My Purpose

I’m finding it really hard to explain what leaving my dream job is like. Probably because it still feels like a dream to me. A dream that I got this job in the first place, and a dream that it’s ending.

I think it would be so easy for me to feel like leaving my dream job meant losing my purpose and meaning. But it doesn’t feel like that to me. My purpose and meaning in life aren’t defined by my job, by my relationships, or by anything earthly. My purpose and meaning come from Jesus.

This is going to be a really unique season of life for me. I’ve been working since I was 14 years old. I still remember going into the office in high school and filling out my worker’s permit for my first job at Subway. During most of my working life, I balanced multiple jobs. Not having a job is going to be a weird time for me.

I’m looking forward to discovering the purpose and meaning Jesus has for me next. Will I get a government job and work side-by-side with my husband serving our country? Will I find work at a little boutique inspiring confidence in women as they browse the racks? Will I find my way back into sports and help build memories for families? Or will I become a homemaker, a mother?

Only God knows what’s next for me but I am ready to embrace everything he throws my way. I am so blessed to finally begin building a life with my husband. I’ve loved the opportunity to chase my career and I will cherish this journey forever, but I am elated to find my purpose and meaning as a wife and all that comes with that title.

“Many are the plans in a person’s heart. But it is the Lord’s purpose that prevails.”

Proverbs 19:21