BLOOM WHERE YOUR ARE PLANTED
Do you like your job? I had a job working as an aide at an
elementary school for eleven years. I absolutely loved that job. I loved the
people, and I loved the kids. I had to leave this job because I needed better
insurance and more money to pay my bills. I cried for what seems like forever
when I left. The children that I had helped for so many years kept asking me
why I was leaving. My heart was just
broken. I knew down deep inside that God
was telling me it was time to move on. When I started my new job with great
insurance, good benefits, and more pay I hated it. I cried everyday going to
this job. I kept asking God why? Why am I here?
I missed my old coworkers and the children. This new job was so foreign
to me.
As I look back, I understand why I had to leave the school.
This new job needed me and I needed it. I was thrown into a job that I knew nothing
about. The people at this new job were
from different backgrounds, and they all had different opinions from my own.
It has been four years now, and I feel I have acquired a new
skill that I would have never knew that I had if I did not take this job. I
love working with people, and I feel that even though my job entails some
people getting angry at times, I enjoy making them feel that someone cares.
I also have found that since I have started exercising and
eating right my outlook on my job has changed in so many ways. I look back, and
I do not think my inability to let go was about my new job. Instead it was
about me and how I felt about myself. Sure, everyone has days they really do
not like their job. But I must be thankful that I have a job, and it is a job
that offers insurance and time off. If I
never accepted this job I really do not think that I would have embarked on
this new journey for the Great Weight Off.
So, today and every day I am thankful that I can get up and
have a brighter outlook about my job and myself. Even though I miss my old job
at times, I am thankful for new co-workers and the generous support they have
given me on this journey.
Our ways are not always God’s ways in our journey of life.
Look at what we would miss out on if we do not listen and follow God’s plan for
our life.
Julie
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