Tuesday, March 24, 2020

Why did I get laid off if I'm serving God?

I serve at church.  Every week.  I use my personal equipment to photograph services and events.  I take off, using my vacation/PTO for church events.  I sit in back, move when asked, tithe, pray, read my bible, join and lead life groups.  Everything a good little Christian girl is supposed to do.
So why did I get laid off?  
No one knows.  Free will is something God chooses to not control.    God does not cause illnesses.  
Corona can be explained.  It is not a plague sent upon us to punish us to eternal damnation.  That has already been resolved by the cross of Christ.
I was laid off.  Not when everyone else was.  The next day.  There was hope for me to continue working.  Then the mandatory stay home order for my county shut that door.  I joined the other one hundred seventy managers plus assistants and leads who had been laid off over the last week.
Not my choice.  Not God's either.  But he will use it.  To grow me. To guide me. To change me.  To use me to reach someone.
I've been trying to file unemployment all morning and keep getting kicked out of the system.  Everyone else is filing also.  I decided to apply for jobs instead.  (I'm going to apply again tomorrow morning)
God does not cause a problem, but he will not let my problem, my pain go to waste.  He will use this moment to do something.  Maybe I've been too busy.  Maybe my prayers were more one sided and I need to listen more.  Maybe all of the above and then some.  He will use it for His glory and my growth.
Why did I get laid off?  I don't know, but God does.  His court is in session and my case is being argued by Yeshua.  He has never lost a case.  My future is in His hands.