almost a horrible day but totally a great day

we flew back from CA Saturday night, spent the night in Denver at Rachel’s and then she drove us to Cheyenne on Sunday.  so today was my first day back at work.

I was rushed getting ready for work – just one of those mondays where it totally felt like a monday and getting up and awake was one of the hardest parts of the day.  :)  hello, monday.

work was busy (as always…and I love that about this job!).  at lunch I was running errands and went to wendy’s to get lunch.  while in the drive-thru, a woman kept motioning to me and I had no clue what she was trying to tell me.  finally the guy working the drive-thru stuck his head out the window and yelled “you have a flat tire!”  I was borrowing a station wagon today, it wasn’t Zeva.  so I called my cousin and she came and brought me back to work.  and for some reason, the flat tire didn’t bum me out like they have in the past (not that I’ve had a lot of flat tires in my life…or…ok…maybe I have…).  I just laughed about it.

right after I got back to work, I was told I didn’t get the position I interviewed for.  to which I responded with a big smile because after interviewing for it, I realized I’m not at a time in my life right now where I want a full-time, hard-core job.  my whole reason for relocating up here was to pursue God whole-heartedly in the musical gifting people keep telling me He’s given me.  interning with Continuous Worship ministries.  and after being in CA all last week doing a worship seminar and helping with the worship at a pastor’s convention, I felt even more peace that this was the right direction to be heading.  so I’m totally stoked I didn’t get the job!  hahaha :)  and what helped, too, was hearing that I was so close to getting the job but someone else had a little bit more experience than me.  and they encouraged me to pursue a couple other openings that will be coming up.  I was glad I hadn’t bombed the interview (which was intense – being interviewed by a panel of 5 people).

I am, once again, blown away by seeing God’s hand on my life.  as soon as I got up here, I put my resume in to like 6 or 7 places.  didn’t hear back from any of them (they all were permanent, “real” jobs).  then this 6-week-ish temp job fell in my lap.  then the opportunity to interview for a permanent position came up and, trusting whole heartedly that God would direct me in this decision of work, interviewed for the job just in case that was what He had prepared for me.  it stokes me to look back so far and see how He’s kept me from getting a full-time, permanent job since coming up here.

I really want to be traveling with Continuous Worship, meeting and encouraging people and leading others into encountering the greatness of our God.  I absolutely loved what we got to do last week.

this morning before work, I asked God to help me with my responses when people at work asked how my vacation was or, more specifically, what I did on my vacation.  I was tempted to give the “I went to the coast, drove thru some redwoods, drove up Mt. Shasta…” and leave out the ‘I went out to help with a worship seminar and help lead worship at a pastors’ convention.”  but I didn’t want to be ashamed of pursuing God.  so of course, eventually the specific question came from one of my co-workers.  and, still to my own amazement, I gave the fully honest answer that included the ministry side of things.  I tried not to flinch as I said it.  haha :)  I mean, how does it sound to non-Christ-followers when they hear you flew somewhere to lead worship?  but it was cool – the person told me their brother was a pastor and their sister was a Sunday school teacher.  it was completely painless.  and I didn’t walk away thinking, “um…sorry, God, that I didn’t mention You in that response…”

so today definitely had events that I could’ve gotten bummed about.  it could’ve been a “terrible, horrible, no good, very bad Monday”.  but it totally wasn’t.  I was so overflowing with joy at work today.  I can only attribute it to God’s grace in my life. starting off the day with Him and in His Word and prayer are so crucial.