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Musterseed:
Your Welcome Doug and congratulations on your retirement. BT has been a Blessing to me also,
I am very grateful indeed, because when I first came here, I thought I knew so much, I knew nothing except I was in foreign territory and God brought  me here for a reason. He has a reason for everything. There is nothing that He is not . I remember Ray saying in one of his audios that
even if a person is paralyzed and bedridden, it is still possible to be one of God’s Elect.
All is of God, I have learned to incorporate that scripture into everything, good or evil. All for one
grand purpose and we will all get to meet each other someday. We were driving in the country
today and it was so beautiful, no snow yet, red barns, green fields, mountains and valleys, horses,
and cows. I said “wow Lord, what a perfect picture you have created, but what’s behind it Lord?”
My puny little mind tries to imagine but to know avail except for one thing that I know for sure.
Love is behind it all.  God Bless You Doug.    Pamela

Dave in Tenn:
Hey Doug.  I lost my last job in early October and have just recently started on another one in a completely different field.  I'm keeping it under wraps until I know whether or not it is really "for me".  But it will be a challenge to my natural self.  "Hope and Courage" don't come naturally to me either.  When I know, I'll let you know.  It might be something for you to look into in your area.

Doug:
Thanks Pamela, you have a way of painting a picture with words.

Dave, please let me know how it works out and I will check into.

Wanda:
Congrats on your retirement Doug. It's a heck of an adjustment, even with hobbies. I actually retired before I had planned, to be with my sister before she passed. The single most profound experience of my life, and one I'll never regret.

My Mama is a women of many sayings, not that she remembers many of them now. She always told her children "What doesn't kill you makes you stronger". Truer words were never spoken. When I came out on the other side, now almost five months, I finally understood what it truly means to leave everything up to God...What a gift!

Dave in Tenn:
Doug, I've started working for an outfit that provides services to people with Intellectual and Developmental disabilities.  I'm working in a small "group home" located in a neighborhood in the nearest town of any size.  I'm in the middle of my second weekend overnight 7 pm to 7 am.

The company I work with has high goals and standards towards integrating the people we work worth as much as possible into the community, and giving them as much as possible something as close as possible to a decent home life.  I'm enjoying it (except for the overnight bit, but I'm getting more accustomed to that).  We only work with adults, though the severity of the disability varies from individual to individual and from setting to setting. 

It's part-time for me, but I can also pick up extra "hours", and it is a minimum number, unlike my last job which could cut hours at will temporarily.  It's not particularly hard work, though it is responsible work.  I'm bonding well with the guys I work with, and so far have not had any major problems.  The pay is about what entry-level retail is around here...some better than minimum.  Check with the SSA on how much you can make without it affecting your benefits.  At the moment, I can see myself continuing this beyond retirement, but I'm not "planning" to do that just yet.

I've been honest with them about my comfort level in doing tasks that more resemble "nursing", but there are lots of jobs in the field that don't require much or any of that kind of thing.  I've never had a job like this, and they hired me.  You and I both know we can work circles around a lot of younger people, and it seems to me that maturity is maybe the greatest attribute of someone who could do this well.

I'll say more if you have questions, but don't think "I don't think I can do that", because you'd probably be wrong.  ;D     

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