Where oh where to begin? I have so much to update - as usual!! Poodleduck has been in a study for his EGE - things weren't so good the first month, but oh, so much better now! God is great!! I am so blessed to be involved in a small group at my church that teaches the women in it, not only how to better provide for their families by getting the best deals on groceries - but that also teaches us about relationships, prayer, and how God works in even the most minute ways if we stop long enough to pay attention.
I have prayerfully been considering for months about leaving my current job of 7 years. My husband and I feel it is time. Not because I "hate my job", but seriously because my job interferes with my ability to be the best mom and wife I possibly can. Not only do I depend on my job for my "security" and "identity", but also because in my heart of hearts I think I have really been thinking this is what God's plan for my life is. Not so - He has SO MUCH more in store for me and my family. I do not have to be just in one place or at one job to touch the lives of others and make a difference in His kingdom. How great is that? I used to think I had to go off to another country to be a "missionary" - finally I realized there was a mission field right here in my own country - literally my own back yard - went into social work for that purpose - to be mobile and to touch the lives of others. Of course looking back I think I could have done this as anything and made a little more money:) Kidding - I do think God's intention is to bless us - just like the promise in Jeremiah 29 - His plan is to prosper us....... I just have to be willing to be used and then use the gifts He has given me wisely - One of the most precious gifts He has bestowed is my husband and my children. I used to not feel this way - I used to really look forward to going to work - now I look forward to talking with my kids - learning about their friends - teaching them what I know and learning from them. Sometimes fun - sometimes not!! I also am being stretched as a wife - to grow and submit and learn more about what God's plan for the wife is - so all this rambling to say - God is really growing me - like all growing - there is sometimes pain - and sometimes having to look in the mirror and see that I have grown in the wrong direction! and then get back in line - I am truly walking in His grace and covering daily - - He constantly provides friends and songs and sermons and calls to remind me and put me back right where I need to be or sometimes to push me forward to where He has me going. I am LOVING this!!! So - all this to say - I am saying goodbye to a much loved and very emotionally heavy job - to move on to an even better calling for this season - MOM/WIFE
Wish me luck and blessings as I try to follow HIS path in all of this and truly walk in my faith!
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