cheers to new beginnings

These past couple months have been challenging to say the least. The age old question came to mind many times why do bad things happen to good people? why? why? why?
I worked for this company for 10 months giving it my all. I followed the rules and tried my best always. When our manager was moved to a different house I thought I might be offered the position, even though I planned on rejecting it, I thought it would be offered at least. I tried keeping an order and kept things organized to the best of my ability. I did my best to stay on my administrator's good side and being flexible with my schedule, doing favors whenever I could. I secretly hoped I would get Employee of the Month and anxiously waited when the name was announced. Of course, that never happened. On the contrary, in the course of one month I got written up multiple times and I even got a two day suspension for the dumbest of reasons. I was astonished that I was getting all sorts of disciplinary action. In this month I was also in a minor accident which of course was used against me. All of these events had me stressed with work and I was upset. I wondered why is this happening to me? I felt like my boss was out to get me. I was stressed, I wasn't looking forward to coming in, I was not motivated to work any further. I kept thinking that those who don't do what they're supposed to, those that lie, those that get others in trouble, those people are the ones favored and going ahead in this company. I wondered to myself how could this be. What's the point of working so hard? What's the point of being honest? Why do I even try?

But then Psalm 37 came to mind:

Fret not yourself because of evildoers;
be not envious of wrongdoers!
For they will soon fade like the grass
and wither like the green herb. 

Trust in the Lord, and do good;
dwell in the land and befriend faithfulness. 
Delight yourself in the Lord,
and he will give you the desires of your heart. 

Commit your way to the Lord;
trust Him, and He will act. 
He will bring forth your righteousness as the light, 
and your justice as the noon day. 

Be still before the Lord and wait patiently for him;
fret not yourself over the one who prospers in his way,
over the man who carries out evil devices!

Refrain from anger, and forsake wrath!
Fret not yourself; it tends only to evil. 
For the evildoers shall be cut off,
but those who wait for the Lord shall inherit the land. 

In just a little while, the wicked will be no more;
though you look carefully at his place, he will not be there. 
But the meek shall inherit the land
and delight themselves in abundant peace. 

The wicked plan against the righteous
and gnashes his teeth at him,
but the Lord laughs at the wicked,
for he sees that his day is coming...

Better is the little that the righteous has
than the abundance of many wicked.
For the arms of the wicked shall be broken, 
but the Lord upholds the righteous. 

The Lord knows the days of the blameless,
and their heritage will remain forever;
they are not put to shame in evil times;
in the days of famine they have abundance.

But the wicked will perish;
the enemies of the Lord are like the glory of the pastures;
they vanish- like smoke they vanish away...

The salvation of the righteous is from the Lord;
he is their stronghold in the time of trouble.
The Lord helps them and delivers them;
he delivers them from the wicked and saves them,
because they take refuge in him. 

So I decided to quit my job. I decided I had had enough and it was time to move on to something better. I was offered a part-time position so I didn't have to quit and it was quite tempting but I knew I had to quit. There were coworkers who I had gotten really close with and I knew I was going to miss seeing them but I couldn't let that stop me. I gave my two weeks notice and I counted my days. When the day came I felt such a peace leaving and I knew it was the right thing to do. One of the reasons I hesitated when it came to quitting was because I had become dependent on my income. Not having any income coming in was a scary thought but at the same time I felt this was a test of faith. So I quit my job with my faith on God. The day I gave my two weeks I applied to another job and I got a call from a job that I had applied to earlier. During my last week at work I was recommended for another job in the same line of work. I applied and I had an interview my first day being unemployed.

Praise God for his goodness and mercy. His blessings are new every morning. One week later as I sit here and write I am currently employed once again waiting to be given my schedule. God is good all the time. I may be a bit nervous about starting a new job and starting over but I know that my God is with me and that better things lay ahead. I have also enrolled in school for the fall, something I had delayed for over a year. I have an application for nursing school and I'm finally moving forward. Thank you Jesus, I know that your plans for my life are to give me a hope and a future. Amen!

Cheers to a new beginning!