July 17, 2008… I walked out of my office at 9:30am with my arms loaded down with personal belongings. Tossing an ivy plant, picture, and a few trinkets in my car I drove off and melted. As I got to my new apartment, I looked at the separation notice I had just signed and anger bubbled up. My boss had written that my job performance was substandard. Everyone at the office scoffed at it even – knowing that it was far from the truth. When she called me in for the meeting she told me to sit down and explained that we had never connected. She must have forgotten the monthly meetings where I came to her and asked her if she was upset at me or anything because of her attitude and seeming contempt directed at me.
July 24, 2008… I had a wonderful interview for a position that my sister had just vacated. I walked out feeling good and knowing that God has a plan for everything. I had been unhappy where I was. I knew I needed something else but had just been too scared to change it. This new company was where I needed to be.
July 25, 2008… I followed up from my interview the day before and learned of my job offer – PRAISE THE LORD! I celebrated by having lunch with Jon and running a few errands. 2 hours later I learned that we were pregnant. “Wow… Ok, God… what am I doing here?” I was excited but scared to death. The timing of everything was just a little too overwhelming.
I can look back at those 2 weeks now and be incredibly thankful for the events on July 17th. I now have a wonderful family, a beautiful baby girl, and secure job. I am blessed beyond belief.
The past few weeks I have begun following several blogs. It started with a pregnancy blog, and then a menu planning blog, then a couponing blog, then a parenting blog… ok… maybe I just became obsessed. Haha. For about a week I have felt very strongly about creating one of my own. I had about a million reasons not to though… my grammar has gotten so terrible, I’m a drama queen, I don’t clip coupons regularly, I’m by no means a chef… what do I have to offer to anyone? I gave in on Monday and created one but battled all day about what to write. Tuesday I opened the blog up stared at the screen for a while. “I felt led to do this…. Why?”
November 16, 2010… I sat at work staring at my screen while Jon was home miserable with a sinus infection. He had been out of work for a few days since he was so bad sick and had been in contact with his supervisor everyday. Jon called me and told me he had been fired for ‘No call, no show.’ I guess his supervisor forgot or somehow didn’t get the message. Oh well… What is done is done and we will make it work. “Ok God, what’s the lesson or the good here?”
So here I sit. God, I know you wanted me to post a blog for a reason. Perhaps this will reach someone/anyone that is in need of encouragement.
Romans 8:28 “And we know that in all things God works for the good of those who love him, who have been called according to his purpose.”
Trusting,
Niki
