Almost 2 weeks ago, my husband lost his job and we THOUGHT our lives were O-V-E-R! It's amazing what time and prayer does! Today, instead of being sad and full of fear and worry, we are actually enjoying each other and our extra time together. There are not as many hectic schedules to keep and the calender and clock are not running our lives. We have decided to look at the lighter side of things and not get overwhelmed with daily life. For now, every moment of the day, we have daddy with us to go places, learn things, and share things with.
Even food! :)
We have always known that a father's place is with his family but never really had the courage to step out in faith and not really sure how to get there! Kinda like the olden' days. The days when the kids worked and played ALONG side mom and dad and it was a joint-effort raising the children. The parents molded their own children instead of leaving it up to total strangers, hours away from home in class-rooms, gaining worldy knowledge but lacking in the only true things that matter, Godly character and the sense of family the way God intended. The days when the family came together many times a day just because they could!
As we discover this new found "freedom", we are beginning to change our thinking of what a "job" for my husband may look like. Working 8-5 everyday? Is that our answer or do we just think that because it is all we have ever known? Should we begin to seek other ways of working to have income? Non-tradional ways of what the world says?
Do we know how much we have allowed the world to saturate us with worldly thinking and not even know it? Or have we allowed God to take over our thoughts and leave the world behind us making sure that we are not falling into the enemies trap?
Not sure yet what God has for us or where He is leading us, but we do know He is changing us and the change is good! No matter what His decision is for us, our hope must be in Him, not our circumstances! Not even in our bank account our a dependable paycheck every week! We are starting to finally figure out, that all the things we once considered as the "norm" are maybe not supposed to be our normal anymore.
So until we get it figured out and the pieces of the puzzle begin to fit ( and even if the pieces don't seem to fit), we will just let God be God and appreciate our day and not worry about tomorrow!
(Oh, I guess that is what the bible tells me to do anyway, maybe it's time I realize it IS truth! And maybe, just maybe, I can keep so close to Jesus, it will stay that way! :)
