She believes in me!

While I've not experienced any depression over this job search, I recognize how taking time off gives feelings of uselessness an avenue to work their way into the mind of a man. I've seen it happen to friends and family members. I've felt as though I was unsure of what my potential was, not that I had no worth, but that I wasn't sure what my talents were suited for outside of the educational field, one in which I have trained for quite a long time.

I know. Everyone thinks the world of his or her spouse. All of my friends, and even some of my enemies, agree that I have the most wonderful wife in the world. I showed her a few of the job descriptions that I've investigated in my search, and she said of almost all of the possibilities that I was right for those jobs. Of one such position she said that I was perfectly suited to do that job and that it seems taylor-made for someone with my qualifications. She shows me that she believes in me, not just with the words she says, but in the quiet way she rests in the knowledge that God is caring for us. She gives me confidence.

Thank you, God, for Angelique.