Two years ago we prayed that God would show us how to unleash love. Our church was in an unleash love initiative. Teaching the church how to unleash love here there and everywhere.
During this time, Chris and I got on our knees and prayed that we would have clarity and feel certain of what God wanted us to do. How he wanted us to commit financially, physically, mentally and spiritually to unleash love in our home, in our family and in our world. In those weeping moments on my knees when I was with my husband I heard the word HOME. When I heard that word I believed God was telling me that I needed to embrace Harford County and Mountain Christian as our home. And for the last 2 years we have committed to being here and to our family and life being here.
However this summer we hit a lifetime low. Facing postpartum depression and health issues and tough toddler phases and being far from family, I began to question God as to why I still had such a strong desire to be home with family. I felt frustration that I still had the desire to be back home, yet family was still 2 hours away.
We began to pray again and ask God what our family needed. What did we individually need and what our kids needed. Reexamining where you are in life is never easy. There are tears and hard conversations and frustration and confusion. Yet through it all, God revealed so much to us and lifted the fog and began to bring so much clarity and confidence in our future.
So while I believe that I needed to embrace that word, home, 2 years ago as accepting Harford county as home, I now believe that He was just preparing us for this next chapter. As we prepare to move home. To be near family. To bring our dreams to life.
And as we have been pursuing these plans and this next chapter, our church entered into the same unleash love series. Focusing on how to unleash love in our world. And I believe without a doubt that this is what God has had planned for us all along. We are moving back home unleashing love in our hometown.
Sincerely, Loo
