This is definitely one of those days I forbid to ever happen again... Those days that makes my heart beat so fast, at the same time confusing my mind, can't relax at all, making me wanna call on somebody on the phone or someone to talk to, but i'm not really sure who to talk to...
A couple who happens to be complainants were inside my office room and seemed to be uncontented with our services and kept telling me of their concerns in our company and I was just starting to calm them down by assuring them of accommodating their requests as soon as possible. I need to print this promissory letter they asked me to give them as an assurance that we will do our best to accomplish their requests. As I was starting to print that letter, for some reason the printer just doesn't seem to be so friendly with me because it wasn't working!
I asked our clients to have their lunch first in the cafeteria as I will be fixing the printer first and as soon as it prints, I'll hand it to them right away in the cafeteria, thank God by this time they seemed to be so considerate with me...
Husband called and said that our bank informed us about a bounced check, of course with charges already, because of the ever pending, a-month-ago-promised tuition fee for my daughter, Martha. I asked my husband what happened since he's supposed to talk to the school's finance administrator and he told me he also don't know why it happened. He was just waiting for the call of the one in charge for arranging his appointment to the finance administrator and it's been two weeks there's still no call. Apparently, this Christian school assumed that perhaps our account has enough funds to cover the tuition amount at this point in time that's why they just deposited it without informing us. But you know what, maybe the school has been sick and tired of giving us considerations for the last 4,5 years...
My closest officemate who's always joining me during lunch breaks was outside waiting for me to be done with the clients and I was really starving too but I told her, "Cel, please wait for me." She was just kind enough to hang on for awhile. There were a whole lot of things going on in my mind, it's like there's a warfare going on inside it... Boss just called up, there's a meeting at 2PM sharp. My heart puonded again, I wondered, "Lord, what are we going to discuss about. Is it gonna be one of those clients that complained against me or one of my staff again?..." Praise God, it turned out that we're just gonna think of a birthday gift for the company, and an order that we should be on time tomorrow for the christmas party including our staff or else if one of them or even me will be late, everyone will be paying for a penalty.
HR called and asked for an emergency meeting at 4PM then at 5PM the christmas committee should meet with me too.There were about 3 to 4 deadlines being imposed and another usual responsibility given to me again as the company party host, I was thrilled, at the same time why tell me just now how can I prepare in less than 24 hours? As usual, my company's HR department seemed to always have full trust in me that even on a spur-of-the-moment kinda thing will be easy for me to handle. In the meantime, I must join the dry run at 6:30PM later on, WHEEEW!... What a day!
I know some people would just say, "Well...good for you at least you have a lot of things to do and to think about..." That's certainly true, rather than nothing to do at all. I just realized that its totally different when you are actually experiencing it already. When you are the one facing against all types of pressure. My mind says I wanna give up already when this day happened but I thought, "God is actually with me to be able to surpass this day." God is big and great to handle all of these! Things I mentioned are just small issues compared to what God can do for me. He might not be able to just lavish me with tuition money all of a sudden that day but He is able to keep me at rest with all of these worries. God promised and said, "...I am gentle and humble in heart, and you will find rest for your souls. For my yoke is easy and my burden is light." (Matthew 11:29-31, NIV) If I did not hang on to God's words, I really might have given up.
The enemy is trying too hard to bring out the worse in you, but God is bringing out the BEST in each and everyone that loves Him and has faith in Him. Life with God is too good to be wasted, life must go on and it'll be easy if you let God to be in control of it. I just praised God when I was on my way home, I said, "God is faithful indeed, I'll wait on Him" because His plans for me and my family are perfect and too great.
By: Maya Guzman Santos
