Way back on November 28th, 2011 I sat at this computer and wrote a seemingly insignificant post about going back to work after vacation. In reality, that was intended more for me because I did not really feel like going back to work that day. I was facing many challenges at work and I needed to remind myself that who I am was more important than giving in to the evil at work. I lasted just a mere 7 months with that particular bank(I won't name it because it's no longer in my wallet) and have since moved on. On this beautiful Saturday morning on a hot summer day, I am preparing to go to work at the bank I've been with almost 1 year. In fact, it was a year ago this week that I gave my resignation to the supervisor who so completely cooperated with the evil going on at that former place of employment. As I prepare to leave for work, I found out this week that my old supervisor was summarily let go by my former bank employer. I am so grateful that my reaction was not typically worldly; I did not rejoice and in fact, I take no joy in the separation she will feel after a long career with that establishment. I pray for her peace and well being.
I have since moved on from most of the vestiges of my prior professional life. I love the bank, the local branch, and the people placed in my life by joining FNBC Bank. Even going to work in a little while on a Saturday morning is all good. Even though this new job has it's moments and certainly it's challenges, I really feel like I have found bank heaven, especially when compared to the real life hell I experienced for the last 18 months at the old bank.
But through it all, both the then and the now, I was always fortified by those things that are really completely important. My family is a rock and that is especially true for my wife of now 36 years Wendy. She has always been supportive of all that I do and makes me better every day by her love and help. Poor thing experienced a bit of a work shake up in the last few weeks but recovered nicely and is back home with the business firm she has loved to work for these past 6 years. During this difficult time I experienced I found out that I was to be a grandpa and we all know now that just 2 months after joining FNBC Bank, I indeed became Calvin's Pops! I've visited my NC family 4 times since his birth and time #5 is soon, very soon! Wendy and I also witnessed our daughter earn her Masters Degree from USM in this time. With family, I am truly blessed.
Who I am sustained me too, and continues to do so. As a Permanent Deacon in God's Holy Catholic Church, I had to call deep on His love and pray so intensely while professionally challenged. For most of us Deacons, we still need our professional careers/jobs. It is rare that we find a Deacon not employed in a secular job, unless, of course, they are already retired. In the bad times at the old bank and the good times at my new job, I had to remind myself, you are an ordained minister of God's Church. That indelible character with which I was sealed on the day of ordination does not cease to exist when I am at work, or when I am mad, or when I am disappointed, our when I am behind closed doors. No, a Deacon is always a Deacon!!! My ministries, my responsibilities, my "being" helped me through many a bad day and always makes the good days great!
So in a few minutes, on a Saturday morning, I will get dressed, jump in the car for that peaceful 25 minute drive through country roads to the town of Pearl River, where I will meet my staff as we prepare to assist those clients needing our help this Saturday. Then I will prepare for another busy Sunday morning at MHT for my weekend assignments as an assisting Deacon.
Going to work on this Saturday is all good; much different that November 28, 2011 but still going as a child of God and one of His ministers. More than all good, it's great!
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