and as I was bringing up my computer, I realized it is also 'timecard Monday' Oh Joy. BUT, I have already approved several so it won't take long to complete them all. Not that I'm getting better at it, although I am, but it is more that I have encouraged people (salaried) to approve their timecards on Friday. The hourly ones can't approve until after they work the week. The problems I deal with on those people are when they forget to clock out or clock in and then adjustments must be made. They are getting better, but there is this one that consistently seems to have a problem. She's gotten to where she will email me when she realizes it and we fix it that day. Hopefully we have them all fixed and she has approved her timecard.
Have an eye doctor appointment today for an exam. I don't need new glasses as I bought new glasses - regular and sunglasses - last year. But if I can get insurance to pay for it, I'd like a pair of reading glasses. My eyes are starting to get bad and I need that extra help when I try to read a book. I have bought a couple of the reading glasses from the drugstore/$1 store, but they feel so heavy. I want something that I will forget I have them on and they don't distract me. But, if I have to pay for them myself.... then I may just go back to the drugstore and try on different ones. I thought about compuer glasses... but I don't need them when I'm on the computer, although they may protect my eyes more. No matter what the cost is, I do need to protect my eyes. I see my specialist in September, I think it is. I do have a cataract (don't those only happen to old people? I'm not old - remember?) that has been growing for about 10 years... that may be causing some problems too - and hopefully will find out then.
I feel like I'm starting to get 'desperate' for vacation. The sad part is that other than driving to another location, we probably won't be doing anything but sitting around and reading. But, I don't have to get up early. I don't have to spend the day in front of the computer (maybe I can start writing?) but I do have plans to read. I'm starting to get antsy though... wanting to 'not work' and get away. I'm just so tired. Oh well. It is what it is.
Started the book of I Peter this morning and something that many people often reflect on and can't seem to grasp hold of, is there in the first chapter. What is it? God has 'pre-ordained' those who will be His. They are called 'The Elect'. Who are those people and why do we sometimes feel our lives are worthless if He has already chosen whom He will redeem?
Elect simply means "chosen"; God the Father predestined His children for salvation and foreordained that they would be set apart (sanctified) as His people.
I Peter 1:1-2 (NKJV): "Peter, an apostle of Jesus Christ, to the pilgrims of the Dispersion in Pontus, Galatia, Cappadocia, Asia, and Bithynia, elect according to the foreknowledge of God the Father, in sanctification of the Spirit, for obedience and sprinkling of the blood of Jesus Christ: Grace to you and peace be multiplied."
Christians are chosen for salvation by God the Father, not because of who they are, what they have done, or what they might do, but because of His endless grace and compassion. This is the doctrine of election. Election does not mean that God is a mean overload who chooses some and rejects others. Nor does it cancel out human responsibility, making us mere puppets. God's choosing demonstrates His grace. But in election we must still choose to trust in Christ. And we respond to God's choosing by choosing to live holy lives.
An old story about election demonstrates God's heart. A man was walking through a doorway, and above the entrance was a sign that read: "Whosoever will may come." As he walked through the doorway and looked back, another sign above the entrance on that side read: "I chose you before the foundations of the earth were created."
We are chosen people, but we must still choose to trust in Christ and to live for Him. Our lives are to be holy and blameless. I don't know about you, but I know I still have areas I need to work on. Sigh. Life is so hard sometimes, isn't it? My 'don't wanna' gets in the way of my 'wanna' all the time.
Take some time today to remember Whose you are... and begin to choose to live the way you feel He wants you to live. I need to as well.
Blessings!
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