Unexpected Turns

Fasten Your Seat Belt!!!! Someone should have said this to me one month ago. Big news....at least to me! :-) I have a job. Yes, that is right. After 24 years as a stay-at-home mom, I am officially back in the working world. I wasn't looking for a job. It just happened.

I had gone out to lunch with a group of friends. Keep in mind that this was not a place we would normally eat and is "out of the way" to get to. After our meal, I looked across the room and saw a lady I had worked with over 30 years ago. We had worked together in the circulation department of the local library. During high school and part of college I had worked as a library assistant every Saturday and full time during the Summer. Now my friend is the Director of the library system that encompasses three counties. Fortunately she remembered me and we talked about the past and the fun we had together. I told her how much I had enjoyed working in the library setting. In passing she said that they had just filled a position that morning. The next morning I received a call from the Director of Staffing saying that the position was vacant. Apparently the individual had suddenly changed their mind about the job. The Director wanted to know if I might be interested. Shocked I said I would need to think about it and discuss it with Mr. DD. I said lots of prayers over the next 24 hours and decided (with the help of my husband) that if it didn't work out then I could just resign. I called her the next morning and she arranged an interview that afternoon. Can you say nervous......that is an understatement! After an hour long interview and a test......yes I said a test, she told me that they would let me know one way or the other in 2-3 days. One hour later they called and offered me the job! I started 2 days later.

To say that it has been a learning experience would be an understatement. Fortunately I had taken classes and felt fairly confident in my computer skills. Unfortunately I hadn't gotten to the class in the program they use. I am slowly learning. Everyday I add to my knowledge and confidence.

I tell you this long story to say that God certainly does direct us if we let him. Deciding to go back to school , eating lunch at a certain spot on a certain day at a certain time, running into a former friend 30 years later, a job position becoming open after being filled. All coincidences? I really feel like this part-time job is a "God Thing". I told my husband that I was afraid not to take the job because it seemed to me that too many things had come together for it to just be a "coincidence".

So far so good. Want to hear another "coincidence"? My husband was transferred to a different position. Our days off are exactly the same. His hours coincide with mine. We will have more time together than ever before.

Unexpected Turns.....It is the unexpected turns that make our life richer if we are open to God's lead. I will keep you up to date. Right now I have to go get ready......I have to go to work!