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By jeanette sneed
11/05/15
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Sometimes You Just Have to Be Still

Sarah was a 27-year-old, recently divorced woman now living all alone. It was a Monday morning in June, six months to the day since her divorce. Sarah arose at 5:30 am her usual time for work, Monday through Friday for the past 5 years. Today, Sarah felt quite uneasy upon waking, but she was determined to get her shower. When she completed bathing, she put on her bathrobe, prepared a cup of coffee, and went outside on the porch to drink it.
As she stood there, she began to wonder about the decision she was making. She was unsure if it was the right thing to do or not. She despised her job as a housekeeper at the Nursing Home. She was only making nine dollars an hour, and she felt she deserved more. Still, she kept it because she had to have an income, she had to have a roof over her head and she was not ready to deal with her parents.
Sarah did not receive any alimony or any other source of income. For months now, Sarah had been searching and filling out applications for another job. She prayed, joined a fast with her church, and she even took courses at the local community college to advance her skills. She did not want to move back with her parents nor for them to know the marriage was over. They never accepted him or the marriage in the first place.
While Sarah stood on the porch drinking her coffee, the phone rang. She looked at her watch “Who could that be? Who's calling me 6:30 in the morning?” She thought as she looked into the window at the phone. “I will not answer it. I am just not in the mood to talk with anyone right now. I am oh so fed up with my life. I’ve had enough of everything. I need a change.” Sarah said aloud as she walked towards the door to go inside to get dressed. As she entered, the phone stopped ringing.
By the time Sarah got dressed and began to walk out the door, the phone rang again. She picked it up and placed it in her purse never even looking at the phone to see who was calling. As she continued on to her car, she still would not look at the phone. Sarah had made her decision and she was not going to allow anything to distract her. Sarah did not put on the uniform she had worn for years. She carried all of them with her because she knew that she would be turning in her resignation and the uniforms.
Sarah had no idea of the significance of that phone call because she never bothered to answer or even look at the caller id. She got inside her car and headed off to her job. It was now 7:15 and Sarah would spend the next 30 minutes on her journey to work sensing an uncomfortable feeling within, dismissing it, and rehearsing what she was going to say when she got there. She had made up her mind that she was not going to bite her tongue about why she was resigning.
Finally, Sarah reached her job. As she pulled into the parking lot, she decided to park in the visitor’s parking lot rather than around the back. Sarah walked straight into the office. “Good morning Sarah, I have been trying to reach you,” said her manager. Sarah abruptly interrupted her and said, “I just want you to know that I quit, I am returning your keys and the uniforms. Find someone else to put up with this mess around here. I am somebody, I am worth more than this, and you are not even a fair boss.” She continued on complaining about a host of other things also.
The manager stood up with a stunned look and said, “Well if you are finished, then thank you, Sarah, I am so sorry you feel that way. I was trying to call you to offer you the position of Shift Supervisor for the night shift. You would have been paid 15 dollars an hour. I have acknowledged all you did for some time. Now, Sarah, I want you to know that I acknowledge your resignation. Goodbye and thank you so much.”
Sarah failed to chill out, to be content and patiently wait for God’s timing. He was working behind the scenes.

Word count 750/fiction

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