Good morning and Happy Monday...sitting here this morning having my quiet time with God, I am behind the glass my cup of coffee in hand, it is a bit cooler out this morning with some dark clouds looming overhead...the wind has a sharp chill to it, a chill that will cut to the bone....I am thinking we might be in for a bit of rain! The sun coming up over the mountain is an amazing sight today, as it breaks through the clouds it resembles pictures I have seen of hot molten lava oozing out of an active volcano...God's handiwork is wonderful every day, this morning the treat is just a little sweeter!
As I sat in prayer this morning I found myself really having to work on forgiveness. Asking God to forgive me for an anger that I have let build inside of me. Sometimes I just don't get it, when a person works hard to do a good job and is never appreciated for his work and is always the one to be trampled under the mat at the door. My husband is a good, decent, spiritual, loving man. He is a man who takes pride in his work and who is diligent in doing his work...He went to work for a company about a year ago and has had nothing but disrespect and belittling each and every day he has worked. When he first started, he befriended a young man who had been dealing with a drug addiction, several other men on the crew were and continue to abuse drugs, the heavy stuff, the stuff that will make a sane man crazy.....Because Wayde befriended this young man and would sit at lunch and have conversation Wayde was deemed a drug dealer...we went and spoke with the Bishop who had recommended Wayde to the company and he was livid, he wanted to have the one who had accused called down for bearing false witness and the company removed from the project for allowing such things to happen...Wayde being the bigger person said no he would deal with it in his own way. Last Wednesday, Wayde was sent home at 11:00 due to lack of work and was told not to come in for the rest of the week. Yesterday, he received a text...not even a phone call, a text, saying there still was no work, and would be none for the rest of the week. This company has some very shady practices and Wayde has stood quietly by, allowing the, supposedly, Good Christian owner and several of the men that work there to totally strip him of his self worth and of his value as a human being. The sad thing is Wayde loves this job, he loves the beautiful things he has learned to create, but enough is enough....is it not??? Should we, any of us, have to work in a company that is so detrimental to our mental health??? Please if you will, pray with me that Wayde is able to find a job that will lift him up not drag him down, that he will find a job where an employeer sees the goodness in his employees, pray with me for a job that will allow Wayde to progress and not be belittled because his supervisor feels threatened by him, for a job that will not leave him wondering from day to day if he will get hours so that we can meet our financial responsibilities...Father God, we are good honest people, we are people that love you and work everyday to honor you. You know our intent father, you know what is in our hearts, you know who we are and what we represent. If it be your will today please open a door that will bring us into a better place, Father take this would be anger in my heart and turn it in to understanding and drive, take this frustration from my mind and replace it with open eyes and clairty. I ask this favor and blessing humbly, in the name of Jesus Christ. Amen
The one and only thing that is good about this situation is that it is making it easier for us to totally decide upon moving to Kansas, in looking at the way things are progressing in our lives it is as if God is preparing us to make the move. We pray every day that financially we will be able to afford to make the move and begin a new life being closer to family. God is this what is happening? I could understand better if I knew that this is the beginning of a new adventure of life for Wayde and I. As I have always done Father I will abide by you, I will follow your lead and allow you to continue to guide me without question. Father God I am just so tankful that the last year we have been able to maintain our little box apartment and to keep the electricity on. We have had food on our table and always much love in our heart. We have no idea what the future holds but we are walking the path with knowledge that you have a mighty plan for us and we will see that plan in your time not ours.
In all of our woes though...the anchor holds!!!!
The anchor holds
Though the ship is battered
The anchor holds
Though the sails are torn
I have fallen on my knees
As I faced the raging seas
The anchor holds
In spite of the storm
I've had visions
I've had dreams
I've even held them in my hand
But I never knew
They would slip right through
Like they were only grains of sand
The anchor holds
Though the ship is battered
The anchor holds
Though the sails are torn
I have fallen on my knees
As I faced the raging seas
The anchor holds
In spite of the storm
I have been young
But I am older now
And there has been beauty
That these eyes have seen
But it was in the night
Through the storms of my life
Oh, that's where God proved
His love to me
The anchor holds
Though the ship is battered
The anchor holds
Though the sails are torn
I have fallen on my knees
As I faced the raging seas
The anchor holds
In spite of the storm
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