Retail Rut

The job market is tough there is no doubt about it. I have been looking for work for a few months off and on. Now that I'm unemployed I'm looking all day everyday. I was applying online for administrative jobs, but everyone wants you to have experience, to which I have very little. Yesterday I was gone most of the day hand delivering resumes. I even stopped off at an employment assistance company. I had an interview and extensive profile to fill out. Many places have gone to only accepting resumes online. I hit it off with a few employees in those places where I applied. Connecting with people from my hometown who have also moved away. Went to a store that I used to work at (different location) and my old manager from there is now at that location which it was nice to bump into her there.

Apparently I have the skills and experience to be hired into retail much easier than an administrative role. I was trying to avoid this, but if this is an area that I'm strong in I guess I need to embrace it and perhaps consider looking into getting other experiences while I'm at it.

All that to say I have an interview tomorrow. I remember the first time that I walked into this store. I was in awe of the tidiness and cleanliness I saw. Not to mention all the little trinkets that I would love to get my hands on. Maybe I can then become and more organized person in my home :).

God's Word is Powerful

Yesterday afternoon upon my return home I found something interesting, yet bothersome at the same time. I came home and gathered my blue box and green bin from the curb as it was garbage day. My green bin is always left open after pick up. I went to close the lid and saw that there was something in it. I didn't look at it then, but closed the lid anyway and proceeded to pick up the blue box and head into my house. I then opened the green bin again to take out what was inside. I was a New Testament -Answer Book. I then put both garbage containers outside my back door. Then went about doing things. A little later in the day I went to thumb through the New Testament of the Bible and noticed that someone tried to burn it. It only made a whole through two of the pages though right at the front of the book. Nothing is missing and it really isn't all that damaged. It troubled me at first that someone placed it in my bin, but at the same time I believe that it was a fluke over all. Except believe that God had it placed there with a purpose...this little book will be held by someone else one day that will come to believe that this is a powerful book. God who is all powerful all knowing will bring someone to himself through this specific Bible. My job is to use it in obedience to his calling on who it should go to.

Waiting, listening.

A Key To Opening a Door

Yesterday was a fun and interesting day. I went to church in the am as usual for a Sunday morning. I was the helper in the toddler room, so I got to play with, and redirect the children and only changed one stinky diaper ;-). After church I went to the store to pick up a calling card so that I could call my mom up since it was mother's day and all. I even stopped at McDonald's for a $1 drink as I was beyond thirsty, then I started the walk home. When I got home I rummaged through my purse for my key to get in. There was no key! I searched frantically now trying to find this one thing to allow me to be in my home. To no avail no matter how many times I looked in my pockets and searched through my purse they just weren't there lol. So I stood there in shock as I knew my phone was also in the house as I knew I wouldn't need it. Much to my dismay I was wrong. So I saw that a neighbour was out in their yard a few houses down and across the street. So I went over to them explained my situation. They were wonderful, loaning me their phone and even the phone book to try and find my landlord's number. We found his business number, but not his home number. So then I went back to the house to try to enter in another way...no such luck. Then the same neighbour came over with one of her sons with water and to ofter their washroom if I needed one. I was so thankful for them at this point as I was sitting in the sun and getting mighty hot. After about 20 minutes I went back to my neighbour's house again to use their washroom and decided that I should venture out and do some shopping that I had to get done (diapers). One my way home my neighbour was driving by me a few streets over and offered a drive as she was going home. So I accepted. She offered for me to join their family at her parents home for dinner, I declined as I was planning to go to church and thought for sure there would be a way of connecting with someone who had contact info for my landlord. Sure enough there was, so after service I got my landlord's home number and I was in my house for the first time in 10 hours. So thankful for the wonderful people that tried to help me out and did a great job at accomplishing it. Continually amazed by Him.

A Strange Sense

Today I was planning on being home all day, but after making coffee I realized I didn't have milk or cream. So I went to the store to buy a few items. Upon returning home I went online to look for jobs to apply to. I found two which interested me and so I sent my resume off. Then I got this odd sense that I would hear back from one of the places I applied to. Whether it would have been one of the two from today or one from previous days. So I kept my email open all day, but set about the cooking and baking I had in mind to do today.

Shortly after eating my tasty ham dinner I noticed that there was an email waiting for me to check it. Sure enough there was a reply in my inbox from a job posting I replied to today! Unfortunately it doesn't look like our schedules will collide very well this week as I still working my current job. He did however state that depending on how this week goes perhaps we can make an interview time for Monday.

Please pray with me that if this is the job for me that he will schedule an interview with me next week.

Thank you :)

Oh To Be A Kid Again!

So I might get some laughs out of you all. This afternoon was lovely! I decided to go to Tim's for a coffee and on the way home I also decided that if no one was at the park that I cut through that I would go for a swing. So as I approached the park I saw that it was empty, so I hopped onto one of the swings and enjoyed myself. It's been a couple of years since I had a good swing. By the way did I mention I didn't have any children with me and yet I swung anyway.

It's no wonder why children burn so much energy playing. My legs are like jelly again...I think I'll do that more often when the park is empty :).

The Nagging "What If's"

In my previous post I talked about what God prompted me to do last Tuesday. I had a peace and faith that God would supply all my needs. I truly know that he will, but over the course of the last couple of days I have had the nagging "what if's?" trying to take a hold of my confidence that I truly believe that God gave me.

Questions that keep coming to mind are..."What if you don't find another job?", "What happens when your bills start piling up?", "What if you run out of food and have no money in your account to buy more?", "What if something urgent comes up and you can't go or can't do what needs to be done?"

I know that God gave me this peace to begin with. I have no doubt in my mind that he did. However, Satan has a way of trying to work in such a way that we forget what God has done and what he has given us. Then he tries to get a foothold on those things that might trouble us or distract us. Well I am here to say that I want none of it! He can just go away and stop pestering me. God has a plan and he will over rule Satan's plan to try and scheme and play with my thoughts feelings and reactions. I will not have it. So will you my readers please pray along with me in regards to this?

Don't be afraid to comment now and then. Your comments are always appreciated and looked forward to :).

A Huge Leap of Faith

Now I have to say that under normal circumstances things would have happened differently than they did. However, my situation was and is far from normal. I have been in the same field of work for quite a while now. Retail is no cup of tea and especially so in the "outlet" world. Add in some interesting mixes and personalities into that world and you get a whole lot of stress. I won't get into the knitty gritty details here. However, the stress became to great to bear anymore. I felt ill everyday that I had to work and my heart would start racing the moment I set my feet upon the parking lot. It was awful, I had been looking for work a fair bit throughout the month of April. So I have nearly two dozen resumes out there now. This past Tuesday I gave my notice at my job with nothing to go to. I had so much peace about this decision even though so many people would think that I was absolutely nuts for making such a decision. I may even be thought of as being dumb or stupid for not covering my butt. Here's the kicker though, I have an awesome God who cares about every need, every detail of my life. He truly cared about the way I was feeling and knew all about it, because I told him about it all the time. I am confident that he will supply...Matthew 6:25-34 tells all about his care in these matters. I don't know how I am going to pay all my bills, but I'm not worried about it because I know God will provide. I just know, I have had a couple of people comment that they wouldn't do this. I wouldn't normally as stated before, but God has a funny way of working in a persons heart and showing them a great amount of peace. This peace received from God shows me who is guiding. I love this feeling...