Tom Branch - Roads of Faith

As many know by now my disposition of working grave shifts. It sucks your soul away. Ito cool for short term, but after so long it becomes harmful, well not productive or good. And in this town, hard to drop like a bad habit.

In certain fields such as computers or creative arts etc you cannot quit a job unless there is another lined up. They are hard to come by. They are very hard. Well I am in one of these such jobs where there is not enough competition for me to get paid a lot Monroe or be able the threaten with leaving. So I am stuck until something comes along.

And here is where God knocked on my door three times when I wasn't looking delivering me with good news. And two of the three have been followed up on. Now first let me think of last night's conversation I had at a community group I was visiting.

I was speaking with Keri after earlier during one of her prayers I could very much relate to the content. We were talking about Jobs and "stick-to-it-ness" that we might ought to show more of. Its like a commitment like anything else. She is right, what If I cannot make a commitment to a job, what makes anyone, including myself, think that I can commit to god or a marriage? Very good point indeed. And from that I was thinking finding ways to make it work or deal with it more. Even though it was the grave shift factor getting me, but ya never know sticking it out may end up somewhere better down the road. That's the faith of it.

Well three times lately God and jobs have come up in related context. First I missed my regular community group a few weeks ago and one of the members , who works for the same company I do, had gave me a name and numbers of one of his friends that is looking to hire for an IT related position. SO that's Job coming from a night of God....as he called right after the community group I missed.

Then last week I was searching for a new Devotional Bible and was in the Christian books over at my favorite Barnes and Nobles. I had on my Ipod which has been a great conversation piece. Another customer was there and had asked me about it. Then after talking about what Bible I was looking for he mentioned that the company he works for may have a position come up. He asked if I worked in technology and the such. SO we talked about that. And traded contact info. And tonight I got a call from him to set up a meeting with him this Saturday afternoon.

and then last week even I was over at Mr. Wallace's house and he said that in the L.E.O. there was a listing for Glamour Shots hiring. SO the next morning I sent them my resume. And later on that morning I was with Mr. Wallace again and we were in a Christian bookstore when I got a call from Glamour shots asking for an interview. Which I just completed today.

So a job prospect in a bookstore, a call from a missed community group, and a call while I was in a Christian bookstore.....All three times God was related to the job prospects.

So maybe yes the "stick-to-it-ness" would be great, but God has come to me with three different options. Yes I was seeking but these are the ones that came to me first, I didn't find them in the classifieds or anything......They were brought by God.

I know in my heart I want to be thankful for this, in which I am, but it's loke Wow i'm not sure how to even react. Except tell others thsi wonderful story and not boast, not dwell, to accept it and move onward with what God lays out before me. Lesson re-learned, ya never know when God will be there and is always working. And will deliver you when the time is right.

2 Comments:

Anonymous said...: Tom, I love hearing how the Lord is on the move in the lives of my friends! I'm so glad to hear of these opportunities He is providing.

Oh, and thanks for setting your Blog to accept posts by those non-Blogger savy individuals like myself. I have a cool LJ, though.

And thanks again for kidnapping Aaron!

Emily; Wednesday, March 16, 2005 5:54:00 PM
Tom said...: Hey no problem at all, it was my pleasure in all of it. Feel free to post comments whenever. ANd yeah I'm the firend who will kidnap ya or kick ya whenever needed...ask Aarronn, I do it all the time haha.; Wednesday, March 16, 2005 6:12:00 PM

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