Post by mrshester on Aug 21, 2008 9:34:04 GMT -5
I can't decide if I want to call this a praise or a prayer request, I can really only see good coming from this and I know He works all things together for the good of those who love Him. This may be kind of long...For close to a year now, ever since I recommitted my life to Christ, work has been a hard environment for me. They say a factory is the hardest place for a Christian to work, let alone a woman, and I have to wholeheartedly agree. The plant I was at is an hour from home so I had to get up at 3 every morning and didn't get home until 5 or later, we had ten hour days when we didn't work overtime. I felt like I was never at home, like I couldn't be there for my husband like I wanted to, was conflicting with church events, choir events and just the attitudes and actions of the people I worked with (save a few) seemed to sap the joy from my life way too easily. It seemed no matter how hard I prayed, things only got worse. The Lord did remove some obstacles, some burdens from me there and though I wanted to quit many times I kept feeling the need to just stay still for a while.
As I have tried to live a closer life to what I feel like my Father asks of a child of His and a wife, I started feeling some strong convictions in the way I did things. I fell under heavy conviction to be a submissive wife, and the desire to have a house and life worthy to be compared with the woman of Proverbs only seems to grow. And then I was lead here. I pray alot for my wonderful husband. He is an awesome man, who loves the Lord, but it seems we both are sorta "teenage" in our walk with God. We should be more mature, we were both saved at young ages, but we loved the world for a long time. But God is gracious and merciful and hears us when we earnestly cry to Him and that is something I have been doing alot of lately. I believe He is starting to set the wheels in motion for wonderful things to come!! I have also been trying to take an online course for medical transcription so that I can stay at home and work. I would like to make keeping our home my career, but DH thinks it would be better if I could make some money. I'm still praying in this area that God's will would be done and not ours, whatever that may be.
But onto the real news! I don't know that I should be so jubilant about it, but I'm gonna praise God in it anyhow! I received my release papers at work today and am presently unemployed. They were very kind in the whole ordeal and were even generous enough to give severance pay and my unused vacation time which wil equal about $2,000 and with that we can make a huge dent in some debt we have! Plus I will be able to continue my online class without having to worry about not having concentration after working 10 hours in a stressful environment!! And I also have my unemployment benefits that will more than cover the house payment for the home we just bought. We're going to be tight, but I know JEHOVAH JIREH will provide!! I'm so thankful right now, amazed...almost to the point of wondering if I'm okay in the head, LOL. I'm sorry it's taken so much room to share, I just had to share.
~~~~~~~ALL THINGS ARE POSSIBLE!!!~~~~~~~~
As I have tried to live a closer life to what I feel like my Father asks of a child of His and a wife, I started feeling some strong convictions in the way I did things. I fell under heavy conviction to be a submissive wife, and the desire to have a house and life worthy to be compared with the woman of Proverbs only seems to grow. And then I was lead here. I pray alot for my wonderful husband. He is an awesome man, who loves the Lord, but it seems we both are sorta "teenage" in our walk with God. We should be more mature, we were both saved at young ages, but we loved the world for a long time. But God is gracious and merciful and hears us when we earnestly cry to Him and that is something I have been doing alot of lately. I believe He is starting to set the wheels in motion for wonderful things to come!! I have also been trying to take an online course for medical transcription so that I can stay at home and work. I would like to make keeping our home my career, but DH thinks it would be better if I could make some money. I'm still praying in this area that God's will would be done and not ours, whatever that may be.
But onto the real news! I don't know that I should be so jubilant about it, but I'm gonna praise God in it anyhow! I received my release papers at work today and am presently unemployed. They were very kind in the whole ordeal and were even generous enough to give severance pay and my unused vacation time which wil equal about $2,000 and with that we can make a huge dent in some debt we have! Plus I will be able to continue my online class without having to worry about not having concentration after working 10 hours in a stressful environment!! And I also have my unemployment benefits that will more than cover the house payment for the home we just bought. We're going to be tight, but I know JEHOVAH JIREH will provide!! I'm so thankful right now, amazed...almost to the point of wondering if I'm okay in the head, LOL. I'm sorry it's taken so much room to share, I just had to share.
~~~~~~~ALL THINGS ARE POSSIBLE!!!~~~~~~~~