I hope I've posted to the right area, I just feel compelled to share this.
I've just been reflecting on the stuff happening in my life right now and am feeling so challenged by the reminder of how God sees things that we do not see and also testifying of His goodness.
So a lot of stuff is going on at work right now. A big shock came for me this week when my colleague announced that she's leaving with immediate effect. It upset me that she's leaving and it also wasn't pleasant to see her so bitter and unhappy. It turns out she was having personal issues with our manager. However, the reaction from various colleagues in the building has been rejoicing because this girl has an unfortunate manner about her. She's boastful, very blunt, critical and demeaning towards others and generally a snob.
Having worked closely with her, I got to experience both her negative and positive side. The world would say I should also have the same reaction as others. I mean, they have been times when she's put me down and shown me up in meeting and infront of others. Only too recently I witnessed her picking up the phone to lay into one of my other colleagues who happens to be a fellow believer who I have bumped into at church. The attack was very uneccassary and uncalled for.
My Christian colleague has defied odds and shocked so many by getting a prestigious role within the company. People perceive her to be this boring and simple girl, and as you can imagine my outgoing colleague always had a lot to say about that, she was very critical and demeaning.
Reflecting on all of this has just made me realise and appreciate how God blesses us as His people, without us even realising. I mean, there were many people vying for that job but still He chose the 'so called' simple girl over the many 'supposedly' bright sparks in the company. To me that just testifies of His blessings to us as Christians.
I myself, haven't been without my own problems at work. Two years ago I went through a difficult time, my two managers at that time had a deep dislike for me, they even tried to get the personnel department to put me through performance management with the view to getting me fired from the job. I have to admit, I was a very challenging employee because I didn't agree with the way some things were done, it's why my managers developed a dislike towards me. Sometimes I didn't go about challenging issues in the best manner, I was out of order in my behaviour, but as Romans 3:23 says, we all sin and fall short of the glory of God. I repented and strive to seek God's guidance daily as I go about my work.
Eventually my two managers from that time had to leave the company, not of their own choices. God also blessed me with a new job, one that I'd been praying for for a while.
The ask myself this question very often, why did God allow me to stay in the company? My challenging behaviour really should have had me dismissed. Why did he eventually change circumstances so those two managers would eventually have to leave, before they were ready to leave?
It's become really poignant to me that what we see with the human eye, isn't what God is seeing. I want to appreciate that more as I go through life and ask for His guidance and plans in the decisions that I make.
I've just been reflecting on the stuff happening in my life right now and am feeling so challenged by the reminder of how God sees things that we do not see and also testifying of His goodness.
So a lot of stuff is going on at work right now. A big shock came for me this week when my colleague announced that she's leaving with immediate effect. It upset me that she's leaving and it also wasn't pleasant to see her so bitter and unhappy. It turns out she was having personal issues with our manager. However, the reaction from various colleagues in the building has been rejoicing because this girl has an unfortunate manner about her. She's boastful, very blunt, critical and demeaning towards others and generally a snob.
Having worked closely with her, I got to experience both her negative and positive side. The world would say I should also have the same reaction as others. I mean, they have been times when she's put me down and shown me up in meeting and infront of others. Only too recently I witnessed her picking up the phone to lay into one of my other colleagues who happens to be a fellow believer who I have bumped into at church. The attack was very uneccassary and uncalled for.
My Christian colleague has defied odds and shocked so many by getting a prestigious role within the company. People perceive her to be this boring and simple girl, and as you can imagine my outgoing colleague always had a lot to say about that, she was very critical and demeaning.
Reflecting on all of this has just made me realise and appreciate how God blesses us as His people, without us even realising. I mean, there were many people vying for that job but still He chose the 'so called' simple girl over the many 'supposedly' bright sparks in the company. To me that just testifies of His blessings to us as Christians.
I myself, haven't been without my own problems at work. Two years ago I went through a difficult time, my two managers at that time had a deep dislike for me, they even tried to get the personnel department to put me through performance management with the view to getting me fired from the job. I have to admit, I was a very challenging employee because I didn't agree with the way some things were done, it's why my managers developed a dislike towards me. Sometimes I didn't go about challenging issues in the best manner, I was out of order in my behaviour, but as Romans 3:23 says, we all sin and fall short of the glory of God. I repented and strive to seek God's guidance daily as I go about my work.
Eventually my two managers from that time had to leave the company, not of their own choices. God also blessed me with a new job, one that I'd been praying for for a while.
The ask myself this question very often, why did God allow me to stay in the company? My challenging behaviour really should have had me dismissed. Why did he eventually change circumstances so those two managers would eventually have to leave, before they were ready to leave?
It's become really poignant to me that what we see with the human eye, isn't what God is seeing. I want to appreciate that more as I go through life and ask for His guidance and plans in the decisions that I make.
