The stess of life

God works in ways I least expect.  I always have these ideas in my head of the way things should go.  Get married, have kids, buy a house, spend tons of time with my family.  As a kid dreaming about the future that is what you think.  Fairytale ending.  Once you get married everything is gonna be perfect.  God has other plans that I would never have thought I could handle.  My marriage is great and for that I am thankful.  But I never really thought about all the other stresses of life that everyone goes through.  Grant working all the time, being tired when he gets home, having bad work situations, and still struggling every day to pay bills.  Going through times where you are worried about businesses closing and not having a job.  Every stress and every worry has helped me grow.  Helped me realized that God is more important than where I live or what I eat, even down to little things like not having cable.  God always takes care of us.  Even when we do not make enough in a month.  Somehow we make it through and we are fine.  Right now we are going through a short sale process on our house.  Our house is for sale for $100,000 less than we bought it and there is little interest.  We only bought is 5 years ago.  As stressful as it is, and no matter how much of a failure I feel like, this has been a huge growing experience.  God will always provide for us.  Sometimes we go through tough situations but it is only to make me rely on God and go to him with my prayers.  Unfortunately it seems like when my life is going good and I am not stressed that I rely on God less.  I hate that thought.  That when I should be thanking God for a great life he gets pushed off.  Being stresses and worried or hurting is what draws people to God.  So even when it feels like what you are going through is horrible and you can never handle it...you can as long as you lean on God.  God has a plan.  He knows what is best not me.  I am frustrated our house is such a good deal in our minds and nobody is interested, but God knows what he is doing.  He is preparing Grant and I for our future.  It might not be the future we dream about, or the future we think is going to happen, but it will be the future God wants us to have.  We might be stressed about money and paying bills for the rest of our lives, but if that is what it takes to make us rely on God then bring it on.