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‘For I know the plans I have for you,’ declares the LORD, ‘plans for welfare and not for calamity to give you a future and a hope.’
Jeremiah 29:11 NASB

Moving with my husband to Montana six years ago seemed like an adventurous idea. However, we both began to question its logistics when I was pregnant with our first child. If their grandparents were 1700 miles away, how would our kids have a relationship with them? How would we survive without our parents around to help us?

While these questions were hard ones, the one most pressing to me was how in the world was I going to bring our new baby home from the hospital without my mom’s help? How would I know what to do?

As my pregnancy went by, we began thinking of what date to book her plane ticket. Would I go into labor early? If we booked it too early and I went overdue, it was possible she could visit for a week before the baby even arrived! We drilled my midwife for her “best guess” and each time she said, “Every baby is different.” Finally, she gave us the last day she would let me go without inducing me – two weeks after my due date. Two months before I was due, we prayed for God to guide us as we bought a ticket for my mom to come the Saturday before the Monday I could be induced. At worst, we could hang out over the weekend before baby arrived.

Our God is faithful…and our little Lucy decided to enter the world the Thursday before my mom arrived. In fact, my mom flew in the morning I was dismissed from the hospital. She rode home with us! At the time, I was just excited that it had all worked out – but now, as I look back over the past two years at God’s timeliness, I see that as we were faithful to God in moving to Montana, He has been faithful to us. Lucy took her first steps while we were home visiting my husband’s parents. My mom flew in the night before I was dismissed from the hospital with our second daughter. He’s even provided “adopted grandparents” for our girls here in Helena and opportunities for time away with just my husband. All these blessings are teaching me that if I trust God with the big picture of my life, He promises to work out the details. My concerns over what He asks of us are creatively already taken care of by Him.

Lord, help me to always remember that You will not call me where you will not carry me. Thank you for blessing me and my family with rich relationships both near and far.

Written by
Holly Hauskins