This is a reply to a post on my Dear Friend and Sister in Christ's (Glenys) excellent post I couldn't post it on hers blog because it was to long so I hope no one mines me putting it here!!!
I have always been SAHM until a small time in our lives together at about age 34 I went out to work mainly because of pressure from outside the home (a family member). Anyhoo, I got a job as a waitress, which I really loved, and at first the extra money was good. We enjoyed the extra little things we could have, but as we were coming to the end of about 18 months, Joshua's epileptic fitting went from 2-3 times a year to 2-3 times a week. It was very hard for all of us!
We took Joshua to our Doctor to see what was making this happen, and after awhile of talking to us and Joshua, the Doctor said that Joshua was stressing so badly for me to be in the home that the fitting would only get worse (Joshua is also autistic, epileptic (now), partially deaf and has brain damage), and the loss of mama in the home was just too much.
My health was also suffering, to say nothing about the fact that Antony can’t cook to save his life. Even when I left dinner cooked and all he had to do was heat it, the poor guy would burn it!! :o(
One night I got into bed at about 4:00am and Antony turned over and said, “Could you please stop working because if you don’t, three of us are going to cease to exist!” :o)
I had guessed the night had not gone to plan because when I got to the front door I could smell the food he had burnt pitch black!! It was bad!
I gave my notice that week and our family has never looked back!!
Do I wear designer clothes? NO. Do I wear shoes that cost $895.00? NO. Do we live in a big home? NO. Do we drive 2 big 4wheel drives? NO. Do we have big bank accounts? NO, and the list could go on……………………………………………….!! So many people I know have these things, but it’s funny - I don’t miss them. I am so happy with what we have; God has been so wonderful to us!!
We are the happiest family I know. We love each other, we love our wider family, and our family loves us. At the end of the day, that is all I could ever ask for! Our bills are paid, we are ahead with our mortgage and we know that our supply is not us but God!!! We have just paid off a 50” plasma T.V. that we had on lay-by, and on the way down to pay the last payment, we were in the car praising God that He had helped us pay it off! Sometimes I think when people are rolling in money, they perhaps forget to remember where that blessing came from. But when you have to thrust God for it and perhaps lay-by or save for it, we remember to trust God that bit more!!!
Just a thought; a big thought, but a thought none the less!!!
{hugs}
Jilly oxoxoxo
