Communication

[sroni]

People keep communicating. And not always doing a good job of it.

I like my job. I'm good at my job. I'm doing what I know I'm supposed to be doing.

How many people get to say that about their jobs? Not many.

My job might not have the best pay. But I don't care about that.

It's not an easy job. I have to work hard. ANd it's a full time job. We're on the job 24/7. If someone calls us at three o'clock in the morning, wanting us to perform in fifteen minutes, we do it. We don't whine and complain. If we only get four hours of sleep due to performing, we do it. It's not a 9-5 job. SOmetimes it is. But we still interact with the people we're staying with. We do get a Sabbath once a week. If we're not performing on that day. We don't turn down performances simply so we can have a Sabbath. It's a hard job.

But I love it. I honestly feel that it is what I was created to do.

But so many people that I love and care about, that I look up to, keep referring to it as "the little drama thing". Or, my personal favorite, "an extended adolescence". "When are you going to grow up and join the real world?"

I'm in the real world. I see more of the real world every day. I go out into it, and I deal with the people there. I talk to them, and I encourage them, and I remind them they're not alone.

I'm a soldier, damn it. It's just spiritual instead of physical.

My job is hard. And it deserves respect. And I'm getting tired of not getting it.

Comments

[minervajoy.livejournal.com]

Wow, Sharon I can relate to this. I know that even the people who have served God in CP for multiple generations had to deal with this too. Keep up the good work, and keep allowing the work to change you. Eventually they'll have no choice but to notice how much is ahppening through you and to you.

Much love,

Stephanie

[sroni.livejournal.com]

Thanks, Steph. Um, just so you know, "Nathan" and I are no longer engaged as of this morning. He didn't tell me until we were on the road that he was feeling called to leave CP. I prayed about it for three weeks, and I'm just not seeing me leave CP. We were staying with the Adeyanju's, and right after I silently asked God for a sign that I'm supposed to stay, she told me she's not sure I'm supposed to leave, that she can tell that I have a calling here. That God gave me a passion for the ministry, and the performances, and the plays, and she doesn't think he'd call me out of the game yet. That was the biggest reason. There were also a lot of small reasons that weren't fun, and are already getting better.