This is going to be very short. I'll write something in the next few days about the pulpit.
This has been a very momentous week for the nation, and it turns out, for me, too. On Tuesday, we elected Barack Obama for president. A man who has no track record in a leadership position. I guess we'll see if we were right or not in time.
On Wednesday, I got laid off. Another victim of the faltering economy & globalization. This is the second time I've been laid off in my career. It's not as hard this time around, though I am going to miss all of the fine people I used to work with. I'm also going to miss the regular paychecks.
As of now, my woodworking future just got a lot murkier. I'm going to finish the pulpit, since I have just about everything I need for it. But I'm not sure what I'm going to be doing in the coming weeks after that. I do know I'll be looking for a full time job.
I just want everyone to know that since I've come to know the Lord, I know that He will take care of us & everything will work out even better than it was before. Of that, I have no doubt. It's just a matter of getting through to the other side.
At any rate, it's time for me to get into the shop & make some progress on the pulpit. Later, dudes.
2 comments:
Hi Tony,
I feel your pain. I too am a woodworker. I have also been laid off for over a year this past Oct. If I didn't have woodworking to keep my occupied I don't know what I would do.
Anyway you're a programmer and I am a hardware man. I can't even get a job as pc tech and I was just turned down for a dishwashing job. I am just glad that i have something from the Navy coming in every month. At least I'll always have to place to leave.
Keep at the woodworking its a great way to take my mind off the real world.
Keep making sawdust
Ralph
Thanks, Ralph. I'm going to be fine. The Lord is on my side in this, and He has promised me everything's going to be fine. As the scripture says, "He is not a man that He should lie." Everything will be fine.
We just have to get through this. And we will.
I'm so sorry to hear about your job loss. I will pray for you.
And yes, I'm still making saw dust.
Tony
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