Chirstmas rrr Nothing....

As many of you no doubt know I(Marshall) work at Macy's a Department store celebrating it's 150 birthday. But one thing struck me as a bit odd. If Macy's has been around for 150 years, a clear sign of having had some measurable amount of success. Why are they playing Politically Correct Christmas songs, did I miss something is or is not Christmas about the birth of Jesus Christ. It seems logical to me that is you acknowledge the existence of Christmas, shouldn't you also acknowledge the existence of Christ; or is that asking to much. Why is it so hard for people to acknowledge the existence of Jesus Christ. Seriously, why are you celebrating Christmas, if you don't celebrate Christ? Is there some magic "winter holiday" where we all exchange gifts? Why is there not a summer holiday where we can exchange gift, what about fall or spring? What makes winter different if there is no Christmas?

I just don't get it? Play a Christmas carol, instead of "I saw mommy kissing Santa Claus" . Either Christ existed and that should be celebrated or we celebrate nothing....

How is God working in you?

For those of you who are interested, I haven't heard anything about the job at BGSU that I interviewed for last month. Don't know if that's a good or bad thing. Just trying to wait patiently until I hear.

On a different note, a couple/few weeks ago my supervisor came in my office and said that she had bad news. I thought, "I really hope I'm not losing my job." Thankfully, she didn't say that. She did, however, say that HR has cut off paying intermittent employees holiday pay. It was kind of a fluke that I was getting it anyway. In general intermittent's don't get this benefit, but ODNR is one of the only Department's that were authorized to pay it. Well, not anymore. The State is cutting the budget in just about every area as well as laying people off, so this did not come as a suprise to me. When I didn't get mad or upset about this news, she was very suprised and said, "Wow! You took that really well. If it were me I'd be really mad." Now, I'm not writing this to elevate myself in any way. I'm saying it because it shows how the power of God works in your life. I knew that whatever news came out of her mouth couldn't be that bad. Yeah, I'm a little disappointed and it inconveniences me because I have to come in on a different day to make up those hours, but overall it's not that big of a deal. In response to her shock I simply said "Well, I can't do anything about it so why get upset about it?" If God was not a part of my life I'm sure my response would have been the same as her's, but because of Him I can honestly say that I'm fine with it and He can have the glory because of it.