A year ago (to the date) I sent myself an email using the site FutureMe.org. I set it up to be delivered in a year's time & I got it in my Inbox this morning. Here it is:

Dear FutureMe,

I'm sitting here on April Fools Day, of all days, wondering what the future holds. You sit here reading this a year in the future already having found out. I'd have to admit that I envy you. This has been one of the craziest years that I can remember to date. Things have been so up and down, in and out, that I feel like I'm riding a roller coaster that is exhilirating & yet nauseating at the same time.

I just applied for an editor's position at LifeWay Christian Resources in Nashville, TN. Nashville! Man, I never thought I would even consider a position that far away from our friends & family. Yet, there is something that is drawing me there in a way. I would LOVE the opportunity to do so much more in the writing/publishing world. I have enjoyed delving more into writing over the past two years.

What is going to happen? Oh, yeah, I guess you already know the answer to that question. Andrea says that we should pray for jobs like this by asking for our will (in the midst of uncertainty) and yet allowing got to 'disregard this request' if He has something better in mind. So that's the mindset we're coming from. I'll be excited to be in your position on the other side of things, so to speak (although I know that there will always be another side to look forward to).

Hang in there & continue to seek His face and His heart as your own. Enjoy the journey!

Your PastMe,

Chris

It's amazing what God has done in our lives in just a year's time! I feel so thankful & blessed for where He has brought us!