Day by Day
Recently I posted on Facebook that
there’s a conversation at the end of Rambo First Blood part 2 that I very much
relate to lately. Colonel Trautman asks Rambo after his long one-man war
and rescue of the POWs. “How will you live, John?” “Day by Day.”
Sometimes all we can do is live day by day seeking God in prayer.
I work a strange night’s schedule 2
eight hour shifts with 2 12 hour shifts between them then 3 days off.
Recently a lot of things happened at work. But before I tell you
about that you need to get a mild amount of background. I’m not
complaining about it, just stating facts. So, one of the guards backed
the golf cart we use into a vehicle. Our main boss took away golf cart
privileges from everyone. Now we walk all over campus where I work.
I had one of the dispatchers tell me to my face I was too slow. I
seriously almost got mad at him. Then I thought about it. I’m 46
years old. I walk with a limp due to having one leg longer than the other
because of growth hormone deficiency from birth. I’m diabetic.
Every building we walk to has a different key we must locate among many
keys. If I’m slow I’m sorry. I can run very fast to disarm
buildings. I wasn’t even mad because I was giving my best. By the
time you go through a 12-hour shift and I talk to this dispatcher I’m usually
exhausted. I want to tell you about some changes though. I started
the job in October. I am still learning new things. Recently one
guard my friend Stephen quit for another job.
He and I worked well as a team. Then another guard got fired for
coming to work very drunk. Well, we hired a new guard since then.
Suddenly the dispatcher who called me slow is treating me like a very
valuable team member. Also, I have been praying a lot on the way to work
for the safety of my coworkers. They can’t stop me because I’m in my car.
On Monday nights I’m usually extremely
exhausted after walking Friday-Sunday. Well, I showed up for work this
Monday night and I had told my friend Abbey and only her. “I’m tired and
hurting and exhausted.” When you get to the point where you’re taking a 12-hour
Aleve to get you through work because your legs hurt so bad, and your knees
keep popping it’s about to be a long night at work. I love my job. I like what I do but it can wear you down.
Well, I showed up to work and the same dispatcher who called me slow
asked me when the last time he made me a rover. I didn’t remember either.
So I got to do fire watch all night. Basically, you sit in a
building all night and call in every hour making sure there’s no trouble.
I can do that. It gave my body a chance to rest, and I was thankful
to God for that rest. I texted my mom and my friend Abbey and told them I
was grateful to God for a chance to rest and not walk so much. God
provided.
Psalm 71:3 asks this of God.
“Be my rock of refuge to which I can
always go; give the command to save me, for you are my Rock and my Fortress.”
Philippians 4:19
“And my God will meet all your needs
according to his glorious riches in Christ Jesus.”
Romans 8:28
“And we know that in all things God
works for the good of those who love him and have been called according to His
purpose.”
Psalm 23:1-3
“The Lord is my shepherd; I shall not
be in want. He makes me lie down in green pastures. He leads me
beside quiet waters, he restores my soul. He guides me in paths of
righteousness for his name’s sake.”
See God provided me some recovery time
to give him the glory.
God is faithful by Sheila Walsh
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