God really takes such good care of me!

It's true, i was unmistakably reminded this morning of how good of a caretaker my God is. Last night i was Marathoning the 1st season of NCIS with my mom that we had just gotten. Being very tired i decided to "rest my eyes" ...... well we all know how that ends. :) sure enough i fell asleep and not just asleep I'm talking about knocked out, dead to the world, gone!!!! Apparently i was more tired than i expected. Getting to the point though, i was never woken up and had no alarms set. The next thing i know i wake up with a start , still on the couch everything is dark and quiet and i am very disoriented but feeling rested and awake. That's right i slept there all night and woke up the next morning! However i had to be to work at 7 today and i ran to the nearest clock holding my breath..... i look and it is 6 o'clock on the nose!!!!! The exact time at which i have to get up every day! God was my alarm clock and woke me up to the second of when i needed to be awake and i felt fully rested! My God is good to me! I love seeing evidence of God in my life!!!! I don't deserve the things God does for me and yet He does them because He loves me!!! and i love Him! It's these little things that daily remind me of God's goodness!!!

So much is always happening!

it seems like i can't keep up on this blog with the events that are taking place in my life! God IS good! As many of you know my now i have been able to quit my part-time job at Menards in exchange for a full-time job at Biomet. (its is an orthopedic company) Almost thirty years ago my dad walked in and was hired without and application as a part time janitor. Over the years God blessed him enormously and he has now risen to and engineer as well as head of the intern program they run for the hip department! Now I have been blessed to follow for a little while in my father's footsteps and work for the same company that he has for so many years. I too had the unique opportunity of being hired without an application or interview! God works in wonderous ways! I am continually discovering things i greatly enjoy about my new occupation. For example my job is very important (unlike my retail job). It feels good to have a job that is needed. That people's lives truly depend on how good of a job i do! Its intense and challenging and i really like the challenge! :) In case you do not know i work in the sterill room in the packaging dapartment. Yes, this means that i have to suit up every time i go in there! lol I have to were 2 white puffy hair nets, (the first just covers my hair and the second covers my whole head and down to the bottom of my neck!) then i put on a lab coat that comes to my anckles almost, next i sit on a bench that divides the room, put one booty shoe cover thing on swing my leg over then the same to the next leg. my show cant touch one side of the floor and my covered shoe cant touch the other side of the floor!!! Then i wash my hands for so many seconds in special soap and air dry, then lotionize with special lotion, then put on cotton glove liners, THEN put on rubber gloves up over top of the cuffs of my coat!!! Then in case that wasn't enough i have to rub alcohole on my gloves! this is about a 10 to 15 minute process i do 4 times a day! lol The cleanest factory job ever! lol Those of you who know me may also know that i have never been one to be super maticulous however i am very quickly learning to be so! As i said before lives litterally depend on how good of a job i do. This is because i am the last person to touch the implant before the doctor put it in the patient! I inspect the implant and paper work then double seal it in foam and plastic containers then pass it on to the next department who actually mails it to the hospital. Although my job can be seen as boring i really am enjoying it so far! I hope i havent borred you all with such detailed accounts of my work but i wanted to better explain it for some of you that have asked.
I am still working at the Y but have dropped down to about six hours a week of lifegaurding instead. Which brings me to my biggest prayer request right now, my boss at the Y. It has become a very strenuous relationship and difficult environment to work in. I hope to work things out soon but am a little short on a hope of a good outcome right now. Please pray that we could work out the problems and God would receive the glory of it and that i would really learn the lessons that He is trying to teach me through this. My biggest temptation right now is to just quit! however that is not the best option. :( Yes i am stuggling with patience among other things! Can you tell? lol
Well the weather is starting to warm up! I am soooo excited as i am getting spring fever! Sunday it was actually warm enough to wash my car and vacuum out the inside! it needed it soooo badly! Such a good felling to have a clean car again!
Ok i have written quite enough for one post and will write more later as i think of other things. :) Praying for you!

WOW!

It hasnt been long since i last blogged however soooo much has happened that it feels life its been forever! I will try not to miss anything.
ok so like a week ago not even i have my dad hand my resume into Biomet (which is where he works) not thinking much will happen but wanting to find full time job that pays better than my current job at menards. With low expectations and huge prayers i wait to hear back from Biomet. A few days later i get a call from Biomet saying that they only hire through peoplelink so can i show up Friday at 10 at peoplelink to fill out an application? Also can i be ready to take a drug test and bring proof of identity!? Of course i said YES I CAN!!!! Thank you Lord! So i worked my last day at menards today and i start 1st shift! in the packaging dapartment at Biomet on Monday at 7 am. I laugh now because a few short months ago i would of thought it sooo early to have to wake up at 6 am every day but after months of 4 am for menards this is sleeping in!!!! The benefits are huge for me to switch jobs! Full time work, better pay, closer to home, less or no double trips to town for two jobs so save a lot in gas, once i get hired direct i am elegible for benefits, steady job that i can hopefully work up in, paid holidays, not retail :), no customers to deal with, more comfortable easier dress code that i dont have to buy special clothing for, ........ i think you get the point that i am going to like it here over menards! :) I have God to thank for this job because He definatly did not have to give it to me but He chose to out of His grace and love! Thank you God!!!!!
so in my previous post i told how i got stuck in the ditch when the roads were bone dry. Well i have decided i simply got a step ahead of the blizzard that came a few days later! lol Which i have been doing some thinking about that off road expirience i had and realized some things God showed me through it. One of those things was how much i lack in trusting God to protect me and how fearful i really am!!!!! I have never believed that i struggled with fear! That if i was ever in grave danger it would be nothing because i know that God will keep me safe. Well it funny how fast all of that head knowledge flys out the window the second your put into that real situation! Thats right the second i realized i was completely stuck in the ditch and could do nothing to get myself out that i had absolutly NO control i started freaking out in my head!!! it was the most rediculous i have ever felt in my life! I felt so hepless, alone, and afraid. i was convinced that some creeper was going to find me and smash my car and kidnap me!( this is a little embarrassing to admit but its what i first thought of!) When i was most afraid i trusted God the least! What a terrrible feeling. To have the head knowledge but not be able to have you heart follow what you tell it to! Suddenly i could barelly quote my favorite verse since childhood which is Isaiah 41:10. "So do not fear for i am with you, do not be afraid for i am your God, i will help you, i will strengthen you, i will uphold you with my righteous right hand." However no one kidnapped me and after what seemed like an hour lol help arrived and i really dont think help had ever looked so good in all my life! lol Yes, God showed me that i failed to completely trust him in even the smallest of troubles! How sad! Lord i pray that you would enable me to trust you completely in all things in life, not just the easy stuff that doesn't take much faith! increase my faith Lord! Thank you!
Well i think i hit the major major stuff and i will just have to write again soon if i remember anything i forget. :) God is doing great things in my life! Thank you for your continued prayers! they are blessing! :) Miss you all!