God Knew All Along

2 gymnasts getting married...young and in love. We would joke..."How cool would it be to have our own gym! Me and you! We get to work together in the sport that was our life for so many years!"
God heard...and I think He chuckled a little. He knew we would get saved in a little church in Brookhaven. Find a home nearby. Start a new job with the Philadelphia 76ers and start a family. All the while 4 miles away, a gym school named Delco would be a place where little ones played & learned the sport so familiar to us.
Fast forward to 2009. Bill says he thinks it is a good idea to try to put more money into our savings account. No reason besides...it's good to save money.
Fast forward again to the summer of 2011. I have an impression...out of nowhere.
'Pray for You and Bill to become owners of a gym school'.
HUH? Stop, wait, WHAT??
No that's ok God. Bill has a job. He loves it and  he makes good money! So I told Bill...he had pretty much the same response. And then I started to pray anyway.
It is now October 2011. Bill has a meeting and is told that 'the new Sixers owners are going in a different direction'. He lost his job. What do we do? We don't have millions of dollars to start up our own gym. After gathering advice from dear friends & family, we began to pursue ownership at the gym we were at. At first it seemed like it could really work. But then red flags & stop signs started popping up all over. We prayed harder than ever. We read through the book of Isaiah together....faith, trust, God's faithfulness, His strength, His promises...were all things we focused on.
We sent an email to Delco Gym. It was short sweet, bold & to the point.
'Do you want to sell your business?'
What we the chances that we would hear back from this gym so close to our home with sending such a lame & desperate email?
WITH GOD ALL THINGS ARE POSSIBLE!!!
God knew all along what Bill's gifts are (because He gave them to Bill :) & that he was made for leading & coaching.
God knew all along that my experience homeschooling, administrating and websites (which all began with this little blog:) would come in handy.
God, you knew all along!
We are still in awe of what he has done! Praise HIM from whom all blessings flow!!!!