So, remember how a few blog posts ago I mentioned I was getting the hang of things with handling mommy life, a job, school, homemaking, writing a novel AND a blog?

I lied.

I don’t have it together.

I dropped out of my second block class in order to focus better on being a mommy and working at a job that brings me so much satisfaction and joy!

I’m glad I quit school for the time being!

It was a major stressor in my life! Especially doing it online. I missed several assignments because the website wasn’t working properly. I was freaking out every time I had to do an assignment because it was getting harder and harder to juggle everything. I was neglecting my family and house in favor of learning about how to be a counselor which I’m not even sure I want to do.

Maybe it was just that class, but it really didn’t fit me well, it seemed.

What does this have to do with a

Sunday Thought??

Let me tell you!

This decision to let something go in my life was a challenge for me! I shared in my post about having life together that I was offered the job I now have at Hallmark on my birthday. It came as a complete surprise! I hadn’t applied and I wasn’t seeking a job. I’d just started school up again and my kiddo was turning two soon. However, I’d been praying for years to have the opportunity to work at Hallmark again! My prayers were answered on my birthday when I got offered my job back.

Let me reiterate, I love my jobs! I love being a mommy to the sweetest kiddo ever! I love being an author and being able to handle the books that I’ve poured my heart and soul into for most of my life! I love creating content on our family blog! I love working with others in their hunt for the perfect gift for a friend or ornament for their tree!

My life is awesome!

But this job threw me for a loop and I had to have some serious talks with Heavenly Father about it. I wasn’t in my blueprint for my life. I’d closed the chapter on Hallmark literally weeks before I was offered the job. I wasn’t thinking I’d work there again until Garrett was at least in first grade. But apparently, God had a different plan for me!

That took faith on my part as well as Ryan’s.

This last week, I was feeling extremely stressed out over my schooling. I’d had several incidents, like I mentioned, where technology failed me.

Ryan and I prayed about it and came to the conclusion that, right now, school wasn’t good for my mental health. I wasn’t happy doing it and my grumpiness and burnout was leaking into every aspect of my life.

So, I did my final for my first block class and I’m done for now.

This has caused me to think a lot about my life and the plan that Heavenly Father has in store for me and my family. I didn’t ever think I’d call myself a working mom, but here I am! It’s caused me to think a lot about a video from an apostle of the Lord that has led me through so many hard decisions and times in my life.

Testimony time!

This video testifies that sometimes Heavenly Father has a different plan than we do for ourselves. Sometimes, when He wants us to feel better about a decision we’re making or a path we’re following, He allows us to go down that road for a while before we come to a dead end. That can help us know, without a shadow of a doubt, that the other road was the right one.

I know Heavenly Father is good. I know that He loves me and He loves you. Jesus Christ is our Redeemer and He and Heavenly Father know us personally. He knows our names, our struggles, and our hopes and dreams. They’re rooting for us every step of the way!

In Jesus’ name, amen.

~ Chandler R. Williamson