Work Day "Itch"

10/21/15
Soooo

As you all know, it is my goal to be able to be a work-at-home-wife.  This isn't just for the sake of staying at home, but because in my heart I know I'm not meant to work a regular job.  You also know that I am currently a manager at a non-profit organization, which is actually pretty cool.  I have the balance of interacting with people and working alone on my own time.  What I do is simple, but has proven to be challenging.  This is good for me though, as I have been known to quit things that get too tough.

While I know this job isn't my final stop, I have to focus on what I need to learn from it.  I know that the Lord gave me this job and that means there is a reason I am here.  Some of the "aha" moments that I've had

-This position challenges me to work when no one else is watching (which is ironic because I am writing while at work-that's that itch! LOL).  But seriously, I have deadlines and programs to push, but what I do in between is up to me.  All that matters are the end results...in other words it requires self-discipline; a word that I have been studying lately.

-This position challenges me to get out of my comfort zone.  Talking with people, making connections and selling the programs.  I know that I need to sell myself in the Arts and Entertainment arena (my mountain) and it's something that I am not comfortable doing.  My husband calls it a false humility...Paul says in Romans 12:3 that we are to think of ourselves soberly...not higher than we are but certainly not lower than God created us to be.  I don't think of myself as better than anyone else because who I am, is in Christ.  I am also no worse than anyone else because of who I am in Christ.  Get it?!  I haven't gotten it 100% either LOL but I'm pressing on toward the mark and this position is helping me do it.

If you're wanting more from your current situation, if you have that "itch"...scratch it.  It's okay to acknowledge and strive after God's best for you, but let's not despise small beginnings.  Don't get so consumed with the end results that you neglect the work that yields them.   After all, if you don't learn the lesson now, you won't be able to skip ahead, you'll just prolong your journey.

-HisMillennialHousewife