Trusting the Lord

First off, I’m writing this entry over on OD, as the Adversary is trying to block me from getting into LDSjournal.  But I can’t be swayed that easily.  I’m pretty anxious about the future these days.  I want to know what’s going to happen with me and work.  I filled out the stuff for HR today and will be turning it in tomorrow.  Things are moving so fast that they aren’t doing interviews with this whole process – they’re just looking over the short form you submit to HR.  So I’m relying on that paperwork and pleas to my Heavenly Father for things to work out.  I don’t know how much this new position would pay, but given the title of the position, I suspect it’s at least one pay grade above where I currently am.  I think if I were to get it, it would be an answer to several of my prayers, some of which I’ve been praying for for several months now.  Given the speed at which they’re doing all of this, I think I’ll know within the next week or week and a half whether I got the position.  I really hope I get it.  If I don’t get it, I think I’m seriously going to start looking for other employment.  I’ll continue to explore options where I am now, but I know without a doubt that I don’t want to end up on a second shift phone team.    But I’m going to trust the Lord, and put my trust in the Lord.  I’m going to do my part and leave the rest in Heavenly Father’s hands, trusting that if I do my part, I’ll end up where I’m supposed to be.

Church was terrific today.  The Spirit was so strong during the Primary Program.  Then during singing time in primary, the kids sang Called to Serve.  There is nothing I love more than hearing Primary Children sing (and sing well and loudly) the hymns.  For me at least, that’s one of the quickest ways to invite the Spirit.  In the program, they sang How Firm a Foundation (another of my favorite hymns).  I also love when they sing We’ll Bring the World His Truth (Army of Helaman).  But of course, my absolute favorite is the EFY medley of As Sisters in Zion and Army of Helaman.  You can hear the whole thing if you search for that over at YouTube.  I love it.

I’m feeling better now that I’ve become determined to leave things in the Lord’s hands.  I’ve been so anxious this last week – I’ve even taken Unisom the last two nights so that I didn’t have a repeat of Thursday night (and little to no sleep).  But I’m feeling better now – I can feel the Spirit comforting me and helping me understand that all will work out.  Let’s see…next week is Fast Sunday in our ward due to General Conference being the following week.  After General Conference is our own Ward Conference.  Then the last Sunday in October is our Stake Conference.  October is always a busy month for our ward.  Usually the Relief Society Super Saturday is also that month, but this year they’ve moved it to the first Saturday in November.   I haven’t decided if I want to do any of the crafts they’re offering this year.  Oh! It finally rained tonight!  We haven’t had rain since August 30th, so things were pretty dry here. In fact, through yesterday it was the driest September on record.  Usually we have some rain in September and quite a bit of rain in October.  October is usually cold and rainy – hence the reason it’s usually cold and rainy and uncomfortable on Halloween.  Last year though Halloween was gorgeous.

"Life is measured not by the number of breaths we take, but by the moments that take our breath away."