SIDENOTE: I wrote this entry over a year ago. What better time to share than TODAY while I am in the honeymoon stage of my new job, soaking up the blessing of rescue. May this post give you the hope and peace you seek.

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They say there is a first time for everything. Today is the first time I have tried to bargain with God. I have been stuck in a very challenging work environment for years. I have tried everything to make it better, and I have tried everything to leave.  Each attempt has been thwarted.  It is a hopeless, desperate feeling. I am wondering if you have ever felt this way?

I have invited God to sit with me in my work mess. But lately my patience is failing. It’s been too long and I just want a new profession!

The thing is, I know God has something really cool waiting in the wings; and if you are reading this now… that means it has happened! I know through this hard time God is developing traits for my next season. I am also painfully aware of each day I fall short learning these lessons. It feels like I will be stuck in this professional purgatory until I have a perfect day, and that scares me! Will I ever get out?

But what can I do? Hold tight with me mamas…. take one day at a time. Just…. Do… Something.

JUST DO SOMETHING is wise advice found several times in the Bible. My favorite verse is I Chronicles 28:10 when King David tells his son Solomon:

“Be strong and do the work.” 

Mamas, everyone feels stuck and hopeless at some point, or multiple points, in their life, it is part of the journey. It won’t last forever, even when it feels like it does. But remember even when things feel overwhelming; JUST, DO, SOMETHING.