Moving Forward

Had the day off yesterday. In keeping with the whole, no talking about the members on my day off, I'm going to stick with that. And although today it was back to double shifts and lattes and soups-to-go and all that other stuff I'm not talking about them today. But I digress. I worked last Sunday, something I don't normally do. Probably one of the worst days on the job I've ever had. Without going into all of that it really sort of motivated me to get out of the Cedars. The church I went to in Colorado, Flatrions Community Church, is the most incredible church I've ever been to. Weird. I grew up in a town with a church seemingly on every corner and then I move out to Boulder, not necessarily known for being a Christian spiritual mecca, and get totally blown out of the water. So one day (and I'm sure they talked about this in multiple sermons) I'm listening to the pastor preach a sermon about how "living by faith" often times gets confused with a life of just waiting, or just expecting things to fall into your lap by saying "God will provide and if I believe in Him everything will get taken care of." How many times do we sit and wait for things to just happen and then get angry at God because "he isn't keeping "His end of the bargain" up? Job, relationship, finances, all that. Really, a life of faith is a life of action. It's not just believing, it's doing. Because we are what we do. It's been really easy for me to blame my current job situation on this recession. I'll just wait until things turn around and then the job market will open up. I mean that sort of makes sense but it's a cop out. Meanwhile, people who are busting butt to get their job are getting hired. So yesterday I joined those ranks. I spent all day sending upwards of 25 resumes out., something I should have been doing for the past couple of months. Maybe nothing will come out of it. But if I hadn't sent the resumes out I definitely gotten any jobs. The past few shifts at work have left me feeling energized. For the first time in a long time I feel like my days at the Cedars are numbered.