My job is going okay, but I sometimes think of something I wrote here a while back, about retired homeschooling mothers. I looked it up will indulge myself in the vanity of quoting myself:

…we can get a job. Now, homeschooling moms are pretty hard-working people, with a strong sense of responsibility and duty. But we don’t necessarily play well with others. The actual “work” wouldn’t be a problem, but the whole workplace environment, with all those people… that would be hard. And you know… we aren’t good at following rules or taking directions. Especially if they don’t seem logical to us. And being on someone else’s schedule would not sit well with us. We would either end up running the company or be fired within the week. (If we need to bring in an income, it would probably be better to be self-employed.)

Um, yeah. This is all very true.

It’s okay, though. The work is fine, even if I don’t make nearly enough money for the kind of work and daily driving I do. My youngest son just got a similar job, but in a specialty hospital and rehabilitation facility where he will work 3 shifts of 8 hours instead of driving around the countryside working for 2-4 hours at a time. He makes $1.50 more per hour than I do. So unfair.

Things are a bit of a mess at home, naturally, and I’ve traded time for money. That’s what a job is. Your employer is purchasing your time. The money is undeniably a blessing. Provision. But as I said back then, it’s not easy to do, especially for a retired homeschooling mom. The actual work isn’t a problem — it’s the “being employed by someone else” part. Humility. Submitting to someone else. I’m sure it’s all part of my growing process. Character building, right? (Some people say I have enough character already…)

God is good.

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