Time to evaluate

So.... I had this sweet job at Providence. And then I acquired a not-so-nice manager who then fired me. I must say, it's one of the hardest things to swallow when you are accused of being a person you know you are not. To hear judgment about your character that is so wrong. But, it is an opportunity to grow in my personal character and to rise above the untruth of who I was accused of being. So... now I have time to evaluate all these things and what happens next.

Granted my job was overwhelming, all-consuming and probably way too stressful for my personality type. I continually considered this position a challenge for me to overcome, but it seems God has other plans for me. What are those plans? I have no clue... but what I do know in hindsight, is that this previous job was not for me. A dear friend recently gave me a few healthy tips on having a successful career and the following really struck a chord for me:

-- Often God does the "quitting" for us. (Jesus knows that I am the "anti-quitter," so He makes the moves in the chess game called "work/life" for me (I could almost swear by this)! My everyday may not be perfect now, but He has never let me down.)

She is truly speaking wisdom into my life right now with the above statement.

So now I am taking some time to myself to read, journal, pray, go for a run in the mornings, and have some much-overdue lunches with awesome friends! I am truly taking this time to seek God's guidance in my life, to re-kindle my friendship with myself and to be the wife I've always wanted to be. I can't bring myself to waste this gift, that did not appear to be so in the beginning.