Hard Times Come To Pass |
Hard times have come to pass. It’s been eleven weeks now, and as I look back and reflect on my progress, I have to say I’ve had some great breakthroughs. But I also have to say that I have had some trying times as well. These times were indeed road blocks that many, if not most of us, face — vocational, relational, physical, and emotional.
I am wholeheartedly and joyously embracing my new carreer change as a stay at home mother. Well that’s the official title anyway. Truth be told, I work from home running a business, writing books, articles, doing radio interviews, producing media content, not to mention that I travel (with baby in tow) across the country promoting my new book, consulting and meeting tight deadlines. Needless to say, I am very busy and lacking assistance. Don’t get me wrong, I have absolutely the most supportive husband in the entire world. He loves taking care of our 6 month old son when other men I know dash out of the front door as soon as mommy shows up from the grocery store. As a matter of fact he bought me a new car for Valentines day, though we had his SUV, because he wanted to make sure the baby and I had reliable transpertation (and might I add stylish as well). However, the problem comes from not only not having found an office assistant to run my office now that I’ve moved my office home ,but not having any child care as well. Needless to say I have a heavy workload that demands my attention but the priority of my infant son too. Working out and having to work are especially complicated now.
The situation is further compounded by the fact that we have had continual computer and internet problems. Our local providers have told us that our house is known as ’the house’ that even the geeks can’t figure out. And to add insult to injury, our computer crashed rendering me helpless on the information dirt road rather that cruising the information highway. Thus, work and communication via the computer and internet, as well as the liberty to comfortably leave my house during the day knowing that my little one is taken care of, is ‘nill.’ On the brightside, at least I can sit in my new car with my baby on baord, thanks to my husband, and pretend we’re going some where.
Though this is what I’m going through presently, I know that this is just a temporary set back. Just one more little bump in the road on my journey that I know will pass like my weigh-in last month. I remember being so discouraged when I stepped on the scale, after weeks of hard work and discipline to only find out that I lost 2 pounds. I had a flood of emotions, dissapointment, anger, discouragement, hopelessness. But guess what, I got over it. Instead of letting it stop me, I ignored it and continued to do the activities that I knew would ultimately get me going in the right direction. Wouldn’t you know it, the next week I discovered that I dropped from a size 16 to a size 12!
My biggest cheerleaders have been my husband and the Holy Spirit. My husband would just encourage me by saying, ‘it is in you, to continue!’ and then I would hear Gods voice telling me, ‘I can do all things’ through Him who strengthens me.
My current situation has come around, just like last months trial, but guess what, ‘this too shall pass.’ That’s how I know hard times come to pass.
