“It is easier
for a camel to go through the eye of a needle than for someone who is rich to
enter the kingdom of God.” -Mark 10:25
God has been teaching me recently the
truth of this verse. Tim and I have had many financial “struggles” through out
our marriage. I say “struggles” with quotations because I’m learning that they
are not all bad. Through our financial situation, Tim and I have been able to
watch in awe as God provides for us over and over in the most creative ways. We
don’t understand why He has chosen to do things this way, but we have grown in
our confidence of His plan, certain that His plan is best.
I am learning to be able to
transition easier to the changes our life has gone through lately because I am
not clinging to “stuff”. When I don’t have much, it’s easier for me to give up
what I have. It’s easier to follow God when he calls us to a new job, location,
season of life; because I have not become attached to things like the amount of
money Tim makes or the TV/phone/car/house that his job provided. Don’t get me
wrong, we’re not looking to become homeless or mooch off others forever. The
point is that we, the Choronzy Family, are learning to redefine what we have
always been told we needed. In Luke
14:33 Jesus says “those of you who do not give up everything you have cannot be my disciples.” God knows I have a
hard time giving up everything. He knows this because He made me and He
understands me better than I understand myself. He knew before I did that I
need to grow in this area. So He has put me in a life circumstance that
requires my growth. He says gets this right and I will give you a “hundred
times as much” (read Mark 10:29-31). Jesus goes right on to say that with those
many blessings will be persecutions. Tim and I have experienced these
persecutions first hand in the form of much discouragement, many big and little
“mishaps”, and people questioning our decisions. But when all is said and done,
we know that this is the work of Satan,
which further proves we are on God’s path.
I am not writing this to judge other
people or put myself above anyone. I am writing this because this is where we are, this is what God is
convicting Tim and me of right now. It’s
not something we have perfected. I’m also hoping this may give you some insight
into why we have made some of our most recent decisions. Why Tim is beginning
seminary when we have just moved in with my parents while waiting for a job and
apartment. (Seminary is something that God has told Tim to obey and the rest
will come.) A lot of prayer has happened and is still happening as we search
for God’s will in all aspects of our life. We know that this time is not being
wasted because we are growing so much
in our relationship with our Heavenly Father. He has been keeping his promises
for thousands of years, I don’t think he’ll stop with us.
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| Our sweet baby boy. :) |
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| The Choronzy Family. <3 |
