Sweet Resiliency

Ok, so if you read the last couple of posts, you know that I am currently unemployed. Though it has only been 3 full business days since I was laid off, it seems like an eternity! I am so used to starting my day at 5:30am, and then running like crazy till I lay down to sleep.

I must confess how easy it is to become discouraged. I have my resume out to 60 different jobs postings…I have been working like crazy to get my name out there and so many people have been helping! However, I was so hoping that I would have been called in for an interview by now. Silly right? I mean I’ve hardly even given people time to read my resume much less call me in for an interview. Nonetheless, it is amazing how quickly the enemy can bring down our spirits.

I was reminded of a couple of things this morning that I wanted to share my thoughts on:

1. God always has our good in mind. We all know that, but sometimes if all you’ve ever had is good in your life, its easy to get a very rosy image of God. Jesus told his disciples during the last supper not to be discouraged WHEN we face trials of many kinds….its going to happen at one point in your life. You’re going to be hurt, disappointed, dismayed. We live in a world that dishes it out right and left, and its just going to happen. When it does, its really easy to say, “Why God” but its so much harder to see that “God works all things for the good of those who love him.” I wasn’t very happy at the last place I was employed. I tried my hardest to shine and be a light, but every day I went to work with a pit in my stomach, dreading what the day would bring. I sensed that I should be looking for another job, but was not so obedient to that call. So God took me out of a bad situation. It was for my good….Michael even said the other night, “I kind of like having an unemployed wife. You have been in a good mood, you are taking good care of me, you are so much happier then when you were working.” So though it will be hard to always keep in perspective the good from not being employed right now, I am praying that I will continue to be thankful each day that God is working in my life and took me out of a bad situation.

2. We must be diligent to serve God where we are. Do you always feel like you’re looking forward to the next great thing? I do. I was laid off, now I’m searching for a job. The reality is that it could take me some time before I find something new (though we are praying it is quick). I was convicted during my prayer time this morning that even though I am in the midst of transition, I am to diligently serve God where I am…at home. I’ve always said that I wanted to be a stay at home wife/mom. Now I have my chance…if even for a short while. I really get to spend time and focus on loving my husband and serving him and taking care of our house (getting caught up on like 3 weeks of laundry ) So though I know that God is guiding each step, I need to serve him here and now.

3. Have “Big Faith”. This is the term that Michael and I are using right now. As we’ve been praying through our current situation, we have been focusing on a key verse in Philippians 4 that is probably very familiar to you. It says “Do not be anxious about anything, but in all things, through prayer and supplication, with thanksgiving, let your requests be made known to God.” God knows that desire of our hearts. He knows that I would like to be employed soon…within the next week or two. So why not just pray that? Pray what is on your heart…God already knows it. And then have BIG FAITH! He is able to do exceedingly and abundantly more than you could ask or imagine. One of my favorite verses in Psalm 5 says that “Earnestly I lay my requests before you and wait in expectation.” We can expect God to answer our prayers because he says he will. It may not be the way we expect it, but he will do it because he is so faithful. So have BIG FAITH! Allow God the room to move in your life…

Thanks for hanging in there with me…we are truly blessed to have so many friends that are praying with us, standing by us, and passing out resumes for us! God is doing so much and stretching our faith, and I can’t wait to see where this path and this journey will lead.

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