You all have been an encouraging community for me the last couple years, and I appreciate any prayers you can send our way. To give some context, my husband does contract IT work (remote/work from home), and his last contract ended in October. As you probably know, the job market has been tough recently, there's been a ton of layoffs and it's been hard for him to to find work in his field. He's applied to a ton of jobs, had a lot of recruiter phone calls, but nothing has come through yet. Many jobs are STILL requiring the vax (even remote ones!) which my husband will never do, and he's passed up good opportunities because of this. Since a lot of the work is contract based, most of the positions are only hiring for 6, 9, or 12 months. It's hard to find anything long term/permanent in his field anymore. He's thought about switching careers and has even applied to jobs outside his industry, but has a lot of good experience built up and as you know it's hard to switch careers later in life. Just praying for one of these opportunities to work out, and also if this is God leading him to something else, that he will be open to that calling.
Thank you so much, and please let me know if there's anything I can pray for you about as well!
EDIT: Thank you so much for everyone who took the time to respond! I shared all of the encouragement, prayers, advice, and job recommendations to my husband and we are so appreciative of all of you. I tried to reply or DM to each person here, but I apologize if I missed anyone. This community is awesome and I am so grateful to have found it. I hope to update you all soon with good news about a new job/opportunity for both of us! Much love and blessings to you ❤️
You got it! Been meeting and praying every evening for months for all of our brothers and sisters around the world since early last year. That whatever their needs might be, they'll be provided. But will pray especially for you and your hubby tonight. That all your needs will be met. Hang in there, sister. I really do think this will end up being an awesome year for all of us. I have this belief that some things that look bad to us are actually what my wife calls "backwards blessings." Things that God will use for our good, like He has been to wake people up. Sometimes it is just God leading us somewhere else. But right now, I think it's about righting wrongs and removing corruption we didn't even realize was there. Things seem to be speeding up. And we're also seeing some supernatural things happen around us, ever since we decided to meet for prayer for an hour every evening. I think from that perspective, we're about to see some really phenomenal changes in a relatively short period of time. I don't think this will take years. Because I do think we're about to see some divine intervention. And may part of that include your husband finding favor with a steady employer that will meet all your needs. Amen.
I agree with you. Sometimes hard times and difficult circumstances end up carving the path toward something better. God will get us through these down times.
Amen!! Thank you so much for your prayers!