Seasons of Life

While I wait for Picasa to upload photos of Greenbluff on here I decided that I needed to write a life update. My posts of late have been more about what we are doing instead of how we are doing.

The seasons are changing, not only in the weather but also in our lives as well. Of course a big part of our lives are our jobs. And of course Chris' job has been a huge factor as to why things might be changing.

Basically, this job is not what he thought it would be. Disregarding harvest and all of it's crazy hours and stresses, he still is not happy being inside all day doing monotonous work. This is just not joyful for him. However, another opportunity has presented itself and he has a phone interview this Friday. It would be a smaller scale operation so hopefully he would have more hands-on interaction and be outside more which he loves.

As for me, I realize that I am content in my job. This is not a bad thing - my attitude is not one that I wish every day would be my last working here but I think it's time to step outside of my comfort zone.

This is scary for me, I enjoy comfort very much and a routine but my spirit is just not satisfied with settling into this job. I think the financial provision of it is what keeps me there and for right now we need that provision.

But I keep having thoughts of what I love to do and how I can incorporate that into my job. So I am looking into new options which is scary and exciting too. I really love photography and want to figure out how I could earn money taking pictures. But no, I do not want to be a wedding photographer! Ha! So right now, I'm still trying to figure all that out.

It's so hard sometimes to find a balance of doing what you love and loving what you do. How much to do sacrifice for your job? On a daily basis, I see people traveling for work away from their families 4-5 days a week. Do they really love it or do they feel they have to do it? It's hard to tell sometimes but I think everyone struggles with that.

Pray for us as we enter this new season of our life together. We are hoping to get away for a few days at the end of this month and just pray together and seek God for the next step.