I'm in that place of perfect peace -a place I believe could be a place called spiritual protection. I am neither happy nor sad and the stress I have been facing has no hold on me. God answers prayer so fully that I can only praise Him and be grateful.
The issues amongst my staff at work seemed to be falling into place in my last post and those particular ones have. God brought to light this past week or two that there is a deeper evil at work. A spirit of division and dissention was emerging. I have spent so much more time reading the Word and in prayer these last few days and tonight was our staff meeting.
I prayed, my team and I prayed together -banishing Satan and his minions and calling on the protection of the Lord, and praying that the Lord would speak through me. I know that in my own power I cannot effect the evil that was present in our ministry. I gave my staff the opportunity to anonymously write down and submit their concerns or difficulties. Then I took each concern (except for the ones specific to individuals) and publically addressed them in front of my staff right then and there. The room was silent. When I had addressed the final concern in the pile, our time was up and I thanked them for their honesty and released them to their personal lives.
I don't know how it was received. I don't know what the outcome will be. All I know is that I am in a place of peace and not stressed or fearful at all. I trust the Lord to provide and bring good from this in whatever way He knows to be best.
Friday, May 31, 2013
Friday, May 17, 2013
Peace and TGIF!!!
The past few weeks have been full of ups and downs. My last posting was during a time of struggle in my job and in my personal life. Thankfully, my youngest's enlarged lymph node was caught in time and the super strong antibiotics have dramatically decreased its size to nearly back to normal.
A friend of mine lost her baby, my co-worker lost her daddy, my pastor's son is in a coma, and it felt like everywhere I turned was somebody struggling. My boss -I am so thankful for him!- noticed that I was struggling and has ordered me to take a few days off surrounding a weekend and to make sure that at least one night I send my kiddos to a babysitter to spend time with my hubby. Who has a boss like this?! I can only give glory to God for having such a godly supervisor and one who notices and cares about the truly important things. I am looking forward to my "vacation" and didn't realize how much it was needed.
Knowing that my boss ordered me to take time off because he didn't want me to burn out (rather than my job being in jeopardy like I first thought), really helped my mental outlook as I continued to deal with the ongoing issues at work and home.
At work, we were losing clients left and right. Not for bad reasons at all, but still, it really hurts our business. I had teachers who were struggling and places where their personalities were changing and just not the right fit any more and when I placed ads to hire more employees, the resumes came in very sparse. It seemed as if God was removing His blessing from our program and I wasn't sure why. Part of me wondered if it was the staff not being obedient. The other part of me asked God to show me if I played a role in it. He showed me a new perspective on some things and an area where I had made some choices that didn't please Him. It felt really good to understand those things and make them right by confessing the errors of those choices I had made and by seeing things in a more godly perspective.
Working through the struggles got a little easier with that revelation. And then in just the past 2-3 days, God has also worked out some amazing solutions to our staffing issues at work and the peace of knowing that piece is solved for the moment is so nice! The personality struggles and minor complications have all been re-worked and nearly everyone is now happy or eagerly awaiting things to take place. We are still praying that God brings us new clients, but in the meantime I haven't had to lay anyone off and I have been able (with God's help) to find solutions to making sure this slow-down in business doesn't hurt the program. Watching God work is so amazing!
A friend of mine lost her baby, my co-worker lost her daddy, my pastor's son is in a coma, and it felt like everywhere I turned was somebody struggling. My boss -I am so thankful for him!- noticed that I was struggling and has ordered me to take a few days off surrounding a weekend and to make sure that at least one night I send my kiddos to a babysitter to spend time with my hubby. Who has a boss like this?! I can only give glory to God for having such a godly supervisor and one who notices and cares about the truly important things. I am looking forward to my "vacation" and didn't realize how much it was needed.
Knowing that my boss ordered me to take time off because he didn't want me to burn out (rather than my job being in jeopardy like I first thought), really helped my mental outlook as I continued to deal with the ongoing issues at work and home.
At work, we were losing clients left and right. Not for bad reasons at all, but still, it really hurts our business. I had teachers who were struggling and places where their personalities were changing and just not the right fit any more and when I placed ads to hire more employees, the resumes came in very sparse. It seemed as if God was removing His blessing from our program and I wasn't sure why. Part of me wondered if it was the staff not being obedient. The other part of me asked God to show me if I played a role in it. He showed me a new perspective on some things and an area where I had made some choices that didn't please Him. It felt really good to understand those things and make them right by confessing the errors of those choices I had made and by seeing things in a more godly perspective.
Working through the struggles got a little easier with that revelation. And then in just the past 2-3 days, God has also worked out some amazing solutions to our staffing issues at work and the peace of knowing that piece is solved for the moment is so nice! The personality struggles and minor complications have all been re-worked and nearly everyone is now happy or eagerly awaiting things to take place. We are still praying that God brings us new clients, but in the meantime I haven't had to lay anyone off and I have been able (with God's help) to find solutions to making sure this slow-down in business doesn't hurt the program. Watching God work is so amazing!
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