Crazy, Busy and Changes

Hello blog visitors,

Sorry I haven't been blogging lately...it has been crazy/busy this past week and a half and next week looks even more busier... and I've had to make some changes to some of my routines so it's affected the consistency of my blog entries... I'll share one of the changes below as it might be an encouragement to those out there...

A few weeks ago, I forwarded a booklet by Nancy Leigh DeMoss about Personal Hedges for single women with married men. Before I read the booklet, I had been wrestling with seeing and setting boundaries with one of my bosses, who is not a Christian. When he became my boss almost a year ago, there were a few awkward moments between us as I hopefully gently related to him about what was and was not appropriate. He's a very nice and friendly man and clearly loves and cares for his wife and family. In fact, he has relayed to me that his wife wants to meet me, which someone who's counseled to me about this subject, told me was a good sign. I don't feel nor have ever been attracted to him, but I do want to not give the appearance of evil to others who may be observing me, including my boss. There are times when I will have to work with him alone or we'll walk to get coffee downtown during a coffee break, but I think those times should be few and far between and thankfully they have been due to the change I made below...

Well, my boss likes to come in early and I like to come in early as well. Well, one of the boundaries that I've placed in the past two weeks is that I no longer come in early and it has had some profound effects. I've not been able to get as much work done before each day begins. This past week was especially difficult to not come in because there has been alot more work for me to do and I knew I could get the work done before the interruptions of emails and phone calls of the day.

But I have experienced God's grace in this situation. My days have been productive, even though they haven't gone the way I like, but God has given me amazing grace to be flexible this week. And I'm learning that getting work done is dependent on His grace, not coming in early.

Now some may think this decision is prudish, and maybe even prideful, even legalistic, but as it says in Scripture to not give sin a foothold and that is what I believe God is calling me to do in this situation.

Toodles,