As I woke up this morning, I realized that it was
Monday; and it starts another week of going to the same job and doing the same
thing. I must confess that I go to work everyday and want to quit. I have wanted
to quit my job at least 365 days in the past year. I have another confession to
make; I have 7 children, ranging from the ages of 24, 22, 16, 11, 8, 7 and 1. I
want to quit being a father a lot of days, because the demands of being a
parent and a role model put a certain amount of pressure on the soul; not to
mention the inadequate feelings that stem from 3 previous divorces. My last
confession that I will share with you, (I’ll share the others with God) is that
there are days when I’ve wanted to quit in my marriage, even though I have a
very amazing wife. Insecurities from my past, and knowing that I cannot provide
for my wife’s every want, gets the inadequacy balls rolling.
Just when I began to get some momentum going so that I
can throw in the towel on being a father, an employee and a husband; I can hear
a still small voice that says, “It’s a blessing to have something to quit”. “Do
you know that there is a person who would love to have someone that they could
argue with, instead of hearing the cold, solid walls echo the emptiness of a
home?” The still small voice continues; “Do you know that there is a couple
that cannot have a child and have desperately utilized all their financial
resources to conceive a child; while you have 7 healthy children?” If that wasn’t enough, the still small voice
says, “While you want to quit your job on a daily basis; there is someone who
is unemployed, anxiously awaiting a call for an interview or a call stating
that the interview went well and they’ve been selected for the position?”
BOTTOM LINE; YOU’RE BLESSED IF YOU HAVE SOMETHING THAT YOU
WANT TO QUIT; JUST DON’T QUIT!
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