God Is Good

It was day #2 in my new work space and I would say I have 73% of my groove back :)  Since part of the year I am not at work and other parts of the year I am part-time, I chose the smallest office of the two possibilities.  It was super nice that they offered me the bigger one, but I couldn't see making a full-time employee dwell in the tiny office when she is in the building all the time.  Even though my office is little, it was still fun to set it up :)  I am really weird about how happy I get when I can transform spaces.  There was a slight misunderstanding that worked out to my benefit.  I had requested to take this cork board thing home so I could cover it with fabric to "give my office a little color" and I think the person who read my request was just skimming the email because they set me up with a painter (not a date....a work request :).  I tried to remedy the situation...I said, "I 'm sorry, I wasn't requesting my office to be painted."....but, they said since it was scheduled, I might as well pick a color...haha!  A bunch of my coworkers have been calling me a DIVA since I "ordered" my office to be painted....ANYWAY, it is this cool, slate blue color.....AND I LOVE IT!  Oh, the little joys in life :)  Sometimes little joys are BIG JOYS!

AND, this is a funny GOD thing, well I guess the paint could have been a funny GOD thing too....maybe everything is a funny GOD thing.....HE'S SO FUNNY!  HOWEVER, I have been given the responsibility of starting to recruit international students on top of my other duties and with the same work hours and I have been stressing about how all that is going to get accomplished as my days become shorter at work.  I have wanted to simplify the process, re-do some forms, evaluate our website information, and maybe even research what other schools that are our competition are doing to make sure we are using best practices with all our processes and procedures...but, when will I have the time?!  I wish I could say I made this a matter of serious prayer, but I didn't...I just made it a matter of stress and a matter of wondering how I WOULD MAKE THAT HAPPEN.  So, yesterday.....during my busy move day I received an email from a professor letting me know there is a current international student on campus who would really like an internship with our office during January and.... would I have any work for her involving international students?

I THINK I CAN MANAGE THAT :) GOD, THANKS FOR LIGHTENING MY LOAD!

"THAT YOU HEAR ME".....EVEN WHEN I DON'T CALL is humbling in the loveliest way.

See what I am talking about....He's so mindful of us :)

And, there was a fire in an apartment building downtown Parma last weekend, so our church has been trying to coordinate with the Red Cross to see what we can do to help the families.  We had still been waiting to hear back from them on the exact needs, but one of our elders got a call today for an interview from a radio station that said the Red Cross told them we were planning to reach out to the families of the fire.  And, someone from town stopped by our church to make a donation already....OKAY, GOD....looks like you want to use Village Hope Church for this one.  Sometimes, through hardships, GOD gives us amazing opportunities to minister to others.  I am excited that this will be something we can be involved in this Christmas.

AND, all the time....GOD IS GOOD!