For some reason things haven't been going well at work and such. Which leads me to thinking that this could be a time where, for lack of a better term, I am being tested to see if this faith which i claim to have is real.
Well, lets start with the fact that if you, being anyone reading this, didn't know I work at a restaurant so needless to say I don't make a lot of money but for a long time I have made enough to cover all the things that need be covered. I should say that God has provided me enough to get through each month. So when I went into work last Friday to check my schedule for this week I find that the owner only put me on for 11 hours, this really shocked me and to be honest made me rather angry because we've talked many times and I've told him I need at least 25 hours a week. So he goes and adds one more day so I'm at around 16 hours this week, little better but still not enough.
On Saturday the opening manager talks to me, we've worked together for about 5 years now so often times he treats me more like a friend then an employee, and it turns out that the reason my hours where being cut were because the owner didn't think I was doing a good enough job. This comes as complete shock to me just for the fact that I work really hard I give that place all I can give it and still that not enough. Then when you couple this with the fact that on Thursday a guest tried to assault me just for telling him he couldn't get coke in his water glass, he did actually hit me but he only hit my forehead and knocked my hat off. This is strangely one of the things that happened last week that I know God was there because I really wanted to hit the guy and everyone in the store said that they would've hit him but thankfully God did not allow me to hit him there is no telling what might have happened after that.
So with all these things going on its hard at times to keep a smile on my face. I know God is still there and thats the only comfort I can find most of the time. So as I said before I feel like I'm in one of those times where what is really in you gets tested, if this is so I hope with God's grace I can pass this test and come out the other side more then a conqueror.
Hopefully I didn't depress any of you reading this I hope you all have a good day.
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Hey Roger, I was reading your post and was struck by the way you handled the blantant violence against you at work. It takes a spiritually mature Christian to respond the way you did to being hit in the forehead . . . to refuse to be a part of the cyclical nature of violence and strike back. Just listening to you tell the story makes me want to hit that guy in the face, and I can't even imagine how you felt during that moment. I bet you captured everybody's attention in the restaurant by the way you handled the situation, and I definitely think your actions testified to the life of Christ.
I'll be sure and pray for you and the whole job situation-thing. I sure hope everything works out.
Roger, you were born to work in a Library (and by library, I mean a library with books, not pizzas). I think if you were to find a library position somewhere, you would be uber-happy.
If you don't get one right off the bat, FIGT FOR ONEEE!!!!1 RAWR RAWRRR! RAR!
I have a cousin who works at a library!
She doesn't get hit in the forehead!
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