Dear all, Have just met two deadlines, slightly late but here's hoping. Normally in this situation, I don't meet them at all. Have turned my work problem over, looked for help where possible and will wait for hp to direct outcomes, such a relief out of my hands. I will meet the union lady today but have no expectations and really just want to find a rewarding job not anything that threatens my sobriety. I need to pick my battles and at the moment, my number one battle is with the bottle, thanks for all your responses to my previous post, it helped so much, am off to a meeting today, my sponsor is on hols but we will hook up when she gets back so this will give me the space I need also, the funniest thing is that at present I have asked people whom I work with on a voluntary project to see if they could see their way to finding a use for me with a small amount of remuneration, just enough to get by nothing spectacular and this project is just around the corner from my home meeting place, the irony of that did not dawn on me until this morning, I live 20 miles from my home place so to have work and the meetings so close together would be fab. Sometimes HP's working and we don't even realise it.
Sometimes HP's working and we don't even realise it.
How absolutely true I have found that to be, especially here lately. I love the part of the promises where it says "we will suddenly realize that God is doing for us what we could not do for ourselves." I know believe and even embrace that there's not really alot that I can do for myself that's the right thing to do, but when I turn it over to my HP the right things get done. Life fo me is so much more enjoyable when I stop trying to be in control all the time. Congrats on finishing up your projects, late or not. It's a step in the right direction, and pretty soon others will start to see that as well. Sounds like your doing the right things. Keep it up, and hang in there...things can only get better!!!
I too love the proclamation that God is doing things "right under our noses"... LOL Yes, indeed!! Sometimes it takes being hit upside the head with a proverbial frying pan to recognize, but that is what keeps life interesting. It is rather amusing to me, when I look at how I have always seen myself as a bright and intelligent person, with vast ingenuity (didn't I pull off some genius moments when trying to stay drunk?). But then I see at times that microscopic wonders are lining up in my favor, not by my own effort, but through my HP when I can deflate my big fat head sometimes and come back down to earth, and stop thinking I have to MANAGE everything myself.
Work situations is something that is SUCH a big learning experience, when trying to give stuff to God. Nowhere else in our lives is there so many other factors outside our control at play--- economy, people people people, locations, financial situations, etc. etc. etc.... Yet it can be the most frustrating aspect for us. Like just this morning, I am pretty sick, and called off, leaving a message for one of the supervisors (on her cel phone 2 hours before start time, which is standard protocol). She just called me in a panic, half hour after starting time, wondering where I was at!! I have not called off sick but probably once yet this year, so no biggy. For the first time in a long time, she did not check her phone before wondering where someone was. As is usual, I have NO control over a lot of stuff regarding work, just my own performance and attitude every day. And in between jobs, just making my intentions known, and doing the footwork, and then leaving the rest to HP.
So glad you are giving the work stuff to God, just walking in the right direction, and leaving the results to Him, isn't that what this is all about? You are doing a great job, and I am so glad to hear that it is becoming really rather simple now, take the appropriate action and leave it up to Him. Great advice to anyone, in any situation.
Thanks, and have a great day!
Joni
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