"For God’s foolishness is wiser than human wisdom, and God’s weakness is stronger than human strength." I Corinthians 1: 25
Sometimes when we are on this spiritual pilgrimage, we are asked to take steps that may seem odd to others around us. A good example for me was after I earned my undergraduate degree. I had been working full time at a steel mill and going to college part time, and after eight years I finally had enough hours to get my degree. I started looking for jobs outside of the steel industry. However, I remember my father-in-law, Vito, really questioning me if that was a good idea. You see, he had worked on the boat docks in Ashtabula, Ohio and he knew what seniority meant in a company.
I had nearly nine years in the mill and he thought I should stay there, because of how important that was. He was not the only one, many of my mill co-workers thought I would just stay because the pay and benefits were good. Well, again God had other plans and I was offered a job in the insurance industry (for less money) out of state, and thank goodness, my late Judy, was willing to move, which we did. Little did we know that in a few years the mill would almost totally shut down, which meant that if I would have stayed, I would have been out of a job.
One never knows what God may have in store for us. It may seem foolish to the world but can make perfect sense to us in due time. Blessings on your spiritual journey! Peace, Vernon T.
(The picture is from the Youngstown Steel Museum, and I am standing next to an Open Hearth Furnace Door, just like the ones I used to work around while in the steel mill.)
Copyright © 2023 Vernon T. Jones, All Rights Reserved
Sometimes when we are on this spiritual pilgrimage, we are asked to take steps that may seem odd to others around us. A good example for me was after I earned my undergraduate degree. I had been working full time at a steel mill and going to college part time, and after eight years I finally had enough hours to get my degree. I started looking for jobs outside of the steel industry. However, I remember my father-in-law, Vito, really questioning me if that was a good idea. You see, he had worked on the boat docks in Ashtabula, Ohio and he knew what seniority meant in a company.
I had nearly nine years in the mill and he thought I should stay there, because of how important that was. He was not the only one, many of my mill co-workers thought I would just stay because the pay and benefits were good. Well, again God had other plans and I was offered a job in the insurance industry (for less money) out of state, and thank goodness, my late Judy, was willing to move, which we did. Little did we know that in a few years the mill would almost totally shut down, which meant that if I would have stayed, I would have been out of a job.
One never knows what God may have in store for us. It may seem foolish to the world but can make perfect sense to us in due time. Blessings on your spiritual journey! Peace, Vernon T.
(The picture is from the Youngstown Steel Museum, and I am standing next to an Open Hearth Furnace Door, just like the ones I used to work around while in the steel mill.)
Copyright © 2023 Vernon T. Jones, All Rights Reserved
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