A Blessed Mess Blog

This is the moment I've been waiting for!  First of all, I am overwhelmed with joy.  I feel like I'm smack dab in the middle of a stage production of some kind!  It's like God has dropped this amazing gift on me that I'm not worthy of, but He still chose to answer my prayer.  I've been asking Him for a while to bring about this change and He's listened to me day after day, more like hour after hour.  I never gave up hope, God.  I may have wavered in my strength and faith to a point, but I never completely lost hope.  I acknowledged that it would be on Your time and I did my best to stay strong and carry on.  And You were faithful to answer my prayer and I am SO thankful!!!!  It's not what I would call a 100% perfect solution, but it is YOUR solution and therefore I know it is what's best for me!!!!  Thank you, Jesus, for interceding on my behalf!  This change will allow me to ready my kids for school without the extra pressure of wo...

It's gonna be another positive post from me...if you can believe that!!!  Why wouldn't it be?  I'm alive...I am healthy...my family is healthy...I have a job that helps provide for my family even if the hours aren't ideal...I am saved by Jesus and know where my destination lies...and to be negative or down would be an insult to all the blessings He has provided me, blessings that are abundant and so overflowing!  This morning when I was making Ruthie Belle's bed out of the blue I started having feelings of being left out and not really accepted and liked.  It was probably when I was smoothing out her flat sheet when they crept in my head.  For a split second I stopped what I was doing and started thinking about it, but thank the Lord just as quick I said, and I said it outloud mind you, "Uh-huh.  No.  Don't do that.  I am accepted and people do like me just the way I am.  Nice try, devil.  But, you're not gonna win this one.  I'm sp...

Sometimes it's just plain hard trying to act like you've got it all together, that everything is just peachy keen!  You know, I wonder if sometimes you can actually see me physically cracking right before your eyes?  Funny, right?  Well, maybe.  This waiting for another job opportunity to come along has proven to be way more difficult than I had first anticipated.  Maybe I was crazy to think I'd post a few resumes, take a few typing tests online, and whammo!  I'd have a new job!  I guess so because this journey has been far from that.  I've taken I don't know how many typing tests, posted dozens of resumes, and have either heard back no, not right now, or just plain ole nothing!  It's hard to keep from doubting myself, my abilities, my skills at what I do, but I'm trying my best to keep a positive attitude and to truly believe it when I say that I know God has a plan for me and is working behind the scenes to prep me for the next step in my j...