and I am a woman with issues now, but honestly…doesn’t everyone have them? In one post I explained my mission and purpose for my blog. You can read that here:  https://pronetoponder.wordpress.com/2011/02/23/purpose-of-moore-to-ponder-3/and here:  https://pronetoponder.wordpress.com/2012/07/25/a-new-purpose/

All of my posts that have “Transitions” in the title are posts that fill my readers in on how my family and I are doing. The others are devotional studies.

In the fall of 2010 my husband went back to college. He kept his job, and juggled work and school to the best of his ability which is a challenge for anyone. He even got on the Dean’s List once. In his case it was a really big challenge, because he is legally blind. You can read about that here:  https://pronetoponder.wordpress.com/2010/03/18/transitions-part-6-a-time-to-seek-advice/

In the fall of 2011 both my daughter (who was 17 at the time), and I joined my husband there.  About a month later our son (who was 23 at the time) moved back home, and although he was not officially enrolled in college again, he was on campus a good part of the time making use of the library as he studied for a new career. He was with us for about a year. Mom, Dad, Daughter, and Son were all full-time students living under the same roof.

My mother also began to have some severe health issues that quickly put her in a wheel chair, and almost made her paralyzed from the neck down, but she had a surgery that not only ceased the progress but over the course of several months of physical therapy enabled her to walk again. That was such a scary time. I am an only child, and I know that my parents will be needing me as they age.

Then my husband started having problems with his back. He also broke his foot while on campus, and his glaucoma started getting worse, so he had to quit school. You can read about all of those things here
https://pronetoponder.wordpress.com/2011/06/22/transitions-part-13-established-steps/, and here:  https://pronetoponder.wordpress.com/2012/06/11/transitions-part-16-taking-turns/

Finally in  April of this year (2013) my husband’s vision had deteriorated to the point that he had to quit his job. He had already missed so much work in 2012. It was both emotionally and financially devastating. We had lived in the same house since December of 1989 (over 23 years) and had about 10 years to go and it would have been paid for, so the foreclosure was not only frightening, but it was also heart breaking. We still had other bills that had to go unpaid, and our credit was ruined because of that. The little bit of disability he drew was not enough for rent, utilities, and our other bills… much less deposits, unless we just went without food. He tried to get food stamps, and was told that his income was too high.  If the Lord had not intervened we would have had to move in with my parents in their little 2 bedroom house.

All of the stress began to take it’s toll on me. I had lost about 60 pounds in 2011 but from 2012-2013 I gained it all back plus a little more. I also became very depressed and was so weary that I was having a hard time with school. At midterm this past spring my grades were pretty good. I had 2 A’s and a C. My 4th class didn’t start till mid semester. Then when my husband quit his job, I knew that I would need to drop out and look for work, so I withdrew from all of those classes…dropped out of college, and started looking for work.  I didn’t know about the foreclosure until about a week after I dropped out. You can read about that here:  https://pronetoponder.wordpress.com/2012/11/02/transitions-part-17-more-reasons-to-trust-him/

I know this sounds like a sad story, but, the Lord began to intervene. We had received a new letter telling us that our house would be sold at auction in a few months, so we didn’t know how long it would be before they kicked us out. I sent a prayer request to some of my Christian Facebook friends, One of them was a childhood friend who lived out of state. We got a phone call one Sunday afternoon only a week or two later. It was her husband. To make a long story short, they bought our home from the people who were going to sell it. They told us that we could buy it from them, and we didn’t have to start making payments until we were back on our feet! I will never get over that.  Then my husband’s eye began to stabilize. He did not get back the vision that was lost, but the pain began to subside, and so far his sight hasn’t gotten worse these past three months. His old boss called him and gave him his job back. He is only working part time, but we are thankful that they were able to accommodate him with even less vision than he originally had.

I am still looking for work, but am hopeful that the Lord will provide me with a job that I can do that will allow me to get him to and from his job and pay enough for us to start making our house payments again.

My daughter moved in with some friends here in town, so our nest is empty. I am happy for her, but I miss having her here at home. She is only 19, but wanted to try her wings, and so far she is managing pretty well.

I am so thankful for the prayers and encouragement from all of my blogging friends. There is one in particular who wrote daily entries at her blog that were my daily manna that sustained me much of the time these past two years. Spiritually speaking, I have just not had the best attitude. I have confessed this to the Lord numerous times throughout this whole ordeal, and I am confessing it again tonight, and asking for Him to forgive me and make my heart right again. I hope to return to having good devotions again soon……and even blogging again as soon as I feel the Lord is ready to allow me to do that. Please keep us in your prayers.

Love,

Theresa

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