God Showed Up While I Was Doing Laundry

Recently, I was doing laundry and talking to God about what I should do for income. Currently (and thanks to my incredible, encouraging husband) I don’t have a workforce job. 

I take acting gigs as they come and my schedule stays open so that I can say ‘yes’ to every good opportunity. As God and I  were talking – this hasn’t been our first conversation about it – I felt these words and I knew it was from Him.

It was like a sentence that I had to structure together, but as soon as the words fit, it ‘locked’ and I knew that’s what He was sharing with me.

He’s only spoken to me one other time in my life, so I understand the beauty of it and am completely humbled by Him choosing to address my situation - which, in contrast to most of the world, is no issue at all and I realize that.

He said, “Stay with Me, and I will sustain you.” I knew it was from Him, but I didn’t write it down. I decided I would go to bed and if I remembered it in the morning, it would most certainly be because He spoke it. And I did.

He could have said anything: “Stay with Me, and I will bless you.”, “Read your Bible, and I will sustain you.”,  “Stay in prayer, and I will support you.”, but He didn’t. He said what He said, and He chose those exact words for a reason. Now, it’s my responsibility to study why He chose those words.

I accept what He said, and I trust that He will sustain me. Is it hard to not want to get a workforce job? Oh, yes. Being an actor means gigs are very inconsistent. On top of that, my husband is the sole provider which means it’s his hard-working self that pays for my classes, my workshops, my headshots, etc. Does he make me feel bad about it? Never.

The desire to get a real job comes from within me – the part of me that wants to be a helpful wife, that wants to feel like I’m doing my part in this partnership, that I’m not just being selfish without concern for what that does to him.

This is where faith comes in. I already know God’s called me to be an actor. I know that because, along with something spoken to me years ago, the handful of times I’ve heavily wanted to throw in the towel, He poured down blessings on my career that were unmistakably saying, this is where I want you to be.

As it is, I’ll continue acting, and I’ll be working towards “staying” better with Jesus. Life is more peaceful knowing that Someone’s already charted your course for you. All you have to do is trust and be obedient to the Captain.

#PrayandPush,
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If you decide that you want God in your life, here's a simple prayer you can say quietly or out loud:

Dear God, I'm a sinner. I’m sorry for my sin; please forgive me.

I believe Jesus Christ is Your Son and that He died for my sins and You raised Him to life.

I want to invite Him into my heart to take control of my life.

In Jesus’ name I pray, Amen.

(No pressure, but if you do say this prayer, I'd love to know so you're not stuck with the thought of, "Okaaaaay, what now?")