Mano y Mano

Now, here’s a prompt that is rather timely.

When you’re down, you tend to read into situation things that aren’t there. And sadly, you can get so wrapped around those things that it’s impossible to move forward.

Today was one of those days. I’ve been out of work for a little over three months now. I’ve had a lot of nibbles. I’ve had several really good interviews.

And yet, here I sit with nothing.

It’s easy to start asking questions that become a reality you’d just as soon not face.

Am I not as good as I think I am?

Is my resume just not good enough?

Am I supposed to be doing something else?

Am I to damn old!

Keep running those questions through your mind and you can get yourself in a funk you’ll never crawl out of.

That’s when I turn to the Bible. I can really appreciate the Psalms in the bad times. They become a lifeline that I’m not alone in these thoughts. David had them. So did many others.

And from across the centuries, the words assure me I’m not alone in this. I will be delivered.

And it reminds me this isn’t just a physical thing. There are voices that whisper in our ears our failings (real or perceived). That they will beat us.

And unemployment isn’t the enemy. It’s the voices that I need to beat.

And I pray against those voices.

I remember who I am. I am a Child of God. I’m made in his Image. And remembering that makes me stand, readjust my armor and get back into the fight.

After all, If God is for me, who can beat me?