Salut ladies! I hope all of you are having a wonderful 2013! I apologize for posting so late.
By reading this chapter, I felt like God and Ms. Omartian were talking to me. It feels like a wake up call. I work at an early learning center. I love my job, my kids, my boss, and the parents. My kids are my everything right now, they make me feel beautiful and happy. Like Ms. Martian said " When our work is good, it gives us fulfillment. When we accomplish something worthwhile that makes life better for other people...it gives us satisfaction." I love and take good care of those kids because I know how hard it is in this country to find someone who will care for your kids.
At the beginning of 2013 , I started thinking about leaving my job because it's not paying good. I want to make more money than what I'm making . But after reading this chapter and proverbs 10, I'm rethinking quitting my job. And I know, I will not get the joy, the satisfaction, the love, the fulfillment so local
One more thing I would like to share with you ladies. I know how the feeling of hunger feels like. I remember when younger, my grandparents did not have enough money to buy food every day. So when I grew up I said to myself " I will never miss oil, onions, salt and rice in my house".
One more thing I would like to share with you ladies. I know how the feeling of hunger feels like. I remember when younger, my grandparents did not have enough money to buy food every day. So when I grew up I said to myself " I will never miss oil, onions, salt and rice in my house".
I pray that God blesses you financially at your job, Djedje, because I know you really care for those kids.
ReplyDeleteThis chapter was a good reminder of the importance of praying for our jobs. The other day I was thinking about how bored I am with mine and how it sometimes affects my productivity. While oftentimes I feel like looking elsewhere would solve the problem, it won't when the problem is within me! I have added my job to my daily prayer... so that God will give me the energy to do what I gotta do daily... and to actually enjoy it for as long as I am there.
Thanks for sharing Djedje ! I can totally relate to you (well the opposite of your story lol)
ReplyDeleteThere are several reasons I was not enjoying my job. But as I started praying for it, I started feeling like I was at the right place, that God is using it to transform my heart & character, to teach me to never think so highly of myself (His word says that humility comes before honor), that it is not about finding the perfect job but it's about being the right person (which I know deep down, no effort has been dedicated to that area). So now, after reading Lety's comment, I will be praying to find fulfillment in what I am doing and "whatever I do, I will work at it with all my heart, as working for the Lord, not for men." (Colossians 3:23).
Wow your story gives me motivation to start praying for the job God has in store for me. I too had a similar story as DjeDje, my very first job was at a day care centre and at the time I had just finished high school so I didn't have much experience of the real word. I loved the kids I worked with, but the parents sometimes gave me so much hard and it made it difficult for me to do my job, at times they even reported me to the office or the owner, and the I didn't really fancy( I used the word"fancy" just so I don't say I "disliked" or "Hated" I'm training myself to like everyone, not sure if its possible but I will try lol) the people I worked with because of the things that they did to the kids was unethical to me. I remember there were times when I couldn't take their mistreat I would go to the back and just cry, but I never wanted to quit the job because I loved the kids and they loved me and once the parents saw that they started trusting me more, but that didn't change anything between I and the people I worked with and for. My point is that at that time I didn't know how to approach a situation like these, have I had prayed about it I would have probably not minded what those people did to me and I would have continued with my job, because I believe that when you are in prayer mode or when you're filled with the spirit of God even the most annoying things no longer bother me. Listening to your stories and how you pray for your jobs has taught made it more certain that prayer is the answer to everything. I am a living testimony of how prayer works wonders. If we believe it with faith and our heart he never fails to grant us what we ask for. By the way Vanessa "Humility" is also one thing I am working on myself, and thanks for that bible passage.
ReplyDeleteThough i read it a little late i felt like this chapter came just at the right time for me. (A lil background) I have been struggling with getting a job for a while now and whenever i have an interview that goes really well and even the reaction from the employer seems really promising i get excited but yet i still find myself without a job. And lately i have been going through a lot at home which made me argue with God a lot about not providing or answering my prayers. But i have 2 part time jobs waitressing and though the hours are not stable or guaranteed and the paycheck fluctuate, it gives me enough to put gas in the car and pay for what i need without having to rely on people and though i always say thank God for that much i never really showed gratitude and appreciation to God, i always say God i will truly appreciate you when you give me the job that i am looking for. When people ask what i have been doing since i graduated i avoid the question or say i am "just" a waitress for now and quickly add but i am applying for other jobs in the social service field. But just like my spirit has been saying to me in the past few days and this chapter confirms, i have to truly appreciate God for the little that He has been giving me and do it to the glory of His name. even though it is not where i saw myself being by this time, the work is still "important to God, it's important to others, and its important to me" because without it i would be lacking. And like a trainer in the gym said to me, just waitressing, we need waitresses in this world. So i encourage us all no matter what we do, meager or great, let us do it as it is unto God to the Glory of His Name and truly be thankful for it because whoever can be trusted with little will also be trusted with much (Luke 16:10).
ReplyDeleteLike Nessa said and something my mom always says, no matter you job, co-workers, clients, customers, etc, do it as unto God not man.
GOD BLESS
~Beloved~*