As I hear; Philippians 4:13 "I can do all things through Christ who gives me the strength" and Jeremiah 29:11 " For I know that plans I have for declares the Lord, plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you a hope and a future." I think about how difficult it has been for me to find work. The whole time I was in Oregon I had no job. When I got back a had two temporary jobs and than a third job that only lasted roughly a month. Then when I found I great job I couldn't start it because I had no license. The license finally was achieved but the job I had was no longer there since it could not be held for me and it took more than 90 days to get my license. In the process of interviewing for jobs there were two other jobs that seemed like they would have been great fits but those employers went with other candidates. Because I didn't have a ton of experience in the youth ministry field with bigger churches or long enough experience as a paid youth pastor not many churches ( in fact none) really want to take a gamble and consider me for an interview. That third job I worked at for nearly a month was the Y's before and after school program. It just wasn't the correct timing for that position. I think a lot of it had to do with my not having my license and how that affected myself esteem. I enjoyed the position for the short time I was working there and it would have been a great way to use my youth ministry and psychology degrees together even though the age groups represented were not age groups with which I had as much experience they were grade school kids (k-5) to be exact and my experience is mostly with 7-12 graders. Plus I was trying to observe and be in a leadership role which didn't appear to be a good mix for me all at once.
Needless to say once I allowed God to step in I was able to achieve getting my license now on to finding a job even if its just a temporary position until I find on in either the psychology or ministry field. Though ministry doesn't necessarily mean in a church it can be just the mindset I have when I do any job.
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