Stargazer’s reaction to the job description: “it’s like it was made for me.”
Pray for favor as he sends in his application and resume today with the company president’s name on it– his teenage son, btw, wants to be an astronomer . . . . And he loves my husband.
About to break the news to fourteen year old boy that he is walking today. He still refuses to wear a reflective vest and it is dark and drivers have a hard enough time. But, since he and fourteen year old sister cannot walk together, this frees her up to ride her bike.
Yesterday was hard. It seemed that each direction I turned I either faced rejection or some other obstacle. I have not quit Guy and there is a real estate function — well it is a “tailgate part” at the Board of Realtors to raise money. The president of the company wants us to participate, but no one stepped forward to do it. I was dragged into it (willingly) and the managing broker asked Guy yesterday if I could help her with it this afternoon. He told her I would be swamped with too much work this afternoon. I know him well enough to know that he will have last minute emergencies that will keep me here well after 5pm. I have done all I could. I planned the menu, asked different people to make certain things and have organized as much as I can without being there.
I just feel sad and lonely. Isolated even, because I thrive on something like this and Guy does his best to keep me separated from others. Of course it isn’t all about him. The cancelled appointment yesterday caused the voices in my head to tell me that no one wanted me and I had to put up with Guy…it’s the best I can do. Then husband hurt my feelings in a way that only those closest to you can.
Thanks for listening. Just typing it out made it somewhat better.
There’s an image, each of us taking turns lying on the couch as AJ & the rest of us all nod and listen patiently … Ah. Mmm. Uh-huh. This again? I see. And what else? So how does that make you feel?
I agree, Kim…you should never dread your job. I can’t imagine someone making you feel stupid, however.
A selfish prayer request…I had a surgery on my nasal passages and throat yesterday. Prayers please for general pain issues and bleeding. And that I can continue to fight the urge to sneeze! It sounds silly, but it could be a problem…
I’ve had a growing feeling of anxiety since yesterday. Not about anything specific that I can put my finger on (except for having to babysit Forrest for an hour & a half after school today, by myself, which always makes me nervous). I’ve been feeling kind of worn down & “foggy”, or somewhat dazed mentally, & even physically. (Yes, my body feels somewhat dazed & foggy. Weird, I know. 🙂 ) Sometimes the anxious feeling wells up, & my hands tremble.
Haven’t heard anything yet about the closing. (Don’t know if that is related to this or not. It doesn’t seem to be, but we’ll see if it lifts after the closing.)
Son who is planning a getaway with his wife to HI tomorrow, is still battling something he picked up while working in Mexico City last week. Hasn’t been in the office all week, can’t get through to the doctor today, something like this always happens to them.
So, prayers for healing and a good vacation. They need it. Thanks.
Prayer for eldest daughter, who does not attend church as she has been working nights, but her husband attends. They will begin a small group Bible Study this evening. Prayer she will be drawn to the Lord and the fellowship of His people and desire to continue.
Son got drugs from doc and is happier about his vacation plans! Wife is going crazy organizing everything for me. I don’t know whether to laugh or cry for her! 🙂
Eighteen year old son is headed up to hunting camp. He talked to his teacher and got excused from class tomorrow. He is one who may not ever achieve independence so driving himself up into the mountains could be a big deal. Prayer for safety and wisdom for him. Thanks.
Thank You for the chance to check in on my friends here and see what their concerns are. I know You are listening for our prayers that float to Your throne room like sweet scented incense. Are they filling bowls? How do You store prayers? You fill me with wonder when I think about Your awesome being and ways.
Thank You for this great sounding opportunity for Stargazer. It makes him and his family happy at the possibility after all the waiting with empty pockets. Please help him to do well with the interview and any other kind of tests or requirements needed to get the position.
Please help Kim and Lee in their search for employment. I am in agreement with Karen O’s sentiment on this. And please help Karen O to be feeling better with whatever is causing her to feel not quite like she needs to be feeling. Thank You for blessing Forrest with friends which are so important for an only child. And, back to Kim, thank You for providing the path for the new home. May she and Mr. P work out any hurt feelings on either side. Good times can be stressful just as bad times are. That can make for hurt feelings and the need for forgiveness. Thanks for making a way for us to have better understanding of forgiveness as Jesus shows us how it is accomplished even when it is hard to do.
Please bless InButNotOf with healing and please lessen the pain factor that goes with the surgery. May helps be found whether they are at home remedies or pharma to bring greater comfort during the healing process. I pray for pleasant distractions and stress free environment to aid in comfort. May we soon hear a report of soothing comfort that replaced painful times.
Please continue to be a help in troubled times for AJ and Cheryl. I pray an even greater reliance upon You can be attained…an ever-growing trust that You will take care of all their needs. Please help them to not worry and fret, but instead to give all their concerns to You over and over as concerns rise. Do not let them horde concerns. Jesus will lighten the load for any in need like this.
Please help Mumsee’s family as the young adjust to their new status as walkers and bikers. You know what is necessary to enforce safety rules. I pray for acceptance of the family rules which match up with traffic and road safety measures. Keep the young ones always cognizant of the good that is being done for them so that they do not resent being told to do something they would not choose on their own. May they have internal balancing scales that always point them to the importance of being in the Nest family and incline them to do what is necessary to be respectful of family requirements.
Thank You for Jo’s continuing goodhearted teaching of her students. Help her with any personal needs for supplies and materials for living quarters and the classroom. Thank You that she is organized enough to take care of the giant book order. I remember how it was complicated just doing my own personal Scholastic order. May everything work out well for her on that. Please help her as she continues to decide on plans for Christmas. Please make a really good situation for her so that she feels Your hand of blessing over the whole time she is given. Please take away any sense of loneliness and fill her heart with a sense of belonging. Please continue to keep the whole compound safe from any kind of harm, either human caused or natural disaster. And, of course, please send needed rain, again.
Thanks for listening to another long prayer, Father God. The needs are so many. I hope You have really giant bowls for prayer collection! I wait to hear some good reports on some requests and I know You will probably say wait on others. In all, may Your will be done.
In Jesus’ name, Amen
One of the other eighteen year old sons has an “F” in English at the end of the quarter. He was told to be serious about it or begin thinking of other options. Either moving out or getting a job and paying rent. We will see where this goes. Prayers for wisdom as only God knows his heart.
But instead of the joy & happiness we expected to feel, there is a let-down, & disappointment. Because of the way things are figured, Lee only received a few thousand dollars for the route, as the rest goes to pay off his loan from the company. (And what he got doesn’t even make up for the thousands he’s put into fixing his truck.) He feels this who IO (Independent Operator) thing, at least the way Bimbo does it, is a scam (not legally, but morally). You’re basically paying the company for your job. They make it sound like you own your own business, but you still have to dance to their tune.
Lee has been beating himself up about making the mistake of buying this route in the first place. He looks back & sees the signs that he was not listening to the guidance of the Holy Spirit, but forging on in his own way. I told him that God will not punish him (anymore) for that, as he has been very repentant, & has done much growing in God, seeking His will above all else, for at least a year now.
I thought of how Israel went off to war after God had said “no, don’t go”, thinking “We got this!” That didn’t turn out well for them.
But after repenting & doing what God wanted them to do, they handily won the next battle.
So now Lee has to finish out the week, & then will be training Mike for a couple or three weeks. He is going to talk to the manager about making him a “route reliever” (a paid position) for those weeks. But even if they don’t, even if he doesn’t get paid at all, he will still train Mike for at least a couple weeks, because he knows how complicated things are, & doesn’t want to dump it all on the guy with no training. (When he started on the route, the manager who was there at the time was familiar with the route. & trained him for at least a couple weeks. The current manager is new & doesn’t have a clue.)
I was talking today with a friend and said “we so often go back to the Boy Scout motto: do your best.” We told the boys that if they did their best, we would be content, even if nothing came of it. It was the attitude that was important.
Lee’s attitude about the job sounds good–he’ll finish what he started and then look elsewhere. That’s ethical and right. I don’t know what will come, but he should be able to sleep well knowing he did his best.
As to the future? Just as for the rest of us, it’s in God’s hands. xoxox
Karen, my husband beats himself up about past decisions, too, that didn’t always turn out the way he’d first anticipated, but, like Lee, he is a hard worker and sees things through to the end, even when the path is rocky. Those are strong character qualities, and, like Michelle said, knowing he (they) did his (their) best can bring much peace. Sometimes it just takes a little while.
Continued prayers for you all in this transition period. {{{hugs}}}
Prayers, Karen — so glad it’s done, though. That’s got to be a relief, but it may not set in for a couple days.
Independent operators has been a big issue in the port, actually, as truck drivers have operated on that premise and often it doesn’t bring them much $. The Teamsters were trying to organize them.
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Stargazer’s reaction to the job description: “it’s like it was made for me.”
Pray for favor as he sends in his application and resume today with the company president’s name on it– his teenage son, btw, wants to be an astronomer . . . . And he loves my husband.
It’s up to Stargazer now on the interview.
Praying and hopeful . . . .you know. 🙂
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About to break the news to fourteen year old boy that he is walking today. He still refuses to wear a reflective vest and it is dark and drivers have a hard enough time. But, since he and fourteen year old sister cannot walk together, this frees her up to ride her bike.
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Prayer for the closing on Lee’s route today. Please Lord see that everything goes through without a hitch
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Yesterday was hard. It seemed that each direction I turned I either faced rejection or some other obstacle. I have not quit Guy and there is a real estate function — well it is a “tailgate part” at the Board of Realtors to raise money. The president of the company wants us to participate, but no one stepped forward to do it. I was dragged into it (willingly) and the managing broker asked Guy yesterday if I could help her with it this afternoon. He told her I would be swamped with too much work this afternoon. I know him well enough to know that he will have last minute emergencies that will keep me here well after 5pm. I have done all I could. I planned the menu, asked different people to make certain things and have organized as much as I can without being there.
I just feel sad and lonely. Isolated even, because I thrive on something like this and Guy does his best to keep me separated from others. Of course it isn’t all about him. The cancelled appointment yesterday caused the voices in my head to tell me that no one wanted me and I had to put up with Guy…it’s the best I can do. Then husband hurt my feelings in a way that only those closest to you can.
Thanks for listening. Just typing it out made it somewhat better.
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Perhaps I should send AJ a check for using the blog as therapy. 😉
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There’s an image, each of us taking turns lying on the couch as AJ & the rest of us all nod and listen patiently … Ah. Mmm. Uh-huh. This again? I see. And what else? So how does that make you feel?
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“Stargazer’s reaction to the job description: ‘it’s like it was made for me.’ “
Praying Lee & Kim will each find a job that they can say this about, where they will excel & have great satisfaction in the work they do.
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Karen, thank you, but I no longer expect that. I just want one I don’t dread and I am not made to feel stupid
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I agree, Kim…you should never dread your job. I can’t imagine someone making you feel stupid, however.
A selfish prayer request…I had a surgery on my nasal passages and throat yesterday. Prayers please for general pain issues and bleeding. And that I can continue to fight the urge to sneeze! It sounds silly, but it could be a problem…
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I’ve had a growing feeling of anxiety since yesterday. Not about anything specific that I can put my finger on (except for having to babysit Forrest for an hour & a half after school today, by myself, which always makes me nervous). I’ve been feeling kind of worn down & “foggy”, or somewhat dazed mentally, & even physically. (Yes, my body feels somewhat dazed & foggy. Weird, I know. 🙂 ) Sometimes the anxious feeling wells up, & my hands tremble.
Haven’t heard anything yet about the closing. (Don’t know if that is related to this or not. It doesn’t seem to be, but we’ll see if it lifts after the closing.)
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Son who is planning a getaway with his wife to HI tomorrow, is still battling something he picked up while working in Mexico City last week. Hasn’t been in the office all week, can’t get through to the doctor today, something like this always happens to them.
So, prayers for healing and a good vacation. They need it. Thanks.
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Prayer for eldest daughter, who does not attend church as she has been working nights, but her husband attends. They will begin a small group Bible Study this evening. Prayer she will be drawn to the Lord and the fellowship of His people and desire to continue.
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Son got drugs from doc and is happier about his vacation plans! Wife is going crazy organizing everything for me. I don’t know whether to laugh or cry for her! 🙂
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Eighteen year old son is headed up to hunting camp. He talked to his teacher and got excused from class tomorrow. He is one who may not ever achieve independence so driving himself up into the mountains could be a big deal. Prayer for safety and wisdom for him. Thanks.
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Heavenly Father,
Thank You for the chance to check in on my friends here and see what their concerns are. I know You are listening for our prayers that float to Your throne room like sweet scented incense. Are they filling bowls? How do You store prayers? You fill me with wonder when I think about Your awesome being and ways.
Thank You for this great sounding opportunity for Stargazer. It makes him and his family happy at the possibility after all the waiting with empty pockets. Please help him to do well with the interview and any other kind of tests or requirements needed to get the position.
Please help Kim and Lee in their search for employment. I am in agreement with Karen O’s sentiment on this. And please help Karen O to be feeling better with whatever is causing her to feel not quite like she needs to be feeling. Thank You for blessing Forrest with friends which are so important for an only child. And, back to Kim, thank You for providing the path for the new home. May she and Mr. P work out any hurt feelings on either side. Good times can be stressful just as bad times are. That can make for hurt feelings and the need for forgiveness. Thanks for making a way for us to have better understanding of forgiveness as Jesus shows us how it is accomplished even when it is hard to do.
Please bless InButNotOf with healing and please lessen the pain factor that goes with the surgery. May helps be found whether they are at home remedies or pharma to bring greater comfort during the healing process. I pray for pleasant distractions and stress free environment to aid in comfort. May we soon hear a report of soothing comfort that replaced painful times.
Please continue to be a help in troubled times for AJ and Cheryl. I pray an even greater reliance upon You can be attained…an ever-growing trust that You will take care of all their needs. Please help them to not worry and fret, but instead to give all their concerns to You over and over as concerns rise. Do not let them horde concerns. Jesus will lighten the load for any in need like this.
Please help Mumsee’s family as the young adjust to their new status as walkers and bikers. You know what is necessary to enforce safety rules. I pray for acceptance of the family rules which match up with traffic and road safety measures. Keep the young ones always cognizant of the good that is being done for them so that they do not resent being told to do something they would not choose on their own. May they have internal balancing scales that always point them to the importance of being in the Nest family and incline them to do what is necessary to be respectful of family requirements.
Thank You for Jo’s continuing goodhearted teaching of her students. Help her with any personal needs for supplies and materials for living quarters and the classroom. Thank You that she is organized enough to take care of the giant book order. I remember how it was complicated just doing my own personal Scholastic order. May everything work out well for her on that. Please help her as she continues to decide on plans for Christmas. Please make a really good situation for her so that she feels Your hand of blessing over the whole time she is given. Please take away any sense of loneliness and fill her heart with a sense of belonging. Please continue to keep the whole compound safe from any kind of harm, either human caused or natural disaster. And, of course, please send needed rain, again.
Thanks for listening to another long prayer, Father God. The needs are so many. I hope You have really giant bowls for prayer collection! I wait to hear some good reports on some requests and I know You will probably say wait on others. In all, may Your will be done.
In Jesus’ name, Amen
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One of the other eighteen year old sons has an “F” in English at the end of the quarter. He was told to be serious about it or begin thinking of other options. Either moving out or getting a job and paying rent. We will see where this goes. Prayers for wisdom as only God knows his heart.
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Eighteen year old made it up to the hunting camp. He found a place with reception and called to let me know. What a thoughtful guy!
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The papers have been signed; the route is sold.
But instead of the joy & happiness we expected to feel, there is a let-down, & disappointment. Because of the way things are figured, Lee only received a few thousand dollars for the route, as the rest goes to pay off his loan from the company. (And what he got doesn’t even make up for the thousands he’s put into fixing his truck.) He feels this who IO (Independent Operator) thing, at least the way Bimbo does it, is a scam (not legally, but morally). You’re basically paying the company for your job. They make it sound like you own your own business, but you still have to dance to their tune.
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That’s supposed to be “this whole IO …”
Lee has been beating himself up about making the mistake of buying this route in the first place. He looks back & sees the signs that he was not listening to the guidance of the Holy Spirit, but forging on in his own way. I told him that God will not punish him (anymore) for that, as he has been very repentant, & has done much growing in God, seeking His will above all else, for at least a year now.
I thought of how Israel went off to war after God had said “no, don’t go”, thinking “We got this!” That didn’t turn out well for them.
But after repenting & doing what God wanted them to do, they handily won the next battle.
So now Lee has to finish out the week, & then will be training Mike for a couple or three weeks. He is going to talk to the manager about making him a “route reliever” (a paid position) for those weeks. But even if they don’t, even if he doesn’t get paid at all, he will still train Mike for at least a couple weeks, because he knows how complicated things are, & doesn’t want to dump it all on the guy with no training. (When he started on the route, the manager who was there at the time was familiar with the route. & trained him for at least a couple weeks. The current manager is new & doesn’t have a clue.)
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I was talking today with a friend and said “we so often go back to the Boy Scout motto: do your best.” We told the boys that if they did their best, we would be content, even if nothing came of it. It was the attitude that was important.
Lee’s attitude about the job sounds good–he’ll finish what he started and then look elsewhere. That’s ethical and right. I don’t know what will come, but he should be able to sleep well knowing he did his best.
As to the future? Just as for the rest of us, it’s in God’s hands. xoxox
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I forgot to say…Thank you for all your prayers!
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Karen, my husband beats himself up about past decisions, too, that didn’t always turn out the way he’d first anticipated, but, like Lee, he is a hard worker and sees things through to the end, even when the path is rocky. Those are strong character qualities, and, like Michelle said, knowing he (they) did his (their) best can bring much peace. Sometimes it just takes a little while.
Continued prayers for you all in this transition period. {{{hugs}}}
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Prayers, Karen — so glad it’s done, though. That’s got to be a relief, but it may not set in for a couple days.
Independent operators has been a big issue in the port, actually, as truck drivers have operated on that premise and often it doesn’t bring them much $. The Teamsters were trying to organize them.
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