Unemployment redux
My wife and I are both natives of the state of Texas, and we currently live in New York. When we moved here, our Texas friends shook their heads and wondered what in the world would possess us to move to such an alien land where people talk funny and yell impatiently at each other for no reason. When we tell New Yorkers we're from Texas, they shake their heads and wonder how anyone normal can come from such an alien land where people talk funny and wear cowboy boots as part of their everyday wardrobe. We have enjoyed our time in New York, but sometimes we long for the wide open spaces of our home state. Our families are there. We hardly ever see our siblings. We have three nieces and three nephews who barely even know who we are. But we have stayed in this crowded, congested, northern wasteland for more than four years because we have excellent jobs, great friends, and the best church either of us has ever attended.
So far, there just hasn't been a reason for us to move back. We thought that maybe Mrs. Happy's layoff would spur us to return to Texas, but then she got a job that was even better than the one she lost. Then we thought our landlady had died, which would have almost surely left us homeless, but it turned out that it was her son who had died. Now, earlier today, the company I work(ed) for reorganized and eliminated my position, leaving me unemployed. We absolutely cannot survive on my wife's salary, so I must either get another job here or we have to move back to Texas.
We don't know what God has in store for us, but He has always been faithful in taking our scary situations and working them into something great. Whatever we go through, we'll do it together and hopefully learn to trust Him even more. Any prayers offered on our behalf will be greatly appreciated.
