Better Hands

My employer came to me before Labor Day and said that due to money they were cutting me to part-time.  They loved me and wanted me to still do marketing but were going to take over the office jobs.  I had a rush of emotions.   Shock. Anger. Frustration.   I am a good employee  - no drama, on time, great work and had brought many things to the table.   Still, as I reflected, there were signs that times were tough.   I had chosen to ignore them.  So, what to do?   Well, I had a marketing company that I had just kept on the back burner.  Was this God's way of telling me to get with it?  

So, I set on a path.  Dusted off Westbrack Marketing and am going full force.   With the adventure comes trust.  Not in me but in God's plan for me.  I laugh sometimes because I think I have it all figured out.  Then, something happens.  My knee gives out and I can't walk.   My job is cut to part-time.  An unexpected something happens.  Then, I realize that there is One who is in control and it sure as heck is not me.   You still have to work hard and pursue your dreams with all you have.  Yet, you can put the guidance in God's hands.  

I have loved Natalie Grant's music for a long time.   Here is a link to hear a sample of her song  "Let Go".   So cool.

Stand Back Up

A month ago, my knee started to hurt.  Like most moms, I kept plugging along - thinking the pain was just a strain.  Then, I was walking to my van and something, something went wrong.  The pain seered through my knee and I hopped on one leg to my van.  Getting in, I knew something was wrong.  Crying, I drove home only to find I could not walk on it.  My family rallied around me and cared for me until the morning.  With my husband driving me to the clinic, we found the culprit.  Osteoarthritis in the knee and then one side had cartlidge that has worn thin.  They kept saying,  "you are so young."  

What I learned through the process is that therapy really can make a difference ( you should see me do a leg lift).   That your family can be all you need in a time of crisis.  Sometimes, you have to put yourself first.  God sometimes puts in something bad for the overall good  (if I had not found out now, five years from now, the cartlidge would be gone).   I also found out that my husband and I still have our humor intact.  We laughed when he crashed my wheelchair into the counter (2-3 times), we laughed when I bought vitamins and the register kicked out a free membership to AARP, we laughed when I had the X-ray and the lady asked if there was a chance I could be pregnant and we laughed when the kids suggested I get Life Alert.   Life hands you challenges.  How you handle them defines who you are.

One thing that does always help me is music.  Check out I'll Be Believing or Jesus Will Still Be There  by Point of Grace (letsjustpraise.com).  I put a link below.  Enjoy.

I'll Be Believing