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There are many changes coming to the Gladhill house. In a few weeks, I will be leaving my full time job to stay home with our kids. This has been a dream of ours for a long time and something Zac and I have been praying for but weren't sure when or if it was going to happen.

Patience has never been a strong suit of mine and I feel like God has really been stretching me in this area. I kept asking him to make my dream a reality and it just wasn't coming together. I really struggled with why something so good wouldn't be something God would give me or want me to have. I kept going round and round with him pleading to give me what I wanted.

I realized that there may be some things that even though they are good just may not be in God's plan. So I changed my prayer to please let me be pleasing to You! Let me glorify you in whatever I do and wherever you will have me. All I have wanted my whole life is to be at the center of God's will and live out my daily life for Him. That, I realized, isn't always exactly how we picture it even if what we see is a good thing. God can use us no matter where he places us and no matter the situation!

So as I transition into this new role I am filled with anxiousness, sadness (for losing our amazing nanny), but mostly a great sense of thankfulness for God providing me the opportunity to spend the precious time that I have remaining with our kids before they are off to school. I know there will many challenges but I'm embracing them and looking forward to walking in God's new path for my life!

~Mel