"I waited patiently for the lord; he turned to me and heard my cry." Psalm 40:1

These past 3 weeks have been a roller coaster of emotions. Of course I know things could have been
a lot worse, and it could have been much longer than 3 weeks. God is good, he knows what we can
handle, and he provides.

In those 3 weeks I have learned that trusting and clinging to God is the most important thing we can do.
I also learned that you must be specific when you pray! God listens...oh boy does He listen...need an example??

If you read my last blog you know that my husband lost his job 3 weeks ago.
He was offered a job at a 3 hour interview last night...exactly 3 weeks after loosing his job.
Looking back to that post, I asked for prayer that Justin would have a job offer in 1-2 weeks..that post was written on January 30th. Ten days later..he has a job offer.

I prayed that we would be taken care of financially...our tax refund arrived this week.

Justin will be working for TA travel center on the north side of Indy as a restaurant manager. When he applied for this job, he didn't know what the outcome would be because they are open 24/7.

I confessed to him a couple nights ago that about 2 weeks before he lost his job, I had been praying/wishing he had a job that allowed him more weekends off, especially Sundays....
Though, I know how much he loves the industry he is in, it's pretty much impossible for a restaurant manager to have very many weekends off.
Turns out that with this job, they aren't as busy on the weekends because truckers drive through the week. So he will always have either Saturday or Sunday off (As of now it looks like it will be Sundays for sure because the GM has been taking every Saturday off, but he said they would trade off an on.) Talk about ask and you shall receive!!!
He will also be working 5 days in a row, then having 2 days in a row off...no more 1 day off, then working 9 days in a row, then finally another day off.
Even though they are open 24/7, he won't work over night. He did have to take a bit of a cut in pay, however they pay their salary managers overtime (what!?) so that will help make up for that loss. There are also other great bonuses and perks.
He was told that they wished they had a GM position available because they would just skip this assistant manager spot. So there is a good chance for promotion.
Out of all that..by far my favorite part of all of this are the weekends my husband will have at home spending time with the kids and I..and even doing things for himself! Now he can go golfing with friends, when normally he would have to go alone because his day off was in the middle of the week when everyone else is working...it's the little things.

I can't tell you what a relief that has been lifted, and the stress that is now gone. I am so thankful that God listens to our prayers. You can't tell me He doesn't care or provides...we are living proof of it right now.

He starts training on the 20th. For 3 weeks he will be in Michigan...this is where I will need some prayer. Babysitting during the day, then having the kids to myself in the evening for 3 whole weeks will be a challenge and I am sure I will have less hair by the time he gets home..but it will be worth it. And I might actually get some projects done while he isn't here to distract me! :)

Thank you for the prayers. I can't tell you enough how much it means to us. I am looking forward to seeing what is ahead!!