In A Season Of Waiting

It’s the “most stressful” time of the year. It is the coaching carousel. (To the non football friends, this is the end of football season when jobs open up, coaches are job searching, waiting. It is a circle of who gets what job and hires who and that opens up another job. It is never ending.) It is something that LITERALLY makes me questions this life choice each and every season.

I’ll be praying about this space and its purpose, then I’ll hear a message and it is just the nudge I need. I recently heard, “You go through seasons of life, to share it with others so they can see how God walked you through it.” So today, we shall have a story time.

In January 2018 Coach Cain was offered a coordinator job that was going to move us ten miles from our hometown. THE DREAM right? We have always lived 2 or more hours from our family, and this job was going to plop us right back where we started. There was just ONEEEEE problem: I wasn’t going.

I hate to be dramatic, but this was the ONE time in the 17 years of Coach and Carley that I was not on the same page as Coach Cain. To this day I still can’t put my finger on WHY I had such an uneasy feeling, but I just knew. I was causing stress for Coach. I didn’t want to move.My best friend told me I was being insane. I FULLY follow the : “Where you go, I’ll go” coach’s wife life. It honestly wasn’t “right.” The more time passed, the more the situation wasn’t looking great. The only thing I know NOW is that this was a God thing. It had to be.

Then months pass and we are now at the END of February when our “person” (Your “person” in the coaching world is someone you love and always go to for support and fully trust) called Coach. “Hey. We have a spot down in middle Georgia. Would you just come check it out and interview?” Instantly: I was so excited. This was the missing feeling. This was the clarity I needed. So to recap: We were living 1.5 hours from family. We were planning to take a job offer that would put us 10 minutes from family, I just had a level of uncertainty that I will never be able to explain other than GOD, then we were offered an interview that would take us 2.5 hours from family. BUT GOD.

At this point, a coaching family would be a HUGE ball of nerves. It is March. We have no 100% certainty, but we are simply living on a prayer.

Then God. I was being taught when it is God’s plan, it falls perfectly into place.

I interview in April. We sign contracts. We place an offer on a tiny house in THE BEST location. The offer is accepted. They want to close in May.

From January to May our whole lives changed to a direction that I didn’t even know was possible.

That was 7 years ago. We have made that middle Georgia place our home. This season of life has been the absolute BEST season for our family.We have joined a church that we love. I serve at the church (which is a huge step for me.) My school is my happy place. I have found myself thinking about MY goals in life. (Coaching wives know. This is big. Your goals? Your goal is to be Coach’s wife and follow where he goes.)

All of that to say: We find ourselves in the waiting season again. (I asked Coach why in the world did we sign up for this?!) However, I can fully say/ honestly without a doubt/ I have NO stress about this stressful season. Sure there are moments that I catch myself thinking, “Oh gosh! What IF…….” then I am reminded: Every single season God has walked us through it. God has provided WAY more comfort and peace than we deserve. God will go through every season with us.

If you’re also in the waiting season, know this: Being Christian doesn’t keep bad things from happening…. but it DOES give us PEACE while we wait.