Hey hey! It’s nice to put something out here again. I think Substack writers have helped shaped the way I think about writing and posting.
I have learned that not every post has to be picture perfect 😊
Anyway, it feels good to be able to take a break from staring at numbers and actually pour out one’s heart in words (*cries in budgets and data analysis*)
The inspiration behind this post came up when I figured out why I was reluctant to go through the “trenches” of job searching again at this time in my life. It was a situation where I was not really admitting that I was tired of the whole job search process.
Before I got my summer co-op this year, I had been job searching for more than a year, and after a while every application just seemed like a waste of time. Keep in mind that I have not been out of job for that long before, so the whole thing was a new experience for me.
The summer opportunity ended and now it was time for me to get something part-time, and I couldn’t just bring myself to put in the work. Hopelessness had held me down in that aspect of life, and I didn’t know it until God pointed it out.
You see, ever since I came to Canada and sought to enter the job market, optimism has been one of my greatest advantage, it pushed me to always hope for the better even when rejections came. It was the one thing that kept me going.
I found it odd that this same optimism would not carry me in my current situation, but I’ve come to realize that my optimism never really had substance to it, it had nothing to hold on to…no anchor, no constant to trust, just a hope that things will turn out good.
This realization helped me see that faith in God is very different from blind optimism
When God is in the picture and you trust His faithfulness, it gives you something tangible to hold on to, a reputation to trust in, a track record to have faith in.
In a world full of uncertainties, there is a being that is stable.
An El Roi who cares.
An immutable One who cannot be anything less than good
‘For I know the plans I have for you,” declares the Lord , “plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future. ‘ Jeremiah 29:11
Music Rec😉: https://youtu.be/fHQtr8LZKj8?si=8_Du5uXzQf1p_OTC