A prayer is answered

Some of you may not know that my beautiful wife is a waitress at Maddox, most of you probably know. Well lately Maddox has felt like it is disintegrating. All of Natalie's friends are quitting. Some for better things, others, for decisions we think are brainless journey's to nothingness. But with the "Maddox Good People Gang" losing numbers, it has left Natalie open to vicious attacks (nothing physical, or I would take steps) from the more superficial people at Maddox. Natalie has been struggling with this, and with her friends gone, has wanted to quit as well. She had expressed like she felt like there was nothing for her at Maddox, and no chance to move up. Natalie was informed of a job somewhere else, that she was really interested in. Natalie wanted to go there, and I wanted her to stay at Maddox (I don't really handle life changing tracks on me very well). We decided we would pray about it.

Despite my prayers, I felt like Natalie should stay at Maddox. I was dreading the discussion with Natalie now, because I know that my answer didn't match what she wanted. I always am so self-doubting, and always wonder if my personal feelings are influencing my feelings of answers to prayers. So I did what I do best, avoided the topic for as long as possible.

Then Natalie came home from work a few days ago, looked me straight in the eye, and said, "We need to talk, turn on a show for the kids so we can talk". DUM DUM DUM, I am not the smartest person around, but I recognize serious (and usually I don't like it). I followed the instructions, and went to find Natalie.

Then she told me her news. That day, she was called in to a meeting with the main manager of Maddox, and offered a manager's position. Holy cow! I thought, how is that for an answer to a prayer. I asked Natalie what she was going to do, and she told me that she had already accepted the position (it wasn't something she was given time to decide about). About a year ago, Natalie was considered for a management spot, but it just never panned out. Well it's serious now, because she has a management meeting tomorrow. And the cool thing is, the schedule and times work much better for us, than what was talked about previously. What a blessing!

Yay Natalie, Congratulations! We are both really excited about this opportunity. And once again we both stand in amazement at the willingness of the Lord to answer our prayers, and also for his awareness of our family among all the others on Earth. We are so blessed.