Let’s say life can be super hard sometimes.\u00a0 We definitely ALL go through ups and downs.\u00a0 Usually it’s at different times and I believe we are blessed with friends and family who show up to help us during those hard times.\u00a0 <\/p>\n
About 2 years ago, my family was struggling.\u00a0 My husband and I own a business together.\u00a0 At the time, we had 11 employees we had to manage and we ran into financial issues that lead to us laying off all the employees but one.\u00a0 My husband usually handled the behind the scenes part of the company, and with the laying off of the warehouse manager, this put me in a position where I needed to step in and learn how to run the warehouse, which I had no experience doing.\u00a0 With the business being our main source of revenue, we were in trouble.\u00a0 Then, as you can imagine, the depression set in.<\/p>\n
My husband’s second job ~ which was really his passion, was coaching varsity basketball.\u00a0 He was in the head coach position for 6 years, moving the kids up the ladder to competing for state that year.\u00a0 During the first meeting of the season, he shared his mental issues he was having with his team.\u00a0 Well, the school board didn’t like the taboo of speaking about depression.\u00a0 This lead to him losing the head coach position and the school encouraging him to focus on his mental health.\u00a0 Let’s just say his mental health plummeted even lower.\u00a0 We went to several doctors, trying to determine what there was available to help.\u00a0 They finally settled on some medication and sent him home.<\/p>\n
You can imagine the stress and the pain I was going through.\u00a0 I felt like everything had collapsed around me and there was no hope of turning things around.\u00a0 I just kept asking God why this was all happening to us all at the same time.<\/p>\n
One day while driving, I heard an amazing song called “Build a Boat” by Colton Dixon.\u00a0 This song became my mantra for my life.\u00a0 I thought I’d share some of the lyrics here so you understand.<\/p>\n
\u00a0I will build a boat in the sand where they say it never rains, I will stand up in faith, I’ll do anything it takes.\u00a0 With Your wind at my sails, Your love never fails or fades.\u00a0 \u00a0I will build a boat in the desert place, And when the flood and the water starts to rise, yeah I’ll ride the storm ’cause I got You by my side, With your wind in my sails, Your love never fails or fades, I will build a boat, so let it rain.<\/p>\n