Working mom guilt


For the past 4-5 years, my family and I have been attending church regularly. We've connected with people in small groups and built lots of friendships during this time. My family has seen quite a bit of change within the last couple of years. I went from being a stay-at-home mom, to working full time. It was a difficult transition for me since I really felt like my kids needed me at home with them, but financially it made sense for me to go back to work.

 I found a job that I liked, but it didn't pay very much. Within a short three month period, I received a call from a previous job, asking if I would be willing to come back. It was almost double what I was making at the time, and didn't require me to work weekends like my current job! I was so thrilled, because I knew that was from God! An unsolicited job offer doesn't happen like that very often, and I truly believe that was all God! I immediately thanked Him out loud while I was in my car. It was an amazing feeling that stirred up a passion to draw closer to Him.

 I worked at that place for about a year or so, but quickly realized that I would not be happy there. I could plainly see that the favoritism and nepotism that was occurring when I first worked there a few years prior, would start affecting me negatively. I had to get out. 

 Shortly after starting my job search, I got hired on at a small company. I had my doubts and wondered if I made the right decision based on the things I was hearing from other employees, but I decided to pray about it and stick it out. *Now I've learned to PRAY FIRST, THEN MAKE THE DECISION!* Thankfully, God has used me to share His word with my coworkers and I've seen major changes in that place! One coworker went from not believing in God, to going to church with his family every Sunday and getting baptized! 

 Even though this job was going well, I was still struggling with the guilt of not being there for my family the way I was used to. So, I prayed (a lot) and trusted that God would take care of everything. 

 The next events to occur would completely blow my mind!

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