I must admit after quitting my job I had a couple of days of crying. I opened my mind and my heart to bad stress.

I envisioned the worst happening to me. That I would not be able to make an income without that pathetic company and that I would lose my house and become homeless. In simple terms, I had two days of histrionic worrying.

On the third day I got a grip. I thought through what I had just left. This company, in the span of three years, had only paid me one pay check worth writing home about. The rest of the checks were measly and didn’t help much in the bill paying process.

Yet I had never turned in my documentation late. Was very professional when dealing with the clients we served. Attended every stupid corporate meeting I could, until I found out they weren’t paying me for those meetings. In essence, I was a successful professional.

Then I went on to think about what God and I had been working on these past eight years. We have been working on a stellar novel, The Shattered Vase. It is on the cusp of being released to the public. The Lord has promised me that money will not be an issue once I release this novel.

In addition to this fictional novel, the Lord has encouraged me to write a Bible study to examine the spiritual truths of the novel. I am like so totally over the top thrilled about doing this because that means that God is actually my boss, not any man or woman. He is such a totally fun and fantastic boss!

So my mind shifted on the third day and then last night I talked with my friend, Jeremiah. I told him that I could give in to despair because I wasn’t working or I could take the challenge of living on a tiny budget and accomplishing my life’s purpose.

He said there was a study on stress where two groups had been given a challenging task and one group had been told the task would be detrimental to their health and the second were told that the challenge would benefit their health.

The hormones released by the first group were one which affect the body in a negative way. The second group’s physical reaction was to release good hormones. This taught me that a big part of stress is how we perceive it.

Then yesterday a marketing publicist from New York City contacted me regarding my book. We hit it off right away. She was so sweet that she sent me a link to a prophetic presentation which spoke directly to my heart. http://elijahlist.com/words/display_word.html?ID=20652

I would encourage you to read the prophetic word if you need hope.

Also if you could please keep me in your prayers I would be so grateful. You all are totally amazing!!!