It's been a busy week.
At work, we've been seeing a lot of new faces. Most of the new people have been coming from a temp agency. In terms of quality of their work, they've varied from excellent to poor. For those of us who've worked in the digital department, it's seemed like the poorer ones end up there.
Lately, we've had one guy that, for lack of a better term, we had to babysit. If we didn't watch him, he would tend to disappear, or he would busy himself with just about anything but the work we put in of front of him. Even then, he didn't work very quickly, and didn't seem motivated to work any faster. Also, he had a tendency to ask frequently, "Is it break time yet?"
Anyway, I was telling these problems to the shipping department manager, who told me that I needed to bring these problems to the attention of the digital manager. That was on Tuesday of last week, and meanwhile, our wayward temp failed to show up on Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday. When I finally got the chance to talk to our manager on Wednesday, I told him things were not working out with our temp and that we didn't need a guy we had to watch like a hawk. He agreed, but it turned out our problem had solved itself: our temp failed to show up and not call in for the third straight day. For that alone, the manager told us we were not having our temp, even if he wanted to come back.
We have since replaced him with a new guy, someone who was directly hired by the company. The new hire seems far more motivated to work hard, to learn how everything works, and to generally do a good job. I'm grateful for this. Even as I wrote that last sentence, I had to stop and give thanks to God for providing in those times of provision. To be perfectly honest, I'm far more motivated to teach them what they need to learn when they're driven and willing not just to learn, but to be taught.
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On Thursday afternoon, I received a message out of the blue from a guy at church who's getting ready to graduate from seminary very shortly. He was wondering if I would be interested in a potential church planting opportunity some time in the future.
It took some time for me to recall, but I remembered that we had once discussed the idea of church planting and whether I was interested in such a thing. At the time, I wasn't happy with where I was in my walk with the Lord. I had largely withdrawn from fellowship, my attendance at church had become spotty, and I lacked the opportunity to be an active part of a weekly Bible study.
I think, at the time, I thought I needed a change, something that would get me back involved as an active member of the church. In the moment, I think trying a different church had appeal. I wasn't sure if I should stay at the church I attend, because I felt so alienated from it and its' goings-on. Looking back, I had fallen into the same old sinful habit of withdrawing from others, when I should've been giving myself to others. As Proverbs 18:1 says, "Whoever isolates himself seeks his own desire; he breaks out against all sound judgement".
When I got the message on Thursday, I responded, saying that we should discuss it further, and that I wanted to think and pray about it. Having done so, I realize that I don't really want to leave for another church, but at the same time, I'd like to be able to help support a new church that's dedicated to faithfully proclaiming the Gospel. Pray that God would grant me wisdom in what I should do, what I should say, and that I would be able to provide support however I can do so. May God's will be done in all this.
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