I am just sitting here on a lazy Sunday afternoon.  I have been thinking recently about so many of the changes that have happened in my life and in the life of those around me since I last wrote on this page.

Change is something that doesn’t come easy, and at other times it is the best thing for us.  We are creatures of habit, and when something changes in our life, it sometimes gets us uneasy and we tend to worry about what the future holds.  Change forces us to look back at where we have come from and to analyze what we’ve done in life up to that point.  I guess that is something that I’ve been doing for the last few weeks.  I try to take an inventory of my life (spiritually 1st and every other way), to see my mistakes,  to try to focus on how, I,  as a man who professes to love God, can improve on how I live my life, and how I can help improve the lives of those around me.  And I have to admit………….  that I seem to fail so often that it at times it leaves me in disgust and heartache.  But then I remember whom I serve, and realize that through HIM, I can get up, dust myself off, and press on like I have done for the last 30 years.

One of the biggest changes that have happened this summer, is that I have changed jobs. Back in January of this year, my former boss let us know that the business was closing, and that we would need to be looking for employment elsewhere.  I had been with my boss for 11 years between 2 different businesses.  He was and is, really good to me.  I appreciate everything that he has done for my family and I.  Every time that I asked, he would help me out in some way.  We became good friends over the years.  So as the early months of 2017 progressed I knew that I would be moving on somewhere else in the near future.  In April, my Aunt Marilyn, who courageously had been fighting Cancer, had a relapse, and this time it was too much.  She passed away on April 28th. I made the trip up to Kentucky to officiate her funeral.  The day that I returned to work, I was told that the remaining accounts that were on our books had been sold and that I would not have another 1-2 months, but 1 week before my job would end.  That was a shock, but I don’t blame my boss for selling out and moving on.  So here I was not knowing what the future would hold……………, but then I remembered, that I have been in this position so many times in my life.  I remembered that God has always guided me through these seasons in life and He has always been there for us, and taken care of us.  So I was unemployed for 3 weeks in May.  People that we hadn’t seen in years came to our door with food and money because they heard that I was in between jobs and wanted to be a blessing.  God knows how to remind us of His goodness.

After 3 weeks of unemployment, I get a call from the Temporary Agency that I worked for 12 years previous.  I had submitted my Resume back to them.  They had a company that was needing someone almost immediately.  They asked if the man could contact me and after a phone interview that turned into an actual interview the same day, I was once again employed.

The first couple of weeks on this new job was an eye opener.  I was now getting up at 4am.  I had a lot of things to learn, and the boxes that we stock are heavy.  But in the process I have lost 40 lbs and I am feeling so much better than I had in a long time.  The pace at work goes so fast at times that the days go by very quickly.  I have  been told that by the end of next week, I will hopefully be hired on full time.  So this change has been good.  Even though it is hard work, I am glad to be up and moving again.

I have learned that God never changes though.  He is the same as He has always been. No matter what change happens in our life, He is always the same.  Jobs change, life changes, we get older, sometimes our health declines and then picks back up, but through it all Jesus Christ is standing right there and making impossibilities possible.  Loved ones pass on, and life goes on, but the Lord as it says in His word, is an EVER CONSTANT in an EVER CHANGING world.  I hope to be able to write more as the time progresses.  I have a lot less time to sit and blog, but I want to be an encouragement to someone who might need it.  I want to be thankful and show my thankfulness for all He has done.  I look forward to going back to Kentucky in a couple of weeks for my niece Annie’s wedding.  Again, more changes in life………………………..

 
For This I’m Thankful.