A Beautiful Mess...

When I was 21 I went searching for a job at the Chico mall. I wasn't going to leave that mall until I had a job and I ended up finding three. One was at Radio shack, the other was at a verizon wireless store, and the last was at sears hardware. I went with the first one to hire me, Sears. I later found out I got both of the other jobs, which would have paid me a lot more. Well, until I learned how to sell, after which I was making some decent change.

I remember not liking Sears at first. I sat there at my crappy job quiet, isolated, confused, hating the managers, hating the folks I worked with, counting the minutes until the day was over. I hated that job but now, looking back, I realize that keeping that job was one of the best decisions I ever made. It didn't seem like it back then. All I could see in those days was annoying people, lazy hypocritical managers, and low pay, which blinded me to what God was doing in my life.

This weekend I went camping with my buddies from the sears days. Good guys and great friends that I would have missed out on if I had picked a different job. Three out of the 10 guys that I chose to be my groomsmen at our wedding next May worked with me at Sears. After all this time I finally realize why I worked at sears and not at the other places.

What I'm trying to say is that sometimes the near future looks bad. You wish yourself out of those stages in your life because you can't see the greater scheme of your life. You never know what God will do to make the situation better. He creates a beautiful mess out of the irreparable. For that I am eternally grateful!