We have had a huge answer to prayer in our household. As you know, I’ve been working part time at the local library for almost three years. Last week, I had my last day working outside of the home.
For the past year, I have really felt a pull to be back home full time. But, as many know, it is difficult to live on one income. Around July, I started feeling an urgency to come home. I don’t know why, and that is the best way I can explain the feelings that I had. I prayed and “told” God that if it is what He wanted for us, He would have to make a way. I kid you not, a week after praying that desperate prayer, He made a way.
Yes, it is a huge sacrifice to live on one income. We have only one car, and it’s not the greatest. We have the oldest phones possible with a cell phone plan. I can’t hear when people call me unless I turn the phone on speaker.. it is what it is. It was also much easier to leave for work and not have to make dinner or clean up messes. But.. and I have a big but…
Hard is not the same thing as bad. Did you catch that? HARD IS NOT THE SAME THING AS BAD!
Yes, baking fresh bread is harder than picking up a loaf at the store, but it is not BAD. Yes, it is hard to have a farm, but it is not bad. Yes, it is hard to be ON all the time at home, but it is not bad. Dishes and laundry are hard, but they are not bad.
The girls cheered when they found out that I wouldn’t be working anymore. I am fully aware of the blessing that we have been given. It is huge and wonderful.
I love homemaking.
I have been loving Shaye Elliot and Angela Reed’s podcast Homemaker Chic Podcast. They are challenging women to “embrace the art of homemaking”. I always laugh my face off and feel so inspired and encouraged by their words. Just thought I would plug that for them, because I appreciate it.
In the true spirit of homemaking, I am now shopping for a kitchen table and cabinet. haha! We have borrowed this beautiful table and hutch form our landlords knowing that it would leave eventually. That time is now. I found a beautiful hoosier cabinet that we can actually afford, and I am praying that it will come into our kitchen soon. We also found a kitchen table we really like a lot. But, we have some time to figure it all out.
Friends, I hope you are doing well. I know that this year has been a rough one for many.
Happy Taco Tuesday!
