Today I am off of work, even though it is Sunday. This is both a good thing and, quite probably, a harbinger of things to come. I have known for a long time that there are several people on the Homeowners Board who want to save money by cutting my hours, it seems they have taken Pat's current vacation as an opportunity to test out the idea.
My initial reaction was anger, but that didn't last very long. I have decided to leave it in the hands of the Lord instead. He will most certainly provide for me and mine. In fact just this morning as I was reading my normal readings, not looking for any such comfort but finding it given to me out of the blue:
Matthew 6:25-34
Do Not Be Anxious
25"Therefore I tell you, do not be anxious about your life, what you will eat or what you will drink, nor about your body, what you will put on. Is not life more than food, and the body more than clothing? 26Look at the birds of the air: they neither sow nor reap nor gather into barns, and yet your heavenly Father feeds them. Are you not of more value than they? 27And which of you by being anxious can add a single hour to his span of life?[g] 28And why are you anxious about clothing? Consider the lilies of the field, how they grow: they neither toil nor spin, 29yet I tell you, even Solomon in all his glory was not arrayed like one of these. 30But if God so clothes the grass of the field, which today is alive and tomorrow is thrown into the oven, will he not much more clothe you, O you of little faith? 31Therefore do not be anxious, saying, 'What shall we eat?' or 'What shall we drink?' or 'What shall we wear?' 32For the Gentiles seek after all these things, and your heavenly Father knows that you need them all. 33But seek first the kingdom of God and his righteousness, and all these things will be added to you. 34"Therefore do not be anxious about tomorrow, for tomorrow will be anxious for itself. Sufficient for the day is its own trouble.
Clearly I have nothing to worry about. If my hours are reduced and I no longer must work on Sunday's, why this could be the will of God, that I look to him for help and that I join with the congregation on Sunday mornings. If it doesn't happen, well so be it. Either way I know that God is in control of everything that happens. I could always get a second job on Thursday, Friday and Saturday if worst came to worst. Or a new job altogether for that matter. Heck, if I were to be let go I could get unemployment for a while during my job search, that would be all right with me too. :-) Whatever happens I'm not worried about, though there is just a bit of tension in my neck at the moment, but I'll let the Lord have that as well ;-)
Today we are all going to the
Alameda County Fair. I'll post about that later tonight, if I have the energy. Next Sunday, which I have off as well under the new vacation schedule, is the Church BBQ, which I will be able to attend this time, I can see this as a good thing really, a really good thing!