Is there a job out there?

Anyone who reads this knows that my wife is a very talented individual. Daily she amazes me with her ideas and art and passion. One of the things that has become so clear to me over the last few years and more so in the last few months is that Mandy is great with kids and teaching. She has a natural gift to work with them in a way that others can't. She's demonstrated this in her art classes that she was teaching to grade school kids and now she's doing it with high school girls for Seattle Christian school. (Who by the way is 5-0!) It seems natural for her to be called into something related to this for a full time job.

Mandy and I have been praying for the right job to come along for her. Asking God that He would show us that job and help us to be patient. We're not sure if the right job will be her selling her art, teaching kids art or something we're not even aware of. We recently started modifying our shed so she had a dedicated place to do her art. Well Mandy was applying for many jobs with no success and a lot of frustration and hurt but recently had a phone interview for the Children's Museum in Seattle and everything about it sounded great! Both of us were so excited and we thought it was God's answer to our prayer.....well apparently it wasn't meant to be. Turns out they need someone next week which conflicts with her golf schedule. I don't get it! It's so frustrating and my heart breaks listening to my wife and her disappointment. All I want is for her to be happy. I just want her to know that she's not a failure and her gifts are so great and she has so much to offer this world. I just want to go to these places that she's applying and tell them everything about Mandy and why she would be great!

One thing I'm learning in this situation is that we have to continually rely on God and His plan for our lives. We can't do this on our own as we will fall short. Mandy, God has big plans for you as we heard last night and I don't want you to lose sight of that! I love you Mandy!