i'll huff and puff and...

Oooooh... he thinks he's sneaky. He thinks he's smart. He thinks he can derail me, deter me, scare me, push me away. Look at what he's done in the past couple of days:

• The announcement was made of my job loss happening this week rather than later in the year (due to merger).
• The company that bought us decided to play into a loophole of letting us go when we are "their" employees in order to give us their dinky severance package rather than the one that was negotiated by our company.
• My bank account was hacked into and subsequently I had to shut down my debit card, so no card for 7-10 days. Business days.
• During this past crazy storm, part of our tree fell and busted our pool. Our brand-new pool. 

What he didn't count on....me and my faith. God is showing me again and again that the Holy Spirit is guiding me. With the perspective from God, THIS is how I see it:

• I have the luxury of knowing ahead of time that I'm losing my job. It's a job that served its purpose in helping sustain our family when Hubby was out of work. It's run its course and it's time for me to go.
• I'm getting a severance package. Whatever money I receive is a blessing and will help carry us through the summer. A summer I get to spend with Boogie before he becomes a big Kindergarten boy. 
• I found the issue right away. My bank is making it easy to fix the issue. I'll have a beauteous new  debit card since mine is worn down anyway. It wasn't my last dime they took. 
• The tree missed our bedroom by inches. Hubby, Boogie & I were all dead asleep when the tree cracked and fell. Had it hit the bedroom, we wouldn't have heard it in time. We also have insurance on the pool. Who gets insurance on a pool from Wal-Mart? We do and we'll actually get our money's worth. 

Really looking back at it, these are all first-world problems anyway. These are nothing compared to the real sadness and suffering I see around me; friends losing all they own and their home due to a house fire, losing their fathers, getting their possessions stolen, having no money to eat for several days, suffering with tremendous health issues, preparing for surgeries, testing for cancer, laying to rest beloved pets, preparing funerals for their children... 

My problems aren't really problems at all in comparison. 

~~Joy

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