I awoke around 3AM this morning with my back hurting - from what I'm not sure. Was it because I forgot to take my Fosamax yesterday? Was it because I slept on my back all night? I don't know, but it was hurting, and so was my mouth. I finally got up at 3:15AM and came in here - to take an ibuprofen - yes, you know what it does to me - and I have been trying to go back to sleep (and have several times) since then! I didn't want to take another oxy - saving those for when the pain is really bad - and a sore back didn't warrant it cause they are for my mouth. Anyway - I've dilly-dallied until I now have about 15 minutes to write someone on here.
Work was busy yesterday - and I still have some meetings I need to get scheduled. I can hopefully get those completed today. We also have to complete what is called an 'ARC' - I forget what all it stands for - but I'm sure I've mentioned them a time or two over the years. We have to do two a year. This one is a 'self-assessment' of the things we accomplished last year - in other words - "blow your own horn" which I hate doing - but my boss does it for me and usually gives me a 'exceeding expectations' which results in a nice raise. But I don't feel what I do is that much.... I mean, I do a lot of things, but I rack them up as 'other duties as assigned', not specific special things I did. Oh well, got to think about what I did this last year.
Today my favorite boss is having a 3 hour meeting down in Mesa. I could go down there too, but there isn't a need for me to be there so am not. I don't mind the drive - and I'm out of the house. My other boss is supposed to be at another meeting there, but it isn't mandatory so I'm pretty sure he won't be going either. One of my other bosses will be at that meeting (she reports up to this boss) and the other lives in Colorado so she has her own thing - I support her remote and not often. Yes, I'm rambling.
Psalm 118:5-6 (NLT): "In my distress I prayed to the Lord, and the Lord answered me and set me free. The Lord is for me, so I will have no fear. What can mere people do to me?"
So many times we allow ourselves to be 'afraid' of people - afraid of what they might do, what a reaction will be, etc. But when we have the Lord on our side, and cry out to Him for deliverance, we realize that it doesn't matter what the other people try to do, the Lord is on OUR side and will walk with us through whatever is thrown at us.
I always think back to a time a former boss (at another company) yelled at me - I mean, seriously yelled at me. She yelled, and I just stood there and smiled at her because I knew I was right and she wasn't. Of course that made her more angry. But, I didn't worry about her threats and her words for I knew that no matter what, the Lord was on my side and He would continue to watch out for me and take care of me. And He did. It wasn't long after that she was no longer there - and I didn't say one word. It was the person in the room with us that 'shared' about the yelling.... I knew I was taken care of and wasn't afraid. When was the last time you felt something was coming at you and you didn't know how it would end? How did you feel?
Whatever it is, just give it to God and then you don't have to worry about it. He's got it.
Blessings!
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