Gotta go to work soon. Everything is sooo much eaiser. I guess they just make you do everything by the book the first day to get you ready, then ease up on you as time goes by. I don't sweat while working anymore~ haha.
This Sunday's my dad and brother's birthday... I'm getting my dad a puppy! He needs love in his life, and I feel this is the only way. Animals change people by bringing out their googly-oogly side.. and they make people happy. My dad needs some happiness. He's been down lately cause of his health (nothing serious). I hope he likes the puppyyyyyyy!!! I'M GONNA PUT IT IN A BOX AND GIVE IT TO HIM! haha :)
It's warmer today. Nice day~
Thursday, March 26, 2009
Sunday, March 22, 2009
Friday, March 20, 2009
Costco
WOW COSTCO!!! Okay, I've been searching for a job for almost three months now, and this last month (after applying twice) Costco finally calls me back. I go through 3 interviews, drug & background check, orientation, etc., and finally had my first shift today after 1 month of getting settled. My position: cashier's assistant. What I do: everything at the cashier line except scan items!!! lol. Cashiers don't do crap while I have to help customers put items on the belt, get their Costco Card, transfer EVERYTHING from one basket to another basket--including heavy water & soda cases, pack items, and run to get the stuff people couldn't find or put things back that people don't want anymore. The worst part though, without a doubt, is TRANSFERRING! We HAVE to transfer... which I totally understand because missing an item to scan can be easy with all the stuff people buy there, but damnnn! Can you say intense body workout? haha. I seriouly started sweating 10 minutes into my shift.
On the serious side though, I'm so thankful I finally found a job. I've been praying and searching for months now and now I'm working. The only problem is... working on Sunday. Initially I wrote that I wasn't available on Sundays, but on my first interview they said Sundays have to be open... so I told them I could be available Sunday late afternoons (hoping they wouldn't schedule me Sundays if I got the job). Unfortunately they keep scheduling me on Sundays. I never really took the "keeping the Sabbath" commandment as serious as I should have, but being that my mom is Seventh Day Adventist (a denomination that believes Sabbath is Saturday) I've had a lot of thought on the topic... especially lately since I'm open to work on Sundays. This is what's been going on in my head and life on this topic.....
God gave us 10 commandements-- Deuteronomy 6:7-21
1. No nother god's before me
2. Don't make idols
3. Don't misuse the Lords name
4. Observe the Sabbath
5. Honor your parents
6. Don't murder
7. Don't commit adultery
8. Don't steal
9. Don't give false testimony against neighbors
10. Don't covet
Among the 10, the Bible explains Observe the Sabbath in the most detail. It's very specific. No one should work on Sunday. Not you, and not even your donkey! The first three commandments have to do with God, and the 4th is the first commandment that has to do with what WE do. The 4th is keeping the Sabbath. This commandment comes before murdering, stealing, commiting adultery... keeping the Sabbath, I think, has been a very overlooked commandment among Christians.
Then the Bible says "So be careful to do what the Lord your God has commanded you, do not turn aside to the right or to the left. Walk in all the way that the Lord your God has commanded you, so that you may live and prosper and prolong your days in the land that you will possess" -Deuteronomy 6:32-33
After my first interview with Costco, I hoped that I wouldn't be scheduled on Sundays, but I didn't really take it seriously. After my second and third interview, whenever I read the Bible I kept coming across versus about keeping the Sabbath -.-;; (the one above and Hebrews 4:9-11) which made me become more serious about the commandment. But... I was still a little ehhh about it. Mostly because I was unsure. I started praying though. Then I saw that verse right above, Deuteronomy 6:32-33, and that's when I really realized I needed to follow God's word and not "turn aside to the right or to the left" or let my insecurity come before following God's words. Following God's words when we're not sure of the outcome is faith, and living a life of faith is righteousness. Loving God is trusting that He'll take care of us as long as we follow His words because Just as God is Love, Jesus Christ is the Word of God, and John 1:1 tells us this, "In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. He was with God in the beginning." He was with God, He being Jesus Christ. Jesus Christ is the Word.
After I got the job, went to orientation and received my schedule for the first 2 week, I saw that I was on for both Sundays. wow. That same day another new employee in my group was asked to move to pharmacy by our manager. I was surprised because it was really out of no where that she was chosen, and I thought the only positions open were front end (what I'm doing) and food department. Truthfully, I got a little mad/jealous cause the manager made it sound like I didn't want to take the pharmacy position and that's why she gave it to the other person when I didn't even know about it. But after orientation I was walking out with the lady who got the pharmacy position and she was talking about how she might not take the position because the pharmacy's not open on Sundays--and we get paid 150% (pay and a half) on Sundays. WOW. So I told the lady if she didn't want the position, I'd be happy to switch with her. Unfortunately... she didn't give me a straight answer (this was only 2 days ago, on Wednesday) and I don't know what's going on cause I haven't seen her yet... but I have a good feeling. God works, right?
I guess from all of this, even though the situation isn't settled yet, I've come to trust the Word a lot more. I think one reason why Christians are always on highs and lows in their Christian lives is cause we depend too much on our emotions. "I don't feel close to God" and etc. We need to depend more on reading the Bible because those Words are Jesus Christ. The Word is God. I've found that depending less on my emotions and looking toward the Word has really strengthened my faith. If we don't feel close to God, then talk to God by praying and listen to what He has to say by reading the Bible.
"Teach me to wait in the moments of my need,
Teach me to hear the melodies of peace"
On the serious side though, I'm so thankful I finally found a job. I've been praying and searching for months now and now I'm working. The only problem is... working on Sunday. Initially I wrote that I wasn't available on Sundays, but on my first interview they said Sundays have to be open... so I told them I could be available Sunday late afternoons (hoping they wouldn't schedule me Sundays if I got the job). Unfortunately they keep scheduling me on Sundays. I never really took the "keeping the Sabbath" commandment as serious as I should have, but being that my mom is Seventh Day Adventist (a denomination that believes Sabbath is Saturday) I've had a lot of thought on the topic... especially lately since I'm open to work on Sundays. This is what's been going on in my head and life on this topic.....
God gave us 10 commandements-- Deuteronomy 6:7-21
1. No nother god's before me
2. Don't make idols
3. Don't misuse the Lords name
4. Observe the Sabbath
5. Honor your parents
6. Don't murder
7. Don't commit adultery
8. Don't steal
9. Don't give false testimony against neighbors
10. Don't covet
Among the 10, the Bible explains Observe the Sabbath in the most detail. It's very specific. No one should work on Sunday. Not you, and not even your donkey! The first three commandments have to do with God, and the 4th is the first commandment that has to do with what WE do. The 4th is keeping the Sabbath. This commandment comes before murdering, stealing, commiting adultery... keeping the Sabbath, I think, has been a very overlooked commandment among Christians.
Then the Bible says "So be careful to do what the Lord your God has commanded you, do not turn aside to the right or to the left. Walk in all the way that the Lord your God has commanded you, so that you may live and prosper and prolong your days in the land that you will possess" -Deuteronomy 6:32-33
After my first interview with Costco, I hoped that I wouldn't be scheduled on Sundays, but I didn't really take it seriously. After my second and third interview, whenever I read the Bible I kept coming across versus about keeping the Sabbath -.-;; (the one above and Hebrews 4:9-11) which made me become more serious about the commandment. But... I was still a little ehhh about it. Mostly because I was unsure. I started praying though. Then I saw that verse right above, Deuteronomy 6:32-33, and that's when I really realized I needed to follow God's word and not "turn aside to the right or to the left" or let my insecurity come before following God's words. Following God's words when we're not sure of the outcome is faith, and living a life of faith is righteousness. Loving God is trusting that He'll take care of us as long as we follow His words because Just as God is Love, Jesus Christ is the Word of God, and John 1:1 tells us this, "In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. He was with God in the beginning." He was with God, He being Jesus Christ. Jesus Christ is the Word.
After I got the job, went to orientation and received my schedule for the first 2 week, I saw that I was on for both Sundays. wow. That same day another new employee in my group was asked to move to pharmacy by our manager. I was surprised because it was really out of no where that she was chosen, and I thought the only positions open were front end (what I'm doing) and food department. Truthfully, I got a little mad/jealous cause the manager made it sound like I didn't want to take the pharmacy position and that's why she gave it to the other person when I didn't even know about it. But after orientation I was walking out with the lady who got the pharmacy position and she was talking about how she might not take the position because the pharmacy's not open on Sundays--and we get paid 150% (pay and a half) on Sundays. WOW. So I told the lady if she didn't want the position, I'd be happy to switch with her. Unfortunately... she didn't give me a straight answer (this was only 2 days ago, on Wednesday) and I don't know what's going on cause I haven't seen her yet... but I have a good feeling. God works, right?
I guess from all of this, even though the situation isn't settled yet, I've come to trust the Word a lot more. I think one reason why Christians are always on highs and lows in their Christian lives is cause we depend too much on our emotions. "I don't feel close to God" and etc. We need to depend more on reading the Bible because those Words are Jesus Christ. The Word is God. I've found that depending less on my emotions and looking toward the Word has really strengthened my faith. If we don't feel close to God, then talk to God by praying and listen to what He has to say by reading the Bible.
"Teach me to wait in the moments of my need,
Teach me to hear the melodies of peace"
Monday, March 16, 2009
Werrrd
Yes, I have now realized you can't go by your emotions. I realized that's the main reason for up and down faith. Why didn't anyone tell me sooner? Here I thought God led me through how I felt on certain issues and situations, when really the devil searches for those who depend on how they feel. He knows how to take advantage of our emotional states because he's known us just as long as we've known ourselves. He knows us better than we know ourselves, in fact. While we sit here denying our weaknesses and faults and refuse to fix ourselves to become better people, the devil shakes us by using those weaknesses to slowly but surely get into our heads, and hearts, and slowly but surely lead us away from righteousness... away from God.
The word of God is life. Live.
The word of God is life. Live.
Thursday, March 12, 2009
Paul said it right
Time is flying by, and I am achieving... nothing. But do I need to achieve anything anyway? I thought I had an idea of how ugly man is but this past week my eyes were opened twice as wide. Now, I'm disappointed even more and have come to the point where I've lost all hope. I've come to a point where I just want to turn back the hands of time--a feeling which I've never experienced before. Nostalgia. I learned that word freshman year of high school in English class. Nostalgia. I miss having someone to look up to and adore. I miss my best friend. I realize I was not a good friend because I didn't do my part and now I regret and want to go back. I think this way because I feel like that's the reason why we're not good friends anymore. People have always asked "what do you regret most?" and I've never had an answer because I didn't regret anything. Now I regret as I think back. But.... what can I do now, right? Paul said to look forward, and I will. He said don't be anxious, and I won't. But anyway... I really don't know. When you're in this many levels of confusion it's better to just stop thinking altogether... cause I just mixed three different issues without realizing. But then again they all tie down to one thing.
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