My life these days can be described as one word: transition. Change would not be a fitting word because most of my daily life feels so familiar. I still watch the news every morning as I sip coffee, I still workout everyday, and I still chat with Robyn about my daily dramas. This stage of life is also completely unfamiliar as I try to remember how to put myself out there and make new friends in a familiar city. The past few weeks I have gotten settled in at work and finally settled in to my new little home.
Today I got Internet connected. It was quite an afternoon spent with the cable man. He was right on time and called to give me a 20 minute heads up to make sure I was home and “straighten up, just in case I needed to”. So obviously after this initial call I was intrigued to see who would show up at my home. I have seen one too many Law&Order SVU episodes in my day, so naturally I was scared he would be a scary creepy man. But no, turns out he was just a young guy who had been born in raised in the country. He had a strong accent and was extremely helpful. He didn’t charge me for anything. And I mean, he should have. He crawled under my home, made a new connection to the broken phone jack, gave me a new modem after I fried mine in the first two minutes. He informed me that he usually has to charge $150.00 for the new phone jack, but since “that sucks its so much money and I see you don’t have cable. I don’t either, I don’t get paid enough to do this job and cant afford a luxury like cable”, so he decided not to charge me. He also made sure to tell me when I fill out the customer satisfaction survey to please make sure and put that I was “extremely satisfied, not just satisfied because that is what makes me get a pay raise. And like I said, I need one”. About an hour later he was gone, I have Internet and still have money for gas&groceries. People who are just nice and helpful are a blessing. I enjoyed his genuine approach to his work and his honesty. And this is just one way God has been giving me blessings in the past few days, and I couldn’t be more grateful.
Tonight I went to an event at Cross Point church, where I was greeted with young women and men who are looking for the same things as I am. Fellowship with believers who are dealing with the same struggles and challenges of being a young professional in Nashville. I have prayed that this was the right job for me, in the right city, and I am trusting God will place the right people in my life who I can walk through day to day with. I am grateful for the confirmation I feel from Him tonight, and the peaceful sleep I will get to help me get through another week of life in the work force.
-SJP
