Joy

 In this season, we are trying to find joy.  My wife and I are going through the Emotionally Healthy Cohort at Southwest Bible Church right now.   This class will help improve our emotional maturity as believers.  It will also help us to be more joyful amidst these jobs.  These jobs we are in right now are very boring and we are needed to find more joy in this time.  

This season

 This season is my life is about Trust.   Trust that God is leading my wife and I.   Trust that God is leading me to a new position that I enjoy.   Trust that God is leading me to new community.   Trust that God is leading me to new mentors.    Trust that God is leading me to a new place to grow and flourish for a while.

Joy

 During this season, I am trying to find joy when this job is boring.  I am seeking joy when life is not exciting.  I am seeking out joy when this job is draining.   I am seeking out joy when I zone at work.  I am seeking out joy in the midst of the day to day at work as well. 

Birthday

 This year's birthday month showed me the friends that God has blessed me with.   The friends that have been with me even in the hard seasons.   The friends that have supported me and encouraged me.   The friends that have prayed for me.   The friends through various stages of life, churches I have attended, and wherever God has led me.    Lastly, it showed me the friends that have loved and cared for me. 

This year

 This year, God is calling me to trust that God has a plan.   Trust that God is still working in midst of a tiring job.   Trust that God is still moving in these circumstances.   Trust in God's providential care for me.  Trust in more community of believers that can build me up in this season.  

Where is God leading us

 That is the question of this year.   Where is God leading us?  What city is God leading us next? What new positions will we have?  What new community will be God lead us to? 

What new mentors will God lead us to that will disciple us and encourage us in Christ? My wife and I's prayer for this year is show us and lead us.  We are praying for direction on where God is moving us this summer.   God has a plan and a purpose for our lives.  We are trying to trust him in his timing and that he is moving in this time.  

Proverbs

 In the book of Proverbs, Solomon writes to his son cautioning him not fall astray.   It is regarded as a source of wisdom literature.  Not all are attributed to King Solomon, but most are.  Total there are 31 sayings in the book of Proverbs.   Other writers for Proverbs include King Lemuel, Ague, and several anonymous wise men.   King Hezekiah is credited with writing Proverbs 25-29.   

I am seeking God wisdom, guidance, and direction in my life.   I am trying to trust in God's plans and direction.  Proverbs is a type of wisdom literature reminding the reader of the wisdom of God.   Proverbs also remind the reader of the sovereignty of God, to fear God, compares the wisdom of God vs the wisdom of man, and uses personification to describe the pitfalls of falling into sin.  

The book of Proverbs takes a direct shift at the very end of book in chapter 31.   Chapter 31 details what a godly woman that serves others looks like.  In this chapter it is King Lemuel who describes these qualities of a Proverbs 31 type woman and what that entails.    These descriptions are details descriptions of women that men look for.  The last section describes a virtuous woman in Proverbs 31:10-31.