Job Hunting

I have had so many kind people asking me how it is going looking for a job. Actually, it has been a sort of hard process, and I have been humbled in so many ways this past week. I needed to be humbled, that I see now. It has made me more sympathetic to people who have been searching for work for a long time, as well as people whose livelihood is dependent on going out every day and trying to sell their wares (and thus, a bit of themselves). I used to take it for granted that I would get up, get dressed and go to a fantastic job that I enjoyed in every way, where people gave me encouraging feedback all the time. I am so thankful that the Lord gave me a few days where I had to humbly go to place after place and try to sell myself as a good employee. Here is a little list of all the places I have tried to find a job:

• Multiple places on campus (took a clerical skills test on which I scored rather dismally)
  
• The Lifeway Bookstore on campus (applied and interviewed)
• Two different positions at a bank (called after seeing in the want ads)
• Pottery Barn Kids (applied, and had an interview set up for Friday am)
• The Cheesecake Factory (applied, took a 150 question personality test and had 2 interviews -- don't go there unless you've worked at another similar place in the past. I learned that the hard way)
• Borders (applied, took 180 question personality test online)
• Lotsa Pasta International Food Store (applied)
• Family Adventure (e-mailed, interviewed)

I was in World Market today to see about applying, when my cell phone rang. I got the job at the Lifeway store! How dare I doubt the Lord's goodness to me? This morning I read Psalm 16:11 "In Your presence is fullness of joy, and at Your right hand, there are pleasures forevermore" in my one-year Bible, and again the same verse in a card from my friend Miss Janice. The Lord is my home, right? He is also my identity. Not a job.


Here is a picture of Josh and I celebrating at a great local Italian place. It was great! Yes, that is asparagus on my pasta -- yum!