I would like to share this moment of gratitude.
In October of 2020, my and many of my colleague's jobs were eliminated due to the impact the COVID-19 pandemic took on the organization we worked for. A week before that, my wife's job was eliminated too. Double whammy! Ever since I've been able to be employed, I had never been laid off or fired from a job, so this was something new for me.
From that point going forward, we did a lot of home projects and actually started enjoying the fruits of our labor. More importantly, my family and I were able to spend most of our time together. We were able to focus and work on our relationship with God, as well as with each other, our children, and our loved ones, while my wife and I looked for jobs that would hopefully be the right fit for us and vice versa.
Like many others, we had a lot of interviews, and even some potential opportunities that were close but ended up with the same outcome of "we think you're great but...."
These outcomes would result in frequent moments of worry, anger, and frustration.
I worried about our money running out and not being employed before that could happen, and also about possibly losing our home. There were times I wondered if my job had been eliminated because of something I did or didn't do. Then there was the anger I felt towards the leaders in government and in the organizations my wife and I used to work at.
As someone who worked in the Healthcare industry, I also dealt with the annoying reminders that came on all forms of Media of not being a "Healthcare Hero", and those stories or articles from the so-called experts about who was considered "essential" vs "non-essential".
As our faith was being tested, we continued to go to the LORD in prayer and share our frustrations and hopes with Him.
In the grand scheme of things, the LORD blessed me to see that He was providing for and protecting my family and me from many of the things that were happening in the world during that time.
He also helped me see that holding on to anger, frustration, and worry was not healthy. Forgiveness and moving forward at all costs was the answer.
Then a year later and almost to the exact dates that we were let go from our previous employers, the LORD blessed us to become employed again and to have opportunities that are far greater than we could have imagined.
We didn't "name it and claim it". We didn't speak these blessings into existence. All we did was place our issues in the LORD’S hands and follow Him where He lead us.
This is just a fragment of our story, but I just wanted to write this to encourage the next person who might find themselves in a similar situation as ours.
The lesson learned... see Proverbs 3:5-6, and the words of the Lord Jesus Christ found in Matthew 6:1-34 in the Holy Bible.
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