"Whatever you ask the Father in My name He will give you. Until now you have asked nothing in My name, Ask and you will receive, that your joy may be full." ~John 16:23-24.
Okay, so my thoughts and reflections on the above Bible Verses will be this: Recently, I've been applying to better job opportunities and have had many interviews in this frustrating process and none of them wanted to hire me, and I really cannot figure out why these things are happening. Is it because I'm too old? Do I not interview well? Am I saying all the wrong things? Is it because I have two jobs already? Are they intimidated by me? I really have no answers to any of these questions, but I do know that God does. God must be preparing me for something much bigger and better than any of these jobs down here on earth. It is killing me that I'm stuck in retail and nothing is telling me why I'm still there. I strongly dislike retail. I've been in retail for seven plus years and I'm getting fed up with it. It's time to move on from there and have several new beginnings and experiences.
All of this is up to God and I guess I'm just here waiting for the right opportunity. God's timing is perfect, but His timing at this present moment is taking a little too long and my strength and patience with this is growing very thin. I'm pretty much at the edge and am about to fall over. So, God any time you're ready, I'll be here waiting for you to guide me in the right direction for the right career opportunity. I just need you God, please send me and I will go. All of you are probably wondering what on earth does any of this have to do with the Bible Verses that I shared earlier in this blog. I'm about to tell you how they are related to the previous Bible Verses. I'm thinking that God is putting me through all of these setbacks because I'm either disobeying Him, not listening to Him, or I'm just not asking for the right thing for God to give me. In order to know what this thing or these things are that I need to ask God for what He needs and what He wants me to do for His kingdom. I really just need to take the time to listen and to receive what He is guiding me to do for Him, and not for myself.
Maybe He wants me to "Write for Hope" or maybe not. Maybe He wants me to take lots of pictures and then write special stories about them. But then again, maybe not. I'm really not entirely sure what I'm called to do for Him. Maybe He doesn't think that I'm ready for what He has planned for me yet. Maybe He wants me to do my own business for Him and I'm just not ready to hear and receive at the present moment. Maybe He even wants me to do something in regards to nature and the changing seasons. I guess that whatever it is that He has planned for me; I'm able to do it with all of His divine help and endless grace, mercy, love, and strength. At this point in time, my opportunities are endless but have to be within reason. I do love working at Michael's but it's only part-time and the hours can be very limited, so that's not easy at all. For example, I have this friend and I never would have imagined that she would be travelling all over the world, just like she has been lately. She seems to love it, so good for her.
She lives without fear and that's exactly what I admire the most about her. If you tend to be the one who lives without fear of the future then all of your possibilities can be endless. Whatever you decide to do in the future, you need to make sure that you do it with a joyful heart, for The Lord, and really make sure that you have complete peace about it. Because if you don't have any peace about it, then don't do it. Trust me, you will not be very happy about it. When you do any type of job, you first need to make sure that it's all according to God and His plan for your life and second, you've got to be happy doing it because this is most likely the job that you'll be doing for the rest of your life and straight through until you retire and then when you are called to go home and be with The Lord. Do we all agree with that? Okay good. Let's all join together and say, "Amen! All the time God is good and God is good all the time!" We're all incredibly blessed. So, amen to that! How awesome is that? Pretty awesome right? I agree. Once again Amen to that!
~Emily P.
