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Unemployment by faith

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As I start this blog journey, I am in a season of unemployment, and not by choice.  Almost 3 weeks ago, on a Monday, I was called into my supervisor’s office at 4:45 and informed that I had just worked my last day at the bank.  I don’t think there are any words to describe how that feels!  There had been a lot of stress, a lot of rumors and innuendo, and some really rough days in the last year.  I just didn’t think that it would come down to “see you later, bye”!

However, my “and yet!” God continues to speak to me and use me, and remind me of all the GOOD that He has in store for me.  For one, I have time to do this blog – which I have always wanted to do, and am thoroughly loving.  Two, He showed me last night that even though they have taken away the paycheck, NOTHING can take away the skills and tools that I have now.  When I first started there 3 1/2 years ago, I had no idea what internet banking meant, beyond signing into my account and checking my balance every day.  Now I know the other side – how it works internally, how to do ACH, billpay, and mobile banking – and how to service those programs, just to name a few.  And they can’t take away all the incredible friendships that I made countrywide, nor the awesome memories I have of all the people I was able to help.

And third, He has given me the gift of TIME.  I have time now to be with my hubby (who is retired) and my Mom (who lives behind us).  TIME to read my Bible more, pray more, and minister more.  TIME to work on what He wants to change in me.  TIME to rethink my plans and dreams!

So, unemployment is NOT what I would have chosen – and hopefully it’s not forever..but until then, AND YET!

God Amazes Me!

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The purpose of this blog is to share with fellow believers and those seeking how marvelous our “and yet!” God is.  I have been discovering what that means, “and yet!”, for over a year now, and it has opened my eyes to a whole perspective on my world.  I learned most of it from my nutritionist that I was seeing at the time.  I was whining about the sad state of my eating and exercising habits, and how long it seemed to be taking to see results.  I had a view that if it wasn’t happening, it wasn’t going to.  His view, however, revolutionized by spiritual life!  He said, “You are not an athlete YET.  You don’t weigh what you want to YET.  You aren’t eating the way you should YET. But that doesn’t mean you won’t!!”

YET – it is a wonderful 3 letter word that so perfectly describes our God.  Although I have been a Christian for 46 years now (I was saved at age 8) I still don’t have that same view of my life that God does.  And I tend to give up too easily sometimes when I look around at circumstances and think that what is true today about my life will always be true.  But GOD says, “yet!”  As in He isn’t through working in me yet.  He has not exhausted His supply of answers and solutions to the things that I face.  He has not run out of options.  AND, He reminds me daily, if I will just look, of the way He says, YET!

So I hope you will be encouraged and inspired as I share my journey of seeing Him at work, and knowing that it will always be “I am not there….YET!” until the day He calls me home.