It takes about 15 minutes-ish if I want to get there on time.
I wear black pants when I go to work.
I have to shave everyday before I go to work.
I get paid 7.85 (I recently got a raise.)
I started working at Shoprite in about mid-March in the NetGrocer department, it was simple and fun and I got paid to shop for people. Best job ever, right?
You're probably wondering why I am writing a blog entry about my job.. I'll get to that soon.
Anyways, I went away to Uganda for 2.5 weeks in May and when I get back I'm coerced into switching to the produce department for "the summer". Being someone that has a hard time saying no and always wanting to please someone, I went and I started in produce. It SUCKED. Not one person talked to me but the boss. I was ignored, I knew people talked about me. I didn't know what I was doing. I felt so alone and just wanted to get out of there. Jesus was the only thing that got me through the days I worked there. I thanked Him for even having a job, for providing these hours and this money for me. As I readjusted back into American culture, I became less grateful of my job and just all together hated it. I was up and down with my emotions, I was irritated, sad, mad, you name it. I worked in produce longer than I was even in NetGrocer, it was ridiculous. I honestly remember those low days so very well and how I would discover each time after them that God was the only thing getting me through the days again and again. Positivity is the key to success, it truly is. I started going to work with a positive attitude, praying for my day, asking God to provide strength and understanding through my grief.
I started praying while working with produce.
It sounds silly, but I would pray while I was handling all the produce. It was pretty intense. I would try being positive through my whole shifts, sometimes I would fail and just fall into this mood and some days I would get great success out of my prayer and my positive attitude.
I could go on and on about how much I hate the produce department at Shoprite and how it was a waste of time to me but honestly, It taught me a lesson. Working there taught me patience, it taught me that prayer is so powerful. It was a big lesson in patience because 2 days ago I was put back into NetGrocer! (Praise Jesus!)
Produce was a test for which I am very grateful. As grueling as it was, I know that with God all things are possible and I see how He provides for me and wants me to be happy and how He will never forsake me. He died for my sins & put me back into Netgrocer didn't He! Those things are one in the same. He keeps promises and He does not fail us.
Anyways, this blog entry seems quite repetitive and ridiculous but all I'm trying to say is that God will NEVER give you more than you can handle. And even if you think you can't handle what you have right now, He can. Prayer is so powerful it's actually ridiculous. AND God is going to test you, just know that. You're going to struggle, and you're going to fall and scrape your knees. Just remember,
"God works for the good of those who love Him." (Romans 8:28)
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