Tuesday, March 1, 2011

H-O-P-E

Yesterday was a gloomy, wet day. A day that brought much needed rain, a day that I thought I would have free to get things accomplished around the house. It is amazing how easy it is to give in to not feeling good and let our house turn wild! I was looking forward to getting caught up on the house work.

Lo and behold the world had another plan for me. Unbeknownst to me the schedule at work had changed. No one had warned me this could happen, nor had anyone shown me how to check my schedule online, or that I even could. So I get a phone call, "where are you?" I'm like, "At home. I don't work till Tuesday this week." So, I had to quickly get dressed and drive 25 miles in rain to get to work.

Work wasn't too bad. It was long and not as many customers, but it wasn't too bad. I made it, and now I know how to check my schedule online! I can even look at my pay stubs online, that is pretty nifty.

Anyway, I've had to change my whole week around to accommodate the schedule change, and I actually like the new schedule. Not that this is where I want to be forever, but I am finding joy in each day and praying for more opportunities to reach people and share Jesus. After all, if I can be Jesus to other people than the job is worth it.

I've been asked by co-workers why I'm a cashier, and I say because they hired me. I have hope that there is a reason I'm here, and that this is temporary. I have hope that God will provide something that I'm trained and enjoy doing. Something that leaves me more fulfilled and excited to go to work. We spend too many hours a week at work to have to go to jobs that we hate.

Not that my job is a bad one, it just isn't my thing. I want to help people, and not just bag their groceries. I want to be able to use my training, my education. I have hope that someday I'll be able to do that. I also have hope that someday God will provide the finances for me to stay home with our children.

I have a lot of hope. I have hope because I can look back and see all the answered prayers. I have a God that never lets me down. He may do things in His timing, and in His way. But so far that time and that way have protected me and given me more than I could imagine. Why would He do all that and then just quit looking after me? God is in this for the long haul, so I am too.

Today I'm going to start March by getting the house clean, going to work and resting on the joy that comes from hope. It is going to be a joy filled day because it is going to be a God filled day!

-JP-

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