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Fear vs. My Dreams

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By Rebecca Duerrwaechter
Today is Friday! I haven't made a post all week but I have been pretty busy. I finished going through lesson 8 and am now studying for the quiz, cleaned the entire house, booked a Thirty One Party, and received the job from GNC.

I should be excited about the job, right? Well for some reason I have this gut feeling that it's not right. I was already told by the manager that not many people work there for a long time and to not buy a bunch of clothes for the job in case I don't stay there. I was wondering why many people don't stay there: Do they quit? Do they get fired? Why do so many people quit or get fired so soon? But I figured I didn't want to ask or know.

Another reason I'm nervous about it is because I already have to take off twice because of prior commitments. Next weekend I have a Thirty One meeting and the weekend of the Fourth of July I have a family reunion. I don't think she will be happy when we talk about my schedule tomorrow (Saturday) and that has made me anxious and I thought about just cancelling the events. However, when reading my devotional today I now feel at ease and know that God is helping me to achieve my dreams and that I shouldn't worry about what the manager at GNC or anyone else thinks.

The Confident Woman Devotional by Joyce Meyer talks about how I should start living without fear or stress and that I should not worry about doing things just to make others happy. Instead of being fearful that someone will be angry that I am not doing what they want, I should start being the person I want to be. I really think it applies to my life at the moment especially with what I've been thinking about. Family is very important to me and it should also be important to my employer as well. I want to be able to work, have time for school, and most importantly spend time with my family. So if she gets upset with me for requesting those days off and I get fired the first day then I know that it is just not meant to be and that God has other plans for me.

Hopefully tomorrow goes well but either way I will write in here what happens tomorrow on my first day.

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