The last two months have been CRAZY! The reasons are endless but most of them were very fun and family filled! Chris and I spent most of our weekends in Magnolia, Dallas, or up at Childress at the Ranch. During that time I started a new job, my birthday happened, Christmas happened, New Years happened, and a lot of Jess heart change happened. Ya know when life starts going at 150 miles per hours and your heart and brain just can't keep up and your body turns auto pilot on and suddenly time is flying by and you have no control over it? Well, that is exactly how I feel about the last couple of months....................
So during November, which was the start of all the craziness, God was working something out in me. He seemed so far from me yet at the same time He wouldn't let me get by with anything. By working out something in me I mean He was making me think about, give, and deal with all sorts of things that I did not particularly want to. He was totally and completely breaking me. I was working at Anthropologie and I got a promotion during this time. Which was wonderful and it was what I wanted but then I started to not have any peace about working there anymore AT ALL. BUT, God would not let me quit. I had to surrender to Him every day and depend on Him in order to stay together and be somewhat normal. The feeling that I needed to leave Anthropologie was SOOO strong, yet God was not letting me move. I learning to hear Him and obey Him all the the while learning to trust and hear and obey my husband. Man was it hard!!!! But it was good, because God is always good! So, at the end of a very long and tiring month that consisted of me being on my face before Jesus as much a possible, I got up one morning to have my quiet time and God told me that I was going to start working for my parents. I was completely and totally excited, but there was one problem. Since I was TEN years old my parents have owned their own business and I have always been the "Boss's daughter". As many of you know it is hard to work with your parents, especially after you have planned with your Mama, and it is especially hard when you are your Daddy's "baby girl" who wants to be taken seriously. SO, I have always said that if I were to work for my parents they were going to have to call me and offer me a job, and a salary, and WANT me to work for them. Not just oh hey you just graduated and got married so work for us because you are our kid type of thing. So, I gave my heart to the Lord and said it is totally up to you; all I want to do is your will. I wanted to call my Mom right then and there because I was excited, but I felt strongly that I was not supposed to. But, that afternoon my Mom called to say that she felt like it was time for me to come work at Rig Boss and offered me a job! That very same day that God told me change was was going to happen He provided an awesome opportunity for me. I have had so much peace working at Rig Boss for my parents. This is not to say times are always easy I definitely have my days, and problems occur and people are not fun to deal with but I have PEACE about where I am because I waited upon the Lord.
December 1st started with my first day of work at Rig Boss. I adjusted to working five days a week nine hours a day. Working all day and then coming home and needing and wanting to be a good wife was and it definitely hard. All the things I got done around the house, all the special things I did for Chris, all the errands I ran, all the planning and cooking I did before I started working I did before Chris got home. So, he would come into a perfectly (somewhat perfectly) clean house with a meal on the table and a checked off to do list and a content wife. As many of you know, it is just plain hard to work all day and get all that other stuff done. Not to mention continuing to be a good friend and daughter and sister and all that!
The last month and half I have been adjusting to my new schedule and new way of life. Even though life has been flying at speeds at over 150 miles per hour, Jesus has still managed to do a little work on my heart, and I am excited to share all the trials and lessons with you in the days to come.
I am thankful that on really, really, really slow days at work I am able to blog - even though it may not make tons of sense or be punctuated correctly!
"He is your constant source of stability; He abundantly provides safety and great wisdom; He gives all to those who fear Him." Isaiah 33:6 NET
Yummy recipes to follow!
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GIRL!! We need to chat! I didn't even know all this! How exciting. You will surely bless your parents' company. I love you!
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