Part 2!!!

10 Aug 2011 2 Comments

by stacishiner in Uncategorized

I am still on this thing about the Gracious Hand of the Lord being on Them, so you could call this part 2.  I have a wonderful family.  My husband and I have been together since I was 26 and he was 34…I am now 46 and he is 54, so that makes 20 years this year.  When we got together neither one of us were saved.  We had 5 kids between us (3 for me and 2 for him), and a few years down the road we had our 6th child.  What was so amazing about our family was that from the minute we first got together…we clicked.  Our kids loved each other,  and they loved him and they loved me…they each began calling us mom and dad right away, this is virtually impossible if you stop and think about it.  We only had one source of income too.  My husband worked at the Paper Mill which was a job he got only a year before we got together.  Ronnie says God gave him that job so he could support us.  Thank God  because Ronnie was always able and available to work lots of overtime…he had to work a lot.  I on the other hand became the stay at home parent because we figured out right away with Ronnie’s crazy hours and so many kids that me working outside of the home was not an option,  considering how expensive day care is and how much I had to miss work because someone was sick or this or that…it was never ending.  So, we chose to(or let’s say God chose to)  allow me to stay at home.  It was a lot of work to raise all of those kids on both of our parts.  However the joy that our  kids have brought us has been the highlight of our lives.  They were like Live Entertainment…good thing because we never had a lot of money to do anything else but feed them and laugh a lot, and so much love was cultivated through it all.

Since then, we have inherited Bubba.  Bubba is my first cousin that came to live with us over 4 years ago.  He has been through a lot in his young life, so we were kind of pushed by the Lord to take care of him.  It has had its ups and downs, but the one thing we have tried to instill in Bubba is Godliness and the love of family.  He has been a lot of work too, but the love and joy that comes from him has also been a blessing.  Not sure if he really gets all of it now, but one day.

We now have 5 grand kids and are expecting 2 in the Winter months.  Becoming grandparents hasn’t been the most transitional time for us because we have always been parents and still have 2 living at home full time, with the exception of Sam who is now in College and comes home only on Weekends (sometimes), holidays, and the Summer.  I do find myself though really growing in my relationships with my Grand kids.  They all are so unique and have such different little personalities.  They really are little stones that you can put in your crown and wear as such little trophies of grace, if that makes any sense.  They are wonderful to say the least!

When I think about all of this…it is almost too much for me to take in.  God’s goodness and compassionate mercy that would look down on 2 people like Ronnie and myself, and see these kids and put this home together and see the future and be in such control and charge of all of it…almost takes my breath away that He would love us that much and be so concerned and involved in all of the details big and small.  So yes it can be said that really His gracious hand has been upon us and will continue to be upon us all the days of our lives.  I love that I can type that with such confidence but I can because He has proven Himself over and over to me.  I want my family to know it was not by chance that God did all of this.  He has a plan and purpose for each one of them.  Now we have added almost 5 spouses to our nest, and I can honestly say that Ronnie and I could not of picked out better people to share our children and our lives with.  I am so excited to see what the future holds…I have so much expectation in so many areas of my life right now.    God is amazing!!!

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