First, all of the questions came—from me and others. “Where will you work? Have you found a job yet? Why would you leave now? You don’t know anyone there; you don’t have any family there.”
Remember, I hadn’t even been to the city, so I had no answers, other than God told me to move there. Some people thought I was nuts, except for my ride-or-dies—my tribe! They encouraged me, even if they didn’t fully understand. But they trusted that I’d heard from God.
So, I started applying to jobs left and right. I knew the season for teaching inside a formal classroom was over, but for a while, I forgot that I knew how to do other things (because I had been teaching for so long). So here I was, applying left and right to jobs that I didn’t even want. I just knew that I could get hired quickly if I looked for a job in education. Hmm. How many times have we settled professionally to do something that was comfortable over what we really wanted to do? (I won’t go any further than “professionally” right now because that applies to other areas in our lives—choosing comfort or familiarity over what we really desire.)
The Manna Chef 