Change in Plans

Hmmm...where do I start. Well, about a couple of months ago I started having some conflicting thoughts with being a working mom vs. stay-at-home mom. My negative thoughts towards working started a couple of months ago because Mia was (and still is) going to bed around 6:30pm. With her early bedtime, I was hardly getting anytime with her. I didn't want to push her bedtime back since we were already waking her in the morning when we had to leave for work. As most of you know, I LOVE my job so I knew I couldn't just make the decision to quit. This decision was too big for me or Joe to make. I needed to listen to what God wanted me to do. So, I started praying. I prayed that it would be clear if I should work or stay home next year. It wasn't soon after I started praying that Joe's boss left the company. It then occurred to me that this could be my answer. I told God that if Joe got the promotion, I would stay home and if he didn't, I would work. This might seem silly to some of you but it made sense to me. Even after committing to this decision, I had more fear about staying home rather than working. My good friend, Robyn, sent me this scripture from Philippians 4:

Don't fret or worry. Instead of worrying, pray. Let petitions and praise shape your worries into prayers, letting God know your concerns. Before you know it, a sense of God's wholeness, everything coming together for good, will come and settle you down. It's wonderful what happens when God displaces worry at the center of your life.

We found out last week, that Joe got the promotion. The promotion that is almost exactly the income that I bring in every month (after paying for daycare). Wow...God it good! On Thursday, I broke my teaching contract for next year. I'm still nervous for my new job as a stay-at-home mom to start but so excited and feel total peace with this upcoming season of life. Someday, I will return to the classroom and hopefully get to teach kindergarten again. Until then, I will be teaching my one, very important, little baby girl.