Piano Lessons Update
I love taking piano lessons. I know that when I get a song stuck in my head, I’ll be able to play it well.
I am so thankful that Rob still has a job, even if he hates it more than anything of his entire life. I am blessed that it’s just us two right now, even if we are working toward having a family together, because frankly I am so selfish sometimes with my schedule.
And I praise God for sending me dear friends in all of you, who comment on the comings and goings of my life and let me know that I’m not really insane.
August 10, 2007 at 9:49 am
hey, good to be grateful. please clarify that the job Rob hates is not being pastor.
August 10, 2007 at 9:50 am
Rob wants desperately to be fired from his job with a major computer information company, and to be able to do God’s work 24/7.
August 11, 2007 at 12:36 am
I want the company I work for to get around to laying me off because they have sent my work to another country on the Asian side of the Pacific rim. However they seem to have layed so many people off above and around me that the two people left on the team with me and myself are practically invaluable atleast for the moment.
It must be God’s will for me to stay with this company for a little while longer. Only he knows why. I have a lot coming up on my fall calendar in ministry and if it were up to me, I would rather not split my time and energy so many different ways. I do all to the glory of and in the service of God, so when he says go, I will go, and as long as he says stay, I will stay.
August 11, 2007 at 12:37 am
There you have it, David. From the horse’s mouth.
Love you, Rob. **hugs and kisses**
August 11, 2007 at 10:04 pm
Hello, Jayleigh and Rob.
I’ve been traveling quite a bit and have struggled to keep my own blogs up to date, so I have not read around as much as I would like. But I wanted to check in on Jayleigh, and as I read here, I was startled, as were others, I see, to hear that Rob hates his job. Now that I’ve read your post, Rob, I understand.
When Jerry assumed his first pastorate, which was in Garden Grove, Ca., it was not a self-supporting church, and we had three children, so for eight years, he taught in public schools. Although teaching is not physically difficult, and he really did enjoy his teaching, he so wanted to be a “full-time” pastor. I recall, when together, we made the commitment that Jerry would no longer teach, and that we would depend on God to help the church grow and flourish, so he would no longer need a secular job. The first month of not teaching, the tithe were less in the church than they had been the month before, but we made it–never went hungry, always paid our bills…and he has never worked since. Well, that’s not true of course, he’s worked very hard.
Reminds me of an anecdote: In school, the class was asked to name their dad’s occupation. When it was Johnny’s turn, he said, “My dad doesn’t work. He’s a pastor.”
Listen closely to the voice of God. He may be speaking: Quit!
Love and blessings…and a baby to you and to Jayleigh.
shirley
**hugs**
Thanks Shirley. We have been and continue in prayer over this, and trust that when the time comes, we’ll know it!