THANK GOD FOR VIRTUE!

It's days like these that I am SO GLAD I am saved, sanctified and filled with the Holy Spirit!  One of my co-workers, a youngster at that, wants to sit on her butt and bark orders at me, telling me how to do my job.  Mind you; 1) She ain't no supervisor, she does the same thing I do; 2) There was NOTHING wrong with what I was doing; the method I used was easier for me (after all, I WAS the one who did it); 3) She is sitting on her butt (while I am moving a pallet from HER section of the line) and didn't even think of lifting a finger to HELP me; and 4) She's one of those types that prances around the store (she thinks she's CUTE ), and would rather talk to her friends than WORK, but can't do both at the same time!  Then, she wonders why I don't talk to her!!!  This happens every time the girl is there.  We are constantly bringing packages from the end of the line (where I am) to her section, which is in the front of the line!!!  I didn't entertain her; I just continued on doing what I had to do.  If I were the person I was five years ago, she would have been soundly cussed out!!!  Oh, I am SO GLAD, because my body and my mouth wanted to MOVE, but the Holy Ghost was saying "Peace, be STILL!!!!!"  And my body subjected itself to the will of the Holy Spirit.  

  

I thank God for the gift of the Holy Spirit, because before I received it, I felt that I had to fight ALL THE TIME.  I was a very angry woman, who was always on the defensive, and always worried about what people said or thought about me.  It was a miserable existence.  But now, not only have I been delivered form that constant anxiety, I no longer feel the need to be in a battle constantly.  And I pick my battles wisely.  Getting into it with that girl wouldn't have been worth the consequences thereafter, especially since I am trying to find another job and need a positive reference from these people, and/or waiting for another position at Wal-Mart to open that will allow me the opportunity to earn more money.  She ain't worth it!!!  Besides, behaving the way that I did teaches HER something; it teaches her the difference between being young and "cute", being RESPECTED as a lady, and being a member of a team.  The guys that work back there go out of their way to help me and treat me with respect; I don't have to ask for it, or beg them to do anything.  I do the same for them.  I practice teamwork, because if we are all working together, the job gets done faster.  I am tired of leaving there late!  We managed to leave at a decent time, because we (with the exception of this young-un) were all working together.  No matter HOW this physical body decays in the course of life, you cannot place a value on VIRTUE; it is true beauty, it is priceless, and it is what I have.  And when God gives it to you, it is AUTOMATIC; even if I wanted to, I couldn't have behaved myself any differently, because the Holy Spirit wouldn't have allowed it.  Conviction is an AGGRAVATING feeling!!! LOL LOL LOL LOL LOL  Thank God for virtue!  Hopefully, she learned something today.  The co-manager who hired me says that he placed me back there because of my experience, and hoped that my presence would "build the others up".  I am doing my very best, but I feel that if someone doesn't want to grow, no amount of influence is going to rush the process along.  I hope I ain't letting him down!!!

  

Well, tonight (12AM) begins the tax-free weekend here in Texas (August 4, 5 and 6), and my hubby and I are going to Wal-Mart (not the one where I work; probably one of the other SIX OR SEVEN in this area) to shop for the girls' school clothes! 

  

Adrian    

P.S.  Saturday is my birthday!!!!!!!!