March 14, 2006

Hola Amigos!!:) So I am taking a personal day today and recouping from my interview yesterday. I was emotionally drained, but the interview went as well as I could have hoped. I should know in a couple of weeks, the verdict that is, on whether or not I get the job. It would be a huge undertaking and challenge for me, but I do believe that I can do it if given the opportunity.

Today, I so could have worked, but i didn't. I work tomorrow and half a day thursday before my interview in Charleston, so that will be days 8 and 9 of my substituting minimum of 15 days. I better rack them up now, so that I will be able to save some money before the summer. I will work more hours next week.

So I am just glancing over at my bible, it's talking about John the Baptist and the lessons we can learn from his life:

1) God does not guarantee an easy or safe life to those who serve Him.
2) Doing what God desires is the greatest possible life investment.
3) Standing for the truth is more important than life itself.

What a truth it is to know these things!! God is so cool. Especially as I am preparing to go on this mission trip to Ecuador in June. It is funny how people think that just because you believe in God, that automatically means you have it all figured out, that your life is easy and safe, with now worries or cares, when actually having a relationship with Him, makes it easier to bear all the heartaches and pain that this world allows.

That being said, it is also appropriate to note, that in returning to my book Beyond Jabez by Bruce Wilkinson, he discusses the importance of asking for protection against these temptations and in the midst of these heartaches to lighten our loads per say. Wilkinson believes that this is what Jabez really meant when he said "and that You would keep me from evil that I may not cause pain!" This book is so powerful, that even after not reading it in months, I am able to pick up where I left off and recall the wonderful way that God worked in my life when I was reading and praying this prayer before. Check it out: 1st Chronicles 4:10. It talks about all the things that we are afraid that we should not and are not supposed to ask for in this prayer and how appropriate this prayer is to our present lives in Christ.