I have worked all of my life and was always limited by time. Was this an excuse to not get involved in anythimg? I am not sure, but what I do know is this… I enjoy freedom. 🙂

Could I afford to retire? No, not at all. Yet, God in His Provision continues to provide. I don’t really think retirement is Scriptural. What I do think, is that even though I retired from a life of income which had me tied to a system that made me think that I couldn’t retire, to a life of faith. Yes, I retired from the “9 to5” but, to have the freedom to go places and meet needs or even to enjoy another’s company. I don’t call that retirement. I call that a mission field.

Yes, at first, I struggled with time on my hands and I so miss the people that I worked with. I believe I was meant to be at all the places I worked at that very time because the Lord placed me there. To either, learn from, teach, or meet people to plant seeds along my path. God places us where we need to be if we will be quiet enough to listen.

When I “retired” in June, my sister-in-law invited me to a ladies Bible study that meets weekly. I have met some amazing, beautiful women. I love seeing the beauty that God has bestowed uniquely on each of these women.Some share, some don’t, but we are a community of ladies that love the Lord. I feel very blessed that I am a part of this group. We all go through ups and downs in this life and God in His wisdom created us to need each other. There was a book that I read a few years ago called”There’s A Crack in Your Armor” by Perry Stone. A lot of that book, I don’t recall but, the story of a pastor visiting a mother in the hospital that her son had been in a car accident, has continued to stick with me.

He tells the story in the very first part of this talk he is giving : https://youtu.be/aQJtx1tzA2U

We women of faith get our strength from the Lord, yet sometimes we do get “A crack in our armor” and this is when it is such a blessing to have those around us that will stand in the gap for us. I am thankful for those who have stepped in the gap for me and I feel it a priviledge to stand in the gap for others.

I enjoy not having to “be somewhere” and being free to tag along when someone invites or just to hear a bit of their life. When I was working outside the home, I felt rushed in my time with the Lord. Now, the blessings that I recieve from spending hours in the Word and prayer is something that has brought be through when life gets … well, like life.

No, I am not retired…I am in the mission field and Leonard and I continue to be the lucky ones—blessed by God!