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Interesting - I was just having similar thoughts as was reading
of more confirmed departures.
I've been thanking God for my job, then realized that even
for those leaving us, God is *still* in control. It does
feel strange to be staying and saying good-bye to dear
friends, yet I doubt these friends would feel better if
we, too, lost our jobs.
He is our Jehovah Jireh, Our Provider, and I pray and believe
that he will continue to provide for our brothers and sisters.
His ways are not our ways, but are indeed greater!
Karen
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| First, recognise that the process of selection this time around has little
rhyme or reason. Why someone gets it and someone doesn't is more and more
a chance thing than a considered decision. (Oh, there are still some
business decisions made, but by an large, it is just easier to lay off
some people than it is to lay off others. That's the fact of human
decision making processes when all other things are pretty well equal.)
Also, there is nothing you did right or wrong to stay, and your friends
did nothing right or wrong to get tapped. It isn't your fault.
Second, from a perspective a bit higher up from where you sit, the "all
things work together for good to them that love God, to them who are the
called according to his purpose" does apply. For the person who is no
longer employed by Digital, there is likely much good that will be "working
together," which I do not expect to be singularly faceted; there will be many
goods which may not translate into a "higher paying job elsewhere." It may,
but God may call otherwise, and elsewhere.
Third, Digital is not through with its layoffs (downsizing) and I suggest
that your continued avocation be to check your contacts, looking for
opportunities. Survival this round can be a curse if you are at risk
this time and do not prepare for the next round. It can be a blessing as
time to prepare for the next round (or the next). The F may be taken our
of TFSO (financial), meaning that the time you have between jobs will
likely be significantly less funded than it is for those who are axed this
time (as little as it is compared to previous layoffs).
Lastly, and always, God is good - whatever our circumstances on this temporal
mound of dirt. He cares, and especially cares about our relationship with
Him. And He will provide that which is needed, though He may redefine what
we understand as a need. Don't ever be lured into the advice of Job's
wife to "curse God and die." (Some advice!) Instead, seek His face and
act, continuing to listen and watch for His direction. He is faithful
and just and will lead.
Mark
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| The verses from the "Encouragement" disc of Scripture Memory Songs:
(All NIV)
PSA 10:17 You hear, O LORD, the desire of the afflicted; you encourage
them, and you listen to their cry,
PSA 34:18 The LORD is close to the brokenhearted and saves those who
are crushed in spirit.
PSA 34:19 A righteous man may have many troubles, but the LORD delivers
him from them all;
PSA 42:11 Why are you downcast, O my soul? Why so disturbed within me?
Put your hope in God, for I will yet praise him, my Savior and my God.
PSA 59:16 But I will sing of your strength, in the morning I will sing
of your love; for you are my fortress, my refuge in times of trouble.
PSA 59:17 O my Strength, I sing praise to you; you, O God, are my
fortress, my loving God.
PSA 91:1 He who dwells in the shelter of the Most High will rest in the
shadow of the Almighty.
PSA 91:2 I will say of the LORD, "He is my refuge and my fortress, my
God, in whom I trust."
LAM 3:19 I remember my affliction and my wandering, the bitterness and
the gall.
LAM 3:20 I well remember them, and my soul is downcast within me.
LAM 3:21 Yet this I call to mind and therefore I have hope:
LAM 3:22 Because of the LORD'S great love we are not consumed, for his
compassions never fail.
LAM 3:23 They are new every morning; great is your faithfulness.
MAT 11:28 "Come to me, all you who are weary and burdened, and I will
give you rest.
MAT 11:29 Take my yoke upon you and learn from me, for I am gentle and
humble in heart, and you will find rest for your souls.
MAT 11:30 For my yoke is easy and my burden is light."
1CO 15:51 Listen, I tell you a mystery: We will not all sleep, but we
will all be changed--
1CO 15:52 in a flash, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trumpet.
For the trumpet will sound, the dead will be raised imperishable, and
we will be changed.
PHI 4:12 I know what it is to be in need, and I know what it is to have
plenty. I have learned the secret of being content in any and every
situation, whether well fed or hungry, whether living in plenty or in
want.
PHI 4:13 I can do everything through him who gives me strength.
2TH 1:11 With this in mind, we constantly pray for you, that our God
may count you worthy of his calling, and that by his power he may
fulfill every good purpose of yours and every act prompted by your
faith.
2TI 4:7 I have fought the good fight, I have finished the race, I have
kept the faith.
2TI 4:8 Now there is in store for me the crown of righteousness, which
the Lord, the righteous Judge, will award to me on that day--and not
only to me, but also to all who have longed for his appearing.
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