Wednesday, January 26

I love it when you tell God something, and you think he hasn't already thought about it. A few years ago, I had this epiphany. I want to travel and do nursing overseas, in places where they aren't reached, where hospitals don't exist. I remember exactly where I was and who I was with. We were walking through the Redwoods in California... and I realized, I need to marry a pilot. Then, when I want to go to all of these places, my husband can fly me there. I know, I'm brilliant. I told God that, well, not that I'm brilliant, but that I want to marry a pilot. I did that for a few reasons, one, because I was so scared to ever date anyone again that I thought, well, this will be impossible and then I'll never have to date, and two,  if it ever did happen, I would know it was from God and I would be set for life to travel. The better part of this story is that when we got home, Chad called me that night. He was in PA and I was in CA... we had been talking once a week or so. He was doing landscape design. He was NOT a pilot. He called me and told me, out of the blue that he had always wanted to be a pilot, and it is something he still plans on doing down the road. I pretended like that was normal, that it was like every other conversation we had had. I'm not sure what else he said that night, because my mind was stuck, repeating over and over what he had just said. I hung up the phone, grabbed my roommates, ran outside with them and danced around screaming. When we got back inside, they asked what that was all about.... (true sign of good friends, they screamed and jumped with me first before they even knew what they were jumping about =) 

I think it's still in Chad's heart to fly. I think he will try to pursue it at some point. Whether he does or not, is  completely up to him. But every time I think about it, I think of how crazy God is. He uses anything he can to point me in the right direction, because honestly, I need all the help I can get =)

I saw this today at the store... it brought me right back into that moment. Jesus knows my heart. He knows what I need way before I realize it...and He's even fun enough to let me think it was my idea...