Feast or Famine

When it rains it pours. For five months, Jon's been making the most of his job search drought by working on overdue projects around the house. You may remember some of his odd jobs from a recent post, This Guy.

Here are just a few others he's tackled since then:

 

He built a room in the garage to paint the mismatched parts of our old 4Runner that he'd found at the junkyard.

Then he ingeniously Macgyvered a few other pieces to make it good as new.

He took care of our overgrown landscaping and yard waste.

He stained the playhouse, swing set, deck,fence, and side stairs!

He painted behind the bookshelves in the den. (Our fireplace is not usually this cluttered, that's all stuff from the bookshelves.)

And he took on countless handyman jobs for friends and family such as; replacing my parents' bathroom floor and vanity, cutting down trees, working on cars, installing sinks, painting houses, etc. etc. etc.

I say all this, not only to brag on my man, but to remind us all to let God turn every situation into good. Jon could have sat around eating ice cream and feeling sorry for himself, I sure would have. He could have spent hours a day watching TV or surfing the internet. But he redeemed this free time by using it well. I doubt he said "no" to anyone who asked him for a hand, and he rarely took any payment without putting up a fight. He wanted nothing more than to be generous with his time and skills while he had the chance.

As in Joseph's time, God can use the famines to bring about His purposes and His glory as much as the feasts. God is working behind the scenes to write a story which we can't even fathom. One we'll want to read again from the beginning once we know the outcome and begin to see why the characters developed as they did and why the plot unfolded just so.
 

Alas, this chapter of our story is coming to a close. Jon's Honey-do list is getting shorter, his few unfinished tasks have a deadline now, because he finally got to cross off "Find a Job" from the list! He went four months without an interview and in the past month, he's had three interviews and subsequently three offers. (Maybe his true calling  is to start a business training people for interviews!) After much prayer and consideration, he accepted the opportunity with the best long-term potential to satisfy him and help him provide for our family.

I'm not sure why God decided Jon should be available for a whole semester while Angie was in school and we were basically tethered to Louisville, and now start a position as soon as she's free for the summer and we have four vacations planned. But I'm sure He'll turn this around for good as well and I'll trust His timing even if it means missing a couple trips to Florida and Maine. I can't wait to see the story God's writing for our lives. Thank you for praying with us through this chapter!

I leave you with the beauty of this natural faux hawk.

One of the perks of unemployment--if your bedhead is this awesome you get to keep it all day!