A Little Thing?
With an audition for a local symphony orchestra scheduled for the same day as the starting date for my new law firm coming up (first Monday of June), I've been wondering how I could manage to push back the starting date of my new legal secretary job to be able to take the audition.
Still working in my current office, it might be understandable to the new firm if I asked for more time here in order to finish packing, sorting, and distributing. In fact, my dear former boss Jeff's father-in-law, the executor of the will, would be glad to have me here in the office as long as possible to make sure everything gets done since he's from out of town. However, I think progress is going well and I feel I can reach the goal of being out of here by the last day of May, so as not to have to pay June rent for the office space.
I felt that lying to the new law firm about why I would not be able to start that Monday was out of the question. I really felt strongly that if it was God's desire for me to take the audition, whatever the outcome, he would somehow arrange it so I wouldn't have to lie to get out of work. So instead of thinking up a fake excuse (which I've never been good at anyway), either I would really need to ask for more time to finish in my current law office because it truthfully hadn't gotten done, or I would have to tell the truth about the audition, even if it meant I wouldn't get the day off because they'd wonder why I'm auditioning for a new job when I just started at their firm.
Ideally, I wanted the new firm to call me and tell me I wouldn't be able start as planned because they hadn't gotten my new computer set up yet or something along those lines. However, the HR representative had already told me I could call her if something came up regarding the starting date. So last Friday I felt would be a good day to call and bring it up, but I decided to wait since I still had almost 2 weeks before starting. So I didn't call. Well, yesterday the phone rang. And who was it? The HR rep at the new law firm apologizing that my computer would be arriving late and would I mind starting a couple weeks later?!
I assured her that it was no problem and after I hung up I got choked up. I couldn't believe it! This seemingly simple thing of figuring out logistics, which was actually big to me because it was on my mind a lot, shows that God doesn't take our trust lightly; he treasures it and we see the rewards in different forms. And, though I am really happy to take the audition, it doesn't even matter if I win this audition because I know he has something interesting for my life and is taking care of me along the way.
Still working in my current office, it might be understandable to the new firm if I asked for more time here in order to finish packing, sorting, and distributing. In fact, my dear former boss Jeff's father-in-law, the executor of the will, would be glad to have me here in the office as long as possible to make sure everything gets done since he's from out of town. However, I think progress is going well and I feel I can reach the goal of being out of here by the last day of May, so as not to have to pay June rent for the office space.
I felt that lying to the new law firm about why I would not be able to start that Monday was out of the question. I really felt strongly that if it was God's desire for me to take the audition, whatever the outcome, he would somehow arrange it so I wouldn't have to lie to get out of work. So instead of thinking up a fake excuse (which I've never been good at anyway), either I would really need to ask for more time to finish in my current law office because it truthfully hadn't gotten done, or I would have to tell the truth about the audition, even if it meant I wouldn't get the day off because they'd wonder why I'm auditioning for a new job when I just started at their firm.
Ideally, I wanted the new firm to call me and tell me I wouldn't be able start as planned because they hadn't gotten my new computer set up yet or something along those lines. However, the HR representative had already told me I could call her if something came up regarding the starting date. So last Friday I felt would be a good day to call and bring it up, but I decided to wait since I still had almost 2 weeks before starting. So I didn't call. Well, yesterday the phone rang. And who was it? The HR rep at the new law firm apologizing that my computer would be arriving late and would I mind starting a couple weeks later?!
I assured her that it was no problem and after I hung up I got choked up. I couldn't believe it! This seemingly simple thing of figuring out logistics, which was actually big to me because it was on my mind a lot, shows that God doesn't take our trust lightly; he treasures it and we see the rewards in different forms. And, though I am really happy to take the audition, it doesn't even matter if I win this audition because I know he has something interesting for my life and is taking care of me along the way.
posted by Heidi at 9:53 AM
4 Comments:
That's great Heidi!!! I'm happy that things worked out and it is a great reminder of how much we like to control things in our life and think up ways of doing it ourselves where all along if we stopped worrying and trusted God all along it would all come out alright!! well best of luck to you lad and keep me posted!! miss ya love ya girl!
Glad things worked out! Nice to know and feel you're being watched over huh?
Hey pooch! Glad to hear things worked out for you. I hope all goes well with your audition, not to mention finishing up at your law office.
Thanks guys. Yeah, it certainly is relaxing to know that we're not in control of our own destiny, and that someone who sees more than just the immediate circumstances, not to mention wants the best for us, is. Hope you're all doing great!
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