When our oldest was about 10 months, my husband lost his license for 5 years due to mistakes he made both before we were together and a little while after our wedding. This resulted in him losing his good paying job and having to find something else, as well as me and our son getting up early every day to drive him to work and then going back to get him after he was done. Thank the Lord we lived so much closer than we were before!
Unfortunately he wasn’t home as often as I liked because he now had to work two jobs so we could pay the bills. Many nights he stayed in town to work the night job, get a few hours sleep then go to his day job. We made it work together, but it wasn’t pleasant for me, but I know he has always wanted to provide for us.
While this was happening I was pregnant again with our second. We didn’t find out what we were having the first time and I didn’t want to know the second time either. However as time drew closer we found out my husband would have to serve some jail time for the indiscretions he had done and that jail time would be right at my due date. So he found out what we were having and kept it a secret from me all that time.
More than a month before our second was born, my husband went to the correctional facility. He was there for about a month and through prayers and letters we were able to get him to what was basically like city arrest. He was allowed to stay in the city and go to work and be there for the birth, but he couldn’t come home. I was just happy he was able to be there AND be working again. It was a definite answer to prayers.
Our son and I stayed in the city with him off and on and when the time came to deliver, he was there. We welcomed our second into the world and she was wonderful! I was so pleased to have both a boy and a girl now!
My husband had to stay in the city for the rest of that month but could come home when our daughter was about 3 weeks old. It was back to driving him back and forth to work but with two little ones this time. I didn’t mind, I was very happy to have him back home where he belonged again.
John 16:33 “These things I have spoken to you, that in Me you may have peace. In the world you will have tribulation; but be of good cheer, I have overcome the world.”