Moving On
I’ve not written for a while, due to starting a new job. Much has happened here over the past several months, most of it good. Currently, my world-traveler daughter is home for a month from Indonesia and we’re loving it. She is happy teaching high school English at a Christian school in Indo so we’re happy for her, even though we miss her a lot when she’s gone.
I’ve had to cut back on my preaching about the need for more grandkids in this world, though. People (my kids) are getting tired of hearing it. Instead, I’m planning to adopt grandkids. Its the easiest way of getting them at this point, other than kidnapping.
We’ve had some difficult times in the last several months. My husband’s place of work – Taylor University-Ft Wayne – closed. That left him without a job. But thanks be to God, they called him back to resume his work as a maintenance worker. This was unexpected and a huge relief. It is a temporary position until the campus sells, but it is something with a pay check. We’re grateful.
It was hard to imagine with the current economy that any job were available. Please pray for the other employees who are now searching for jobs that they will find them.
I’ve been reading the book of Philippians in the Bible to stay encouraged. Among the many wonderful verses there I especially like these from the third chapter:
12Not that I have already obtained all this, or have already been made perfect, but I press on to take hold of that for which Christ Jesus took hold of me. 13Brothers, I do not consider myself yet to have taken hold of it. But one thing I do: Forgetting what is behind and straining toward what is ahead, 14I press on toward the goal to win the prize for which God has called me heavenward in Christ Jesus.
We can be angry that so many people are out of work or that such a Christ-centered institution closed its doors. But that part of it is over and we need to look forward to see where God places those people in new positions. It may mean moving to a new location or changing professions. With God’s help it will be done.
How has the economy affected you? Are you having to make personal changes to accommodate the economy?
I’ve had to cut back on my preaching about the need for more grandkids in this world, though. People (my kids) are getting tired of hearing it. Instead, I’m planning to adopt grandkids. Its the easiest way of getting them at this point, other than kidnapping.
We’ve had some difficult times in the last several months. My husband’s place of work – Taylor University-Ft Wayne – closed. That left him without a job. But thanks be to God, they called him back to resume his work as a maintenance worker. This was unexpected and a huge relief. It is a temporary position until the campus sells, but it is something with a pay check. We’re grateful.
It was hard to imagine with the current economy that any job were available. Please pray for the other employees who are now searching for jobs that they will find them.
I’ve been reading the book of Philippians in the Bible to stay encouraged. Among the many wonderful verses there I especially like these from the third chapter:
12Not that I have already obtained all this, or have already been made perfect, but I press on to take hold of that for which Christ Jesus took hold of me. 13Brothers, I do not consider myself yet to have taken hold of it. But one thing I do: Forgetting what is behind and straining toward what is ahead, 14I press on toward the goal to win the prize for which God has called me heavenward in Christ Jesus.
We can be angry that so many people are out of work or that such a Christ-centered institution closed its doors. But that part of it is over and we need to look forward to see where God places those people in new positions. It may mean moving to a new location or changing professions. With God’s help it will be done.
How has the economy affected you? Are you having to make personal changes to accommodate the economy?
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