God knows better

I know this is true, but it was made true this last week in our lives.

Mr. A works for a little know coffee store who is going through some serious cuts. Mr. A has always had people ask how he is doing but none of the cuts have affected this area...until now. Unfortunately we didn't know how bad things had really gotten until Saturday due Mr. A has been out on medical leave.

We happen to stop by a store on Saturday and Mr. A struck up a conversation with the manager. We found out that there had been a major layoff and many of Mr. A's friends and co-workers were let go. We were shocked. We were prepared to have some loss but the amount of loss was just more than we could have imagined. The kicker as little as six weeks ago, Mr. A held the same position that all of these layoffs held.

We had been praying for Mr. A to move to a location that was closer to home. He had been driving about 1 hour each way for the last 9 months and the commute and cost of the commute was getting old. Not to mention things at the store had gone from bad to worse. We really just needed a miracle to happen...either promotion, demote or leave the company.

Well, a promotion was offered at a store that was closer. Mr. A liked the idea of being closer but he had never wanted to be in a management position. He liked working with people, not numbers. This was really what he wanted to avoid. More hours needed at the store, more time away from family and having to fill in whenever someone couldn't make it in. He would be the one that everyone called.

Everything was pointing to the management position. Even though it would be tough, the economics of today just didn't allow us to have much of another choice. I was feeling peace however Mr. A was just frustrated. It was him in the position. It was him that was having to put in the time and effort. He reluctantly agreed to the position.

Fast forward to Saturday and finding out that the former position that Mr. A held was now eliminated, Mr. A and I looked at each other and had to smile. God knew better than us. All the times we fought over what to do, all we had to do was trust. God was is in control and knew the situation so much better than we did. We left the store thankful to escape the first of what is probably many cuts to come. We left encouraged that we are in the palm of God's hand and He is holding us during this time of craziness.