Life continues

It's interesting to look back over a period of time and see a path that was designed by God.

Nearly three years ago I lost my job due to the corporation moving our jobs to the corporate offices in another state. A couple of different reasons led me to waiting nearly a year to look for another job, and by the time I did, things were rather desperate. A year ago last week, I went for an interview with a local corporation in a field I'd never worked and was hired on the spot. I make $3 an hrs less than I did at my old job, but I'd learned to live more frugally, so I was actually better off financially.

This past summer I was given a different job assignment that was a lateral move, but a job with a lot more responsibility. The company was already having financial issues due to inflation, and my boss told me that even though this new position didn't come with a raise, it would make me more valuable to the company. I wasn't upset, because I knew he was right, and I was becoming board with what I was doing.

There were a lot of changes in the office for the whole spring and summer, and it was a living hell many days. There were days I wanted badly to quit, but I'm not by nature a quitter. In fact, I can be rather stubborn. I dug in my heals and worked to do my best to learn the new position. Then in October, I was given even more to do that made me even more valuable to the company - and it's even more interesting that what I was already doing. We're talking about the potential start of a career now, not just a job. But this isn't the really important part.

The important parts are these:

1) My company had to lay off a lot of people in November, including several in the Corporate Offices where I work. Even though I'm the newbie in my office, the importance of my job and the fact that I'm doing really well at it (praises even from a VP) meant I am still employed.

2) My dad lost his job in October, and my Mom is disabled. They are in some really tight financial times right now. This is where the hand of God can be seen in my current job. I am in the position where I can help out my parents some, including with food and such. God didn't just give me a really awesome job a year ago, He gave it to my parents.

We produce a food product, and tomorrow I'll be taking my parents (who live out of town and will be visiting) to our outlet store and stocking them up on frozen product. I'll get to buy them more than I would at a store due to my employee discount, and I'll just charge it to my payroll account, so there's no way that my parents can pull a fast one and try to pay for it.

No, this isn't going to solve the dilemma my parents are in. It is going to help relieve some of the burden though, and it's all because a year ago, my boss took a chance and hired someone without any experience in that line of work - I think he was moved by God to hire me, and I think he deserves some of the credit for listening.

That's it for now. It's time for bed, and I'm too tired to think clearly anymore. But I just had to post about this while I was thinking about it.