One Step at a Time

I had a "getting started in career placement" class yesterday, part of the outplacement services provided by my company. Because the class was a 40+ minute drive away, I had to get the sheet with directions out of the big binder of information that I've had to sort through and act on but have yet to digest.

Husband turned the sheet over and noted that it also has a map on the back. And dimly, it came back to me that they did tell me that, in the midst of my shock and fighting tears, as I was let go from my job.

"Some people like words and some people need a picture" said the outplacement professional.

But really, there are no words for this. And no one can provide a map. How can they, when we don't know where we are going?

My job search is going to have be secondary to Husband's search -- at least for now. I can't know what I can do or will have to do until we know what he will be doing. Assuming a job can be found. I would like my job to be a satellite to his -- a moon to his planet. I really don't want to go to 40 hours a week.

Every day, we make decisions about what we need to for that day. We can't decide something that isn't before us yet. One day at a time, one step at a time, we'll climb out of this hole. Walk away from this situation.

As my mother told us: God doesn't shine a torch down the road for us to see where we're going, He shines a lamp at our feet so that we don't stumble right here. He's with us on the journey and we are to trust that He knows where we're going. We just have to keep putting our feet one in front of the other.

"Your word is a lamp to my feet and a light for my path." Psalm 119:105