Wow!!! That is all I can say. It has been an amazing three weeks, or the month of May for that matter. This has the most life changing month of my life.
About a week after my last post, we took our first real vacation as a family. This may not seem that important to some, but for us it was huge. This past weekend my wife and I celebrated our seventh anniversary, and while on vacation our daughter turned six. Now think about that for a second. We have a six year old and a four year old that have never been on a vacation. Tell me that is not big and try to make me believe it...lol.
First, we went to Orlando, Fl and did all the usual things. Disney, relax, Cocoa beach, relax, Disney; well you get the point. On my munchkins birthday, we took her to Disney to be transformed into a princess. She was amazingly beautiful and happier than I've ever seen her. Which is saying a lot because she is a very happy girl. That was a tie for the highlight of our trip for me. On the day we went to Cocoa beach there was a space shuttle launch. This has been a dream for me since I was 3 or 4 years old. We were about 20 miles away, but that didn't make a difference. It was amazing and life changing.
Second, while on vacation I received a call from Chad, my good friend and pastor, offering me a paid position at our church. Now, I have been volunteering there for around a year now taking care of this and that being the jack-of-all-trades for the staff. This is an amazing blessing for my family financially and the timing is perfect. Chad has told me since I started volunteering that if I was faithful over the small things while volunteering, that God would make a way for me to be over larger things while being paid. That call made my vacation ten times better.
Third, this past week I tested for Captain at the Fire Dept. I barely passed, but I passed. I scored the highest and will be promoted to Captain in the next two weeks. I'm now in charge of an entire shift at one of the stations. There are three reasons why this is huge. My grandfather retired from full-time service as a Captain, and I have always wanted to reach this pinnacle of my career. My grandfather is going to get to pin my new badge on me at our promotion ceremony, and as great as those two are the last one blew me away. In order to pass the test I had to score 157 points, I scored 157 points. Now to many this may not be good, but to me it is a reminder of the major lesson I learned last year. God will give me enough for the day. Not too much or too little, just enough.
I know this is long, but this has been the most amazing month of my life. Lessons learned, lessons remembered and memories that I have always dreamed of having now come true. Remember, if you are faithful over the little things, God will make you ruler over bigger things, and he will give you enough for the day!!! He is God over the pop tarts (inside joke)!!! Thanks for stopping by and God Bless!!!
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