Baby Jesus

Back in either August or September one of my clients gave me a card with a statue of the Infant Jesus and a prayer. He said that the prayer had gotten him through some hard times in his life. A few days after I received it I started reading the prayer out loud every morning while sitting at the light on Page Ave. near my office. After you read the prayer, there are three petitions. I’ve been saying the same petitions every day since that time.

Today the Infant Jesus has answered prayer number one. Frank received a call from the hiring manager at SLU and they offered him the position as a Referral Specialist! We are both ecstatic. Frank has been out of work since July and it’s really been wearing on the both of us. Financially we have been somewhat okay but emotionally it’s been a roller coaster. In the beginning it was taking a toll on our marriage and we were constantly arguing. But by the grace of God we turned a bad situation into a good one. In the beginning we were relying on each other to get through our mess. We weren’t looking at the bigger picture. And then one day we changed the way we were handling the situation and turned to God. I asked God to help me carry my cross and Frank asked God to help us with our marriage. And God sure did. From there on out our marriage has been on fire! (Prayer number two was answered.) I’ve laughed more in the last month then I have our whole first year of marriage. God truly did lift the cross off my shoulder. And God truly did strength our marriage. And the Infant Jesus? He patiently waited for the right job to come and He grabbed it!

Looking back over the last few months there were various opportunities for employment for Frank. In the beginning he easily could have been back at Citibank, and miserable all over again. A few weeks later there was a possibility that MasterCard was going to call him about an open position. Again he would have been miserable. A month later he could have accepted the job at Banker’s Life & Casualty, and been miserable. The part-time gig at the printing shop could have come through and distracted him from his main focus. He easily could have gotten a part-time job during the holiday season. But he stayed focus and now he will be doing what will make him happy. A year ago we never would have imagined that Frank would be working at a hospital wearing a white lab coat. What a dream come true.

So starting tomorrow my prayer request number one will be replaced. Prayer number two will be an ongoing prayer throughout my marriage. And now on to prayer number three.