A Bit of a Pickle

Well, it seems that I’m in a bit of a pickle. The slow economy has finally hit Habersham County, and now I’m left with a job that otherwise would be good, but is now only part time. Yesterday my boss came in my office and said “We need to talk if you have a second.” I was thinking to myself “What in the world does he want? I’ve been doing pretty dang good lately.” He said he wished he didn’t have to, but our slow sales have forced him to push me back to 25 hours a week. If you do the math, that’s about 160 bucks a week less, which of course is about 640 bucks less a month. I told my wife that I think God will take care of us. I might should be worried more than I am. Don’t get me wrong; I’m worried, but I also have a bit of peace about it. I think that the economy may pick up soon and all of this mess will sort itself out. By soon I mean in about six months, though, so until then, I have a lot of things to cut back on, and may have to get another job to supplement. Unfortunately, the first thing to go was my coach. I really dreaded calling him to let him know, and hope he didn’t take it personal, but it had to be done. Today I’m cancelling our Dish Network service, and we’re going to stop eating out. Believe it or not, just those three things left us almost even to where we were. Mainly the eating out part helped, but still. For a week or two I think I’m going to catch up on things needing to be done around the house. I have a personal friend that might can use me 10-ish hours a week, so I may work with him some. I think for many people during this time, the hardest part will be trusting in God to sort things out. It’s easy to stop paying your tithes due to getting less money a month, but that’s not your money to begin with. I think if Hope and I stay faithful and trust that we will be taken care of, we’ll always find a way to weather the storm.