God Calling...Is Anyone There?

Things have been busy around here lately. It seems like at the beginning of the month, our calendar is nearly empty, and by the end looking back there is barely a blank day! The great news about a full calendar is that I have been on the receiving end of a good helping of encouragement which I obviously needed. I guess I have just been in need of some good friends, good conversation, and prayer.

I'm getting ready to start my first day of work at a new store. I had been offered a position at Pier 1 Imports (a store that I love to death, and it's something I'm extremely comfortable with... hello, decorating addiction?!), and then a few days after starting work there I was offered another position at Winn Dixie. A store that is close to my heart seeing as that is where my husband got his first job in Georgia, and has been a great place for our family to grow and thrive under, although lets not digress- God is our true source of life.

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"I am the vine; you are the branches. If you remain in me and I in you, you will bear much fruit; apart from me, you can do nothing." John 15:5 

 

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I didn't respond to Winn Dixie for a few days because this was a tough decision. I had to think about which job I wanted more (Pier 1), which was more fun (Pier 1), better hours (either one), who had better pay (Winn Dixie), and if I wanted to try to swing two jobs or go all or nothing. I prayed hard about it. And God answered me... Winn Dixie is where I was supposed to go because ultimately my first job is to be a wife and mother. So I made the decision as scary as it is, and quit Pier 1 and called up Winn Dixie.

I received some great news when I did. They didn't want to hire me as a cashier; they wanted to hire me as a service associate (an office girl) which means more responsibility and better pay. I have to admit- I'm scared. This is a golden opportunity to make my hard work count for something. This is an area where I can excel or I can fall flat on my face and get fired. This is definitely out of my comfort zone. But God said to do it. So I am counting on His infinite knowledge, and his wisdom, and grace that this is where I am meant to be and I have not heard wrong.

I need to succeed in this, and I am nervous. I don't know how I am going to do it. And then, I hear this:

"The LORD will fight for you; you need only to be still." Exodus 14:14

"Moses said to the LORD, 'Pardon your servant, Lord. I have never been eloquent, neither in the past nor since you have spoken to your servant. I am slow of speech and tongue.'
The LORD said to him, 'Who gave human beings their mouths? Who makes them deaf or mute? Who gives them sight or makes them blind? Is it not I, the LORD? Now go, I will help you speak and teach you what to say.'" Exodus 4:11

"Trust in the Lord with all your heart and lean not on your own understanding; in all your ways submit to him, and he will make your paths straight." Proverbs 3:5-6

"Jesus replied, 'Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind.'" Matthew 22:37

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LORD, help me to follow your calling and diligent about following your call. I know that you have good things planned for me, I need only to trust you. I will be praying for each and every one of my readers this prayer, and I hope you that you hear His call for your life whether it's through affirmation of what you're currently doing or if it's a urge to move outside that comfort zone!

Ring, ring... :)