Life comes at us fast. We all gotta be faster.

I’m part of an online PC-based Christian gaming community called ISI (Iron Sharpens Iron).

I was browsing around our forums and somebody posted this story.  It is such an amazing representation of the way God can guide us in our lives if we only rely on him.  I figured you guys would enjoy it. (:

Speedy shutting up.

I thought I’d pass along a church friend’s account of his job search…

My friend worked for a pharmaceutical that had major cutbacks, his position being one of the cutbacks. This happened a few months back. He has been looking for work but not in a huge hurry to find a new job because of his severance package and the need to get work done around the house that had been put off for years.

Anyway recently he ended up having two job interviews… one with another pharmaceutical company that was just starting up and another with a local university. He interviewed both and talked with his wife, prayed together on which job would be right, etc. In his prayers he asked the Lord for a honorable job, one “he could be proud of doing for the rest of his career and that he would be proud to stand in front of the Lord and say he was part of”. After much prayer he and his wife decided the pharmaceutical company was the job. He had experience to help him in that work where he had no experience with the position he would be taking with the university. Matter of fact he was surprised he had made it through the interview process thus far.

Decision in hand he decided it was best that he would go to the university and talk to the man who would be hiring him. He told him he appreciated the offer but decided he would be accepting the offer from the pharmaceutical company. The man from the university said “this is an honorable job. It’s something you would be proud to stand before the Lord and say that you did.” My friend dropped his jaw and asked “what did you just say?”. He repeated it. My friend asked if he could have a couple of days before making his decision. He went out and called his wife and said, “I have to take this job”. She questioned him but after she heard what happened, she agreed. He is convinced that the Lord will help him be successful in this job. His boss is a Christian and my friend is loving what he’s doing.

Matthew 7:7-8
Ask and it will be given to you; seek and you will find; knock and the door will be opened to you. For everyone who asks receives; the one who seeks finds; and to the one who knocks, the door will be opened.

Satan Appears Before the Lord
One day the angels came to show themselves before the Lord, and Satan was with them. The Lord said to Satan, “Where have you come from?”

Satan answered the Lord, “I have been wandering around the earth, going back and forth in it.”

Then the Lord said to Satan, “Have you noticed my servant Job? No one else on earth is like him. He is an honest and innocent man, honoring God and staying away from evil.”

But Satan answered the Lord, “Job honors God for a good reason. You have put a wall around him, his family, and everything he owns. You have blessed the things he has done. His flocks and herds are so large they almost cover the land. But reach out your hand and destroy everything he has, and he will curse you to your face.”

The Lord said to Satan, “All right, then. Everything Job has is in your power, but you must not touch Job himself.” Then Satan left the Lord’s presence.

One day Job’s sons and daughters were eating and drinking wine together at the oldest brother’s house. A messenger came to Job and said, “The oxen were plowing and the donkeys were eating grass nearby, when the Sabeans attacked and carried them away. They killed the servants with swords, and I am the only one who escaped to tell you!”

The messenger was still speaking when another messenger arrived and said, “Lightning from God fell from the sky. It burned up the sheep and the servants, and I am the only one who escaped to tell you!”

The second messenger was still speaking when another messenger arrived and said, “The Babylonians sent three groups of attackers that swept down and stole your camels and killed the servants. I am the only one who escaped to tell you!”

The third messenger was still speaking when another messenger arrived and said, “Your sons and daughters were eating and drinking wine together at the oldest brother’s house. Suddenly a great wind came from the desert, hitting all four corners of the house at once. The house fell in on the young people, and they are all dead. I am the only one who escaped to tell you!”

When Job heard this, he got up and tore his robe and shaved his head to show how sad he was. Then he bowed down to the ground to worship God. He said:
    “I was naked when I was born,
       and I will be naked when I die.
    The Lord gave these things to me,
       and he has taken them away.
       Praise the name of the Lord.”

 In all this Job did not sin or blame God.

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The Book of Job
Chapter 1: 6-22
New Century Version

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That takes some real faith doesn’t it?
Could any of us… in today’s world… even hope to have this kind of faith?
I mean… let’s paraphrase this whole incident to our lives. Bad stuff happens to us. 
We get mad.  We get angry.  We’re hurt, and stressed, and tired.  We feel like we can’t take it anymore. 
Within a matter of minutes Job had everything near and dear to him eradicated from his life, and he didn’t go into a rage.  THE SMALLEST THING, can happen to any of us today, and we act like life as we know it is over.  We blame and curse God for all our problems, thinking he’s falling down on his job. 
Are we honestly that foolish and selfish?
If you guys haven’t read the book of Job, seriously go read it now.  It’s not terribly long, and I’m about halfway through.  But it’s such a perfect parallel to all the struggles in life.  And struggles is something I see frequently on Tumblr.  I’m serious, even if you’re NOT a Christian, just go read Job.  Go find a bible somewhere and read it.  Preferably a newer version that makes more sense to us (which is why I love NCV and hate KJV) But throughout the rest of the book, because of all the tragedy, Job pretty much says… I want to die.  I want to die!  I WANT TO DIE!  I love you God and thank you for even my trials but I WANT TO DIE!  I mean, it really is quite powerful, and something that can be easily related too.  Seriously… just go read it.  If you’re too lazy for that?  Well at least take a moment to understand the power in these verses above and how they hold true to us even today. 


Speedy shutting up.

Im going to get you something.  I hope you like it.  I hope you keep it. (:

Im going to write you something to.  I hope it makes sense.  I hope you understand.
That’s alot of hoping up there.  No jokes.
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So Im going to describe my day, because i’m not feeling mystical and deep minded right now… maybe later XP

So… parents.  They’re insane.  I’M ACTUALLY TRYING TO AND LOOKING FORWARD TO getting a job and working for someone to get money.  You think my Dad would be freaking overflowing with joy right?  Nope… he just gets pissed and had a million and one reasons to not like my ideas, with complaint here and complain there.  Good old Dad -.-
Taco Bell, screwed up my order… madface…
My sister is being a brat.  -unsurprisedface-
I got called into the office today to speak to the assistant principal -sarcastic joy-
It’s raining-ish

I listened to music for the last hour.
Windows Movie Maker sucks… -extremelymadface-

And just for the heck of it… I’ll get a tiny bit deep minded.   Alot of crap is going through my head lately.  Alot.  I’m confused.  Slightly hurt, but whatever… it’ll all make sense eventually.  It will all work out, hopefully for the best.  I figure if I thrown on a fake smile long enough in the morning, it becomes more real, and the day is less of an annoyance.  I’m trying to get happy.  Trying to avoid psychotic suicide stories.  I wrote three or four in the last few weeks.  I didn’t share them, because they were legitly scary.  I seriously had nightmares.  I’m still wondering if the stories inspired the nightmares, or vice versa.  I’m making new friends.  They help relieve some of my inner turmoil, (not that I have much to deal with in comparison) just by being there to talk to.  That’s one of my only releases.
If you’ve ever bothered to read my crap, you’ll know my whole inner thoughts and goals on being everything to everyone and nothing to myself.  Bearing all the pain so those who are close have none.  I’m not going to go broken record on that stuff… but I’ve realized that just having a friend there to talk to about the most general things, or to smile at, relieves some of my worrying and pain.  It’s nice (:

Umm… -thinks-

OH! THANK YOU FOR FOLLOWING ME… NEW FOLLOWERS!!! :D
It’s amazing how awesome you feel when random people actually decide to care for five seconds about what you post on a blog. XP

So… yeah… that was my day in general… I may post a song or something deep thoughted later… maybe… XP  I’m hella tired. 

But, if your read my rant, thanks, gracias, merci, and gratzi.
I’m going to shut up now :D
bye…