Joining 5 minute Friday where we get to write for 5 minutes with no regrets. No really thinking it through only taking the time to write about a specific topic
So here goes 5 minutes of . . .
It wasn't a race I intended to join. But like it or not I joined the 'Rat Race' this year. After 28 years as a Stay at Home Mom and then another few years as a Stay Home Wife (after the kids were gone) I began helping my husband in fulltime ministry. And I was and am Blessed.
But this last year things have changed drastically and abruptly and I wasn't ready. I had to go to work full-time. Not in ministry but a real honest to goodness 'rat race' job. I have learned in a few short months it really is a 'rat race' out there.
It's a race I have been I feel forced to join before I was ready and not for the reasons I would have chosen.
It is a very different race than when before my children were born. I was young very, very young. Now I feel very old. At least I am wiser I can see things in the work force differently now and I can understand things now by looking at the whole picture which was something I didn't do as a 20 year old.
It's a race I have to force myself to join. It's a race that I have to pray I win. I have to ask God everyday to give me the strength I need to continue the race.
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On a Blessed Journey . . .
7 comments:
Visiting from Five Minute Friday. I'm sorry you had to renter the rat race before you were ready. I just left the rat race to stay home with my four kids. You can visit me at www.npmom.com
I'm stopping by from Five Minute Friday, too. The Rat Race, no matter how or when you enter it, always seems so harsh. I pray that it feels less so for you this year.
Praying for you to win this race my friend.
Dear Sherry, Thank you for visiting my blog.
I love meeting new friends in this blogging universe.
I will keep you in my prayers. Our journeys sometimes get a little difficult. It is scary, but with faith all is possible.
I too am embarking on a journey that is difficult. I know that we face things as David faced Goliath with faith, we will come through.
I will keep you in my prayers and ask for yours. Blessings dear. Catherine xo
I just got out of the rat race. Thankfully I just became a full-time stay at home mommy. Good luck!
As a STAHM for 10 years, I can imagine the shock of reentering the workforce. I pray that you will be able to make new friends there and shine the light of Christ into lives you would not have known otherwise.
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