employment

at first i thought i wanted to be a hairdresser so i took a course in hairdressing in high school. after working a short time in a salon as a hairdresser's assistant i decided it wasn't for me. i couldn't stand on my feet for long periods of time.

then i worked as a plan checker working on hanna barbera cartoons for canawest films. it was piece work and i worked my tail off and made a huge amount of money for a 17 year old (for anyone). it was fun but short lived.

i applied as a general office clerk, doing bank deposits, opening & distributing mail, etc. i wanted to be more so i took various accounting, bookkeeping, secretarial courses etc. so for the last 40 years i have done secretarial, adminstrative type work, because i could.

last tuesday at our staff meeting the pastors were talking about having certain jobs because it was something we could do but was not necessarily what we were gifted at or had a passion for. i did administrative type work because i could do it but it is the second lowest in my spiritual gifts.

when i went to live in costa rica i remember telling someone who asked what i would do for work if i came back. i said i could always be a waitress. not sure why i said that, i've never worked as a waitress. i don't think i could remember anyone's order.

i'm going to a new bible study in abby and each week we sit outside and have a bbq. i pick up the dirty dishes and serve coffee. someone asked what i was going to do for work and i said i had been in to pizza hut and they were looking for help. one fellow said he owned a pizza hut and he would hire me (he was kidding).

i hadn't thought about it, picking up the dishes and serving coffee, i just did it. i volunteer at northview and it's always in the kitchen. i have volunteered at ugm and it was in the kitchen and one time a bunch from new heights served easter lunch and i was joyfully picking up garbage.

right now when i think of employment the only thing i can think of is volunteering in the kitchen with salvation army, which is where i had applied the week before i got the job with northview. the only catch is i need a job that gives me an income.

as i consider this as a possibility i can see how it fits in with all of my spiritual gifts. when i think of what i have actually worked at all my life that kind of work doesn't interest me in the least.

until i get it figured out, or God leads me somewhere, i am going to a meeting thursday with samaritan's purse to see how i can get involved with operation christmas child.

wouldn't it be awesome if we could all work at what we are passionate about and what God has gifted us for.