Life.....Just Life

  There seems to be no better fitting title for this post than just life. Nothing extremely exciting has happened, and nothing too horrible has happened either. God continues to teach us so much as we're living in this interesting situation, and He continues to bring blessing after blessing into our lives. We just have to learn to step back and realize we're being blessed.
  One of the biggest blessings that have happened this summer is my getting my old job back at the farmer's market. I loved working at Anderson's Farm Market, and when we moved back into the area I wanted to pursue working there again. However, just from suggestions from my family, and God's holding me back, I never pursued that dream of mine. Then one day my boss, Bill, approached me and asked me if I would be interested in working at the market again. Praise the Lord!!!!! Now I have been working at the market again for about a month, getting steadily 40+ hours a week. Praise the Lord!!!!! He has just allowed me to be working there again, at a much closer location, with good pay. I still do work at Wegman's on Sundays, sometimes not the greatest hours, but it's another job that the Lord has provided and I hate to give it up. I would say my biggest struggle these days is the fact that I don't have a day off, I work every day of the week, and I am tired. But I am learning to be productive in the hours that I am not working, and God is slowly teaching me to be a clean housewife. ;)
  Derek has received some blessings in the work area as well since we moved up to New York. This has been so hard for him, living with my parents, not much privacy, and his searching constantly for full-time employment. For the longest time he didn't have any luck at all. Then he finally got an interview with Borg Warner, and then we started waiting again. When we finally did hear from them it was that Derek got hired!!!!! But....waiting again, there weren't any job openings for him yet, so we had to wait until there was one. But meanwhile, in the Wegman's area, Derek was able to transfer departments. Now he is working in the Dairy department, and they are giving him a consistent 30 hours a week which is something he wasn't getting before. Praise the Lord!!!!! And some days, they are so understaffed in Dairy, Derek gets to stay late to help them catch up.  So with his working 30+ hours a week, and my working close to 50, we don't really get to see each other much. Something else I'm learning, to appreciate and cherish the times that we do have together.
  Praise the Lord!!!! Derek was able to get a new car. He is so excited, today was his first day of getting to drive it around and he loves it! The man is soooo excited!!!!!! It is such a praise though, that we were able to find a car for the right price, and one that made my husband happy!
  We are praying about an apartment right now. We have been looking around, and we went and looked at one a week or so ago, and we have been praying about this apartment, because it is looking good. Just hoping to get God's direction in this area as it is so easy to just move forward without really praying and asking for God's wisdom in this decision.

 Whew!!! So much to be thankful for. It just amazes me what God has done for us, and what He continues to do for us every day. Just today He was teaching me another lesson on my attitude at work. My boss asked me to do something and before I could even think I made a noise that showed how I was not excited about doing what he asked. So then he told me to do something else and he did it instead. To my compassionate heart that is trying so hard to be liked....OUCH!!!!!! Then it got me thinking, am I not paying attention as much as I should? Am I acting as professional and grown up as I would at any other job? Am I being a good example? Then when my boss brought it up it caused me to think about it more again. I think God halted me and said, "Yo Sarah, humility?!" Yeah it's so awesome that I have this job, but I can't take it for granted. It could be taken away from me as easily as it was given to me. I need to pay more attention, and quit cutting corners just because I feel comfortable. I know I'm rambling, but this is something that happened today, and I felt the need to blog about it. God help me to stay humble and be a good example to those around me. Wow....so much to think about.