Pathway to Purpose Chapter 1

I have been without work since March, 2009. Now don't get me wrong, I have been super busy. When I was laid off from my job of 15 years I believed it was God telling me that the toxic environment that I was in is no longer good for my soul. I believe that God was/is telling me that I need to find His purpose for my life and live it to the fullest in the second half of my career.

Let's go back when I became an administrative assistant it was because I had no other skills. I didn't fall into this position because it was my life's dream, nope, it was because my mother told me since I didn't finish college that I would never amount to anything and I believed her. In my mother's defense, she really believes this and believes that education is the key to success. In some ways she is correct, her motivation skills may need a little work. But I digress, so administration is where I landed for my career. I began supporting a man with goals to be the next CEO of our Fortune 500 company and he did anything to get there. 12 years later he is the CEO of the company and I am no longer supporting him. About a year ago, I couldn't live in the situation anymore. I had changed. I found God and my life took a complete turnabout. Being in retail, your goal is to sell people things they want, things that are sexy but not neccessarily things they need. I stayed there for 5 years after finding God but I couldn't continue to sway people to purchase things they didn't need. I didn't feel right about encouraging debt. I sold most of my things and began a frugal lifestyle (see www.onefinancialday.blogspot.com). After supporting my boss for over 10 years, I had to make a change. However, I didn't trust God enough to change out of the company. I just changed within the company and a year later God kicked me out of the company entirely. A blessing I was totally okay with at the time and still am today.

My husband and I decided this was our sign to move from Minneapolis and head West to Las Vegas. My new husband's house hadn't sold in Las Vegas and his allergies were killing him in Minneapolis so a move was in order. June, 2009 we set out on our trek West and have landed in Las Vegas. After a week here, I realized that my purpose in life revolved around work, friends and church but not around God and what He wants for me to complete in my time here on earth. I had lost touch with the most important person in my life and focused on the least important things (money, job, etc.). As I was putting away my books, I came across the Pathway to Purpose for women book. A light went off in my head, this could hold the answer for me. What is my purpose? What does God want from me?

So I started reading. Chapter One says your pathway isn't always fast and easy, there will be times of boredom and dispair but if you have your ear ready to listen to God, He will use you when it's needed. Chapter One says this journey isn't a 5K, it's a marathon of events that will shape your life. There is a coach out there for you, His name is God and sometimes we need others to show us the lighted path and sometimes our hearts are ready for God to show us. Be open to hearing Him speak through others and by himself. Be available for God to show up and show off. Be open to learning and teaching. You aren't alone in your chaos, God and others are there to help you journey down your pathway to find your purpose, created by God.