Its been TEN Years. I can hardly believe it. I never thought things would work out quite like this. My husband has been an employee of Unum (a long term disability insurance company) for ten years as of February 14, 2010.
I’m forced to think about it today because we celebrated his tenth anniversary at lunch with his co-workers. I remember his first day like it was yesterday. We had only been married a few months when he got the job. As in any marriage, employment is a concern. We had just moved into a new apartment and there were boxes everywhere – it was a bit of an effort trying to find the appropriate “first day of work” outfit amid all of the chaos. We shared a car and I remember dropping him off and watching him disappear through the front doors.
It wasn’t too many years after that, that I had my first day at Unum. I worked there for close to three years. After my time there, I can truly appreciate my husband’s work. He is excellent at what he does. It shouldn’t be shocking, really, because he is very smart and has quite a mind for the kind of critical and analytical thinking that his job requires.
But still, after this many years, his occupation is a surprise. When we married, if you had told me, that even though my husband is an incredibly talented musician, he will work at an insurance company for at least 10 years – I would have laughed. Why would God have Michael work there? My own finite mind can’t understand His ways.
Its still hard for me to comprehend.
As I think back across the span of time today, there is one thing that stands out to me. God provides. Consistently He has sustained our family with Michael’s employment. He has blessed Michael’s hard work and his desire to be a man of integrity in the work place. With every turn of the unusual path, we have seen provision and even promotion that has been from Him.
At a company where lay-offs are not unusual, and with the country’s economic climate being what it is, a job like this can be complicated to hold onto, let alone find again if its lost. God has taken something so unthought of and used it to care for us, but also to show us His power over all earthly things – even the corporate workplace.
“But then I recall all you have done, O LORD; I remember your wonderful deeds of long ago. They are constantly in my thoughts. I cannot stop thinking about your mighty works. Psalm 77:11-12”
As the time has passed, there is one thing I have learned. God takes every situation to bring glory to Himself. That fact cannot be questioned – it is obvious in our lives. So it should not be a surprise, really, that God has used the most unlikely place, in the most unlikely way, to bring us to a posture of worship and gratitude.
Heavenly Father, All I can say in return is thank you. I love your kind of surprises! and I love You!
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