Pray for DH's job

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Please offer us up once again. We’ve been thru this so many times before w/ DH’s job, but I still get nervous. If you haven’t read any of my previous posts, here’s the story: after the birth of our 3rd child in 3.5 yrs, DH and I both knew beforehand that we could not afford a sitter for 3 children. DH worked it out where we could work split shifts and he could stay home during the day w/ our little ones and work evenings and weekends. This has worked well w/ just a few hiccups and scares for about 2 years.

Now the person who was on DH’s side and worked with him on his schedule is no longer there and the new boss is much less willing to work with him. We are praying that we can still make it work if FIL can come in a day or 2 a week and I try and take a couple of vacation hours to come home early 1 day a week.

I’m petrified. We are already looking at having to spend a good chunk of our savings to cover a full-time sitter for 2 weeks while I go to out-of-town training for my job. After that we only have enough to cover MAYBE 3 months for a full-time sitter and then we’ll be wiped out.

I know DH is reluctant and nervous to ask, but I’m hoping he’ll stand his ground in just asking for some lenience. The hard part is that he isn’t very diligent about his schedule anyway and he has health issues and poor lifestyle choices that effect his schedule on a weekly basis. I wish more than anything that he could find a better-paying job, but his track record on attendance is so horrible, I doubt we could find another employer to be as forgiving as his current employer is.

Dear Jesus, have mercy on us. Show us Your Will Lord and perfect our trust in YOU! Help us not to rely on our own strength, but to cooperate with your will. Jesus, I am so frightened right now, please give me peace and show me the way. Help me to embrace my cross and to bear it graciously.
 
Mother Mary, please make your intentions in this matter come true. Amen.
 
Many thanks for the prayers. Surprisingly DH had the initiative and motivation to get this (sort-of) resolved in a matter of a couple of hours. My dear FIL will come in 3 days a week to take over at lunch till I get home and the boys will continue going to the sitter the other 2 days a week so DH can get his time in each day.

As hard as this is to accept, I am grateful for DH’s supportive family and his employer’s willingness to continue working with him. It’s one thing leaving my babies at home with dad, but to leave them with anybody else who doesn’t really know our routine and doesn’t help with the chores is going to be tough for me to let go of. I want nothing more than to stay at home with my babies.

At the same time, DH needed the kick in the pants to be more diligent about his schedule, it just doesn’t feel good to be on a tight leash and feel you’re totally at someone else’s mercy. But here we are. I know God loves our family and He has seen fit to continue to take care of us even if it isn’t ideal.

Thanks be to God in His mercy and thanks to you all for the prayers. Please continue to pray for us as we move into this new schedule. God Bless!
 
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