Well yet another person that I know just got engaged. This seems to be something that is happening more and more within the last year. I am extremely happy for all of the dear friends, acquaintances and my brother that have gotten engaged or married, but I suppose at the same time I’m not ready for it. I know that it is purely in my own mind and some strange logic I have, but it also kind of feels like the countdown has started for me. The countdown to the time when if I am not engaged or married or even have a serious relationship people start to say “I wonder when Danny will get married”. I know it sounds stupid, but the more people that I know that get married it seems like the more pressure is on for me. In reality it’s not true I know, but I feel that way. I’m not really in any rush to get married. I want to find the perfect woman that God set aside especially for me. He has his own time of when we will meet and no matter what I want it is all up to Him. Every man, I believe, longs to find that perfect match that God made for us to be our wife, our companion, support, our helper. I think that I am starting to get that longing, and that is a good thing but at the same time I know that I have a lot that I need to work on in myself before I can begin to form that relationship and bond with my future wife. This has kind of turned into more of something for me, but I think I will post it anyways.
Since it is 12:30 and it is technically Thanksgiving I’ll just throw this out there in the spirit of the holiday. What am I thankful for? Well I know it’s nothing profound, but I am thankful for finally getting a job. After being unemployed for something like 5 months it could not have come a moment sooner. I think the whole experience of being unemployed will really help me to appreciate the job that I have when it gets tough and I don’t feel like working. Just to know that I have some source of income coming in now puts my mind at ease like you wouldn’t believe. I spent many sleepless nights staying up and worrying about what I am going to do to pay my bills and be able to keep driving my car and talk on my cell phone. Tonight at Bible study we were talking about the Sabbath and how it is taken for granted now and not kept holy like it is supposed to be. I have been thinking about it and I feel like I should start to take that more seriously and ask for Saturdays off from work. Now I could easily make up some excuse to tell them why I need off like I have class or something, but I don’t think God would bless me for it (or maybe not as much) as if I took the step of faith and went up to my manager and told them straight out that I need it off because it is the Sabbath and a day of rest. I have never done this in any job that I have had, but I want God to be in control of my job and everything I do in my job. If that is where I am supposed to be then it will work out and I will do well in everything I do in my job through God.
-Danny
