Two years. Can you believe it? The Liang family has been physically separated for two years now. So much has happened within those two years. Most of it is hard to explain. But, here we are in spring of 2022 and we keep pushing forward. Prayers are being answered but definitely not in the way we expected! Now how am I at a place of peace? There is so much chaos going on in the world! I am at peace because I know where my future lies even though I don't know the future. I am still in a place of waiting for reunion but I know it will happen in God's timing and in God's way. I can rest in HIM (my relationship with God). Yes, I can. So, even though we are living in a time of war (that is not as far away as we think it is) and prices are increasing (for everything), I know where my hope lies and it is not in anything this world can provide and definitely not myself. I am finding a balance between hustle and faith/trust. Boy am I glad my God has patience with me. I often ruin things because I think I know better than HE does! Right now my focus is on schoolwork and completing what is before me. If all goes as planned I will be a licensed teacher by the end of 2022. Summer plans? Who knows! I certainly hope we can meet up together as a family for a vacation but so many uncertainties at the moment we don't know what to do about any of it.
Lessons are being learned and some of them the hard way. At the start of 2022 we were hoping to have some kind of family reunion and it has not happened yet a quarter of the way into the year. What will the future bring? We can only trust the one who does know and leads us closer to it every day. The daily grind of work needs to be done and sometimes it is not done well. O God, please help us! Hear our prayers! We must not forget HIS faithfulness and patience. We are coming up to Easter. I have a specific prayer as we approach this important season and I pray it gets answered! But again, it is not about what I want but what HE wants for me and my family. HIS ways are not mine, and HIS thoughts are not mine either. That's because HE knows better than I do and HE knows the future. Preparations are being made to bring us to the place we need to be. Humility is key and so is repentance. So, yes, I have peace in the midst of chaos because I know who to trust and it is not myself! Thank God for that one.
God's peace in my life (and hope) is the only way I am surviving a two year long distance marriage. I have hope that we will be reunited and it will be better than anything I could have planned myself!
