This has been a wild time at the Horn household. I wish I knew how to put it all into words.

This is one of the busiest seasons of life we’ve ever experienced. It’s also one of the riskiest, one of the scariest. We have walked into a hallway of the unknown and we’re not sure when the door at the end will open.

My husband’s job was eliminated at the end of June. Despite sending multiple resumes and applications out, we’ve heard nothing. I have been busy with book projects but contrary to what many may think, those paychecks don’t come like clockwork. We are definitely in a waiting season and while the checking account grows smaller, I can say that even though there is fear for the future, our faith is growing by leaps and bounds.

When I left my corporate job a few years ago, I did it because I felt God was leading me to write from home. At the time, I had no idea what to expect. I thought I’d freelance, ghostwrite, one day hopefully do my own books. Little did I know that God would lead me into women’s ministry, specifically for military wives. (Here’s a secret I’ll share with you – I have always sworn up and down I would never do women’s ministry! So be careful what you say you won’t do! :) )

Over the course of the last few months, I’ve had every book proposal my agent or I have been shopping, accepted. The reservist book I’ve wanted to write for almost three years is now contracted with Potomac Books and will come out next summer. The book I want to write for all military wives related to finding strength through our faith has had an offer made by a top Christian publisher and we’re now in the process of putting the contract together for that.

My faith-based military web site, AGreaterFreedom.com, which has struggled through FOUR different web developers over the last four years, has finally seen the “live” of day and is actually up and running thanks to a web developer and programmer who both saw the vision of what I was trying to achieve, and also, thanks to another military wife who I have never met but volunteered to serve as the managing editor for it. (more on that in another post).

The events we had planned for Wives of Faith this fall are now being coordinated. We have an awesome leadership team in place made up of mostly reserve and guard wives. We are hearing from military wives around the country every day. I’ve had the blessing of being able to partner with Military Spouse Magazine as one of their writers and bloggers and it’s been great to write for that audience.

I share all of this with you so you can understand how overwhelmed I feel at it all sometimes (a lot of the time!) I don’t know what God is doing with all of this. I often feel way over my head. On one hand, it would seem like everything I’ve ever prayed for is happening. And yet, on the other hand, with a bank account growing slimmer every day, life still feels very uncertain. After all, bills still have to be paid. Food on the table would be good.

But, as crazy as it sounds, I know we are completely in His will right now. My husband and I are praying together and talking more about God than we ever have before in our 10 years of marriage. Cliff is working with me, using his skills and experience in marketing and promotion, to help promote our concert with Tammy Trent and our November conference as well as stuff with AGreaterFreedom – something he wouldn’t be able to do if he were working full-time right now.

The most incredible thing – we are seeing God’s provision for our most basic needs. We are relying on Him like we never have before – but should have. We are definitely learning lessons about the promises of God and trusting Him for everything. We are definitely learning what it means to let God be in control.

This week I’ll be talking more about what we deal with when we’re following God’s direction. The scary parts, the wonderful parts. I can’t wait to write tomorrow and tell you about the awesome entry I read this morning from Oswald Chambers. It really opened my eyes to an important truth and I hope it will do the same for you.

Talk to you tomorrow!

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