Wednesday, August 16, 2023

😎🐫🎤 Christ’s peace and presence be with you.  I imagine many of you have heard and may have even experienced that our Lord is a God of second chances.  Those second chances can come in many different ways and for many different reasons.  I experienced one of these second chances last week. 

A few months ago, a lead/trainer position became available on my work team.  When the job posted and even before it was posted, every time I thought about applying for the position, it caused an instant rush of stress and anxiety.  We’re still working on building our home; I’m still working on an overtime project at work, that I’ve been working on for close to a year and a half; we had a hand full of specialists leave our team and I felt I needed to stay where I was at to help maintain some stability within our team.  With all this going on, I felt that if I applied and was selected, I wouldn’t be able to give 100% focus to the new position.  Even up until two hours before the application cutoff, I was still battling with myself about whether I should apply or not.  I ended up not applying, but I did have a conversation with God and told Him that the next time the position was posted, I would apply.  Honestly, I figured it would be a year or so before that position would be vacant again.

While at work a few weeks later, I received a mass email advertising a position for our team.  I immediately sent a message to my supervisor and asked if a new position was added to our Team.  She replied saying no, they didn’t select any of the applicants, so they had to repost the job.  Upon reading her response, I immediately laughed out loud and said, “Okay God, I’ll apply.”  He does have a sense of humor. 

From that moment, I didn’t have any stress or anxiety about applying.  Actually, I felt incredible peace and calm. 

I held true to my conversation with God.  I applied for the job and was eventually selected from the group of qualified applicants. 

Yes, our Lord is a God of second chances.  He will make clear the path, as long as we are willing to walk through the gate.  I know this is a journey that will be challenging as well as rewarding, but I also know that He has something great for me to do here, for His glory. 

Listen for the Lord as He calls to you.  For He is also clearing a path for you.

Bless others and be blessed.

Shelly  :0)

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