"See, I have refined you but not like silver; I have tested you in the furnace of adversity." Isaiah 48:10
It's been a while since I posted here. I've been trying to stay busy for a reason. Back at the beginning of October 2015, I started working at a local senior living place as a cook. I was so excited about this new job where I worked 37 hours a week, making meals for residents that I got to know, and developed relationships with. I couldn't have been happier.
Flash back to August 5, 2015. I was still at SpringHill, and had this feeling that God was going to send me back to SpringHill for the summer of 2016.
Sometimes God sends someone who is still learning and growing to teach others. In teaching others these people grow and show God through their pain that comes as they grow, joy and understanding of God. It is as these people are challenged, and are still learning, that they become more than they could have ever expected or hoped to become.
It was on April 1, that I went into work at the senior living place, only to be told that I was being let go. What a way to start the month of April. Back at home, I told my parents about what had happened. They were understanding of how hard loosing this job was for me. It had been a great place for me to work. I had made a few friends who also were co-workers. I also had gotten to know the residents and loved their individual personalities. Working there had been a place where there was always someone to talk to about stuff that might be going on in your personal life--there was always someone to run ideas past on how to handle a situation you weren't sure how to handle. I had found people that hadn't worked at camp who cared about me as much as the people I had met at camp did. All of the sudden, I wasn't going to see these people, wasn't going to have a job to look forward to.
Since then, I've been applying and interviewing for so many different positions, yet nothing has worked out. I keep trying. Thankfully I know that SpringHill is right there, an hour away, excited to have me back this summer. It's comforting to know that I have a plan for the summer.
I have no clue what to expect out of this summer. I know what will happen at SpringHill. But I don't know what to expect from campers, or what is next. All I know for sure is that I'm still looking. The thing is, I've been through so much since the beginning of 2015. I've survived one horrible job situation, and being let go from another job. Nothing has been easy since the beginning of 2015. The moment I think I have my feet under me and have a handle on life, stuff happens, and my feet are pulled out from under me.
God sure has tested me in the past year and a half. I still don't h ave all the answers. I don't even have an understanding of why some things happen. But I do know that God hasn't given me anything that I can't handle. He's defiantly given me a handful on a regular basis. If there's anything I've learned since the beginning of 2015, it's that despite the ups and downs, life sure can be interesting.
