It's been a while since I was here last, but tonight I want to write something down so that none of us will forget it. Melia, you are just 5 months shy of sixteen as I write this. You have been working at Papa Murphy's since last May. It has been an adventure to say the least. Managers have come and gone, they have been severely under staffed and the air conditioning was broken for most of the summer. Even on the hottest and most difficult of days, you have never come home as upset as you did this past Monday.
Long story short there is a co-worker that has been rather difficult to deal with. She is relatively new, yet she seems to have the position of "shift manager, unfortunately she is the kind of manager that wants nothing more than to weld her power, boss people around and be generally unkind. After arriving 2 hours late for work on Monday, she spent her time "getting on everyone's case" and doing little of her own work. You were fit to be tied by the time you got home.
We talked about you doing your part to try and get along, but that in the end, you would have to trust God to handle the situation for you. (This is not an easy thing to do.)
The next morning in our daily study we were talking about the difference between Rachel and Mary and how they handled it when things appeared to be going the wrong way. Rachel took it upon herself to scheme and devise a plan that would make what God had promised actually happen. Mary on the other hand, never once tried to get Jesus out of anything. Even to the point of standing at the foot of the cross, she trusted that when God said her son would rule on the throne of David - He would.
This fit perfectly with what you and I had discussed the night before and you would need to decide if you would respond to the situation like Rachel or Mary. So on Tuesday, you and I prayed on the way to work, this co-worker was scheduled to work and we both knew you would need the power of the Holy Spirit to "be nice" and maintain a witness for Christ among your co-workers. She was in her usual form but you managed to keep your attitude in check and you were just happy that the night was over when you arrived home.
On Wednesday (that is today), you were not scheduled to work but Taylor texted in a panic that this same co-worker did not show up for her shift and she was unable to reach her, so you decided to go in and lend a hand. A couple of hours later you called the house with good news! She had quit!
I can not tell you what this did to grow my own personal faith, I had been praying that the Lord would show Himself faithful in this situation and that He would take care of the situation on your behalf! And He certainly delivered! I wanted to take a moment and write this down while it was fresh in my mind so that we can all remember how God had your back and how you did not need to avenge yourself!
