I Lost My Job Before Christmas

tis the season to be jolly!

A common statement that you would usually hear when Christmas day is approaching. Times when gifts are being picked. Times when families plan their activities for the holidays. Times when bonuses are given to employees. Times when ninongs and ninangs give to their godsons/goddaughters. Times when Christmas parties are being held. Clappings and poppings and toppings on cakes.

Those usual moments take place, and me? I lost my job.

Dated December 12th of 2022, 12 days before Christmas. Is this really the season to be jolly? I will not lengthen this blog entry. I will just put it this way: I am not that bothered. There is peace in my heart and joy that I cannot explain. Is it because I got out of an unhealthy position and the unclear direction? Kind of. But what I know is that the Reason for this season has already provided solutions prior to the problems that I have faced and will face. It happened many times, including this job that got out of hand.

Times when I needed to pay for things that I did not know would come. Times when pressuring moments presented themselves before me. Times when people shut me out. As I go through my days in the previous months, moments and realizations began unfolding as I saw that God has been preparing and saving me from falling into pits. He was and is continually providing.

Everything that has happened made me refocus on the true meaning of joy in this season. It is not in gifts, tangible things, carolings, and gatherings, but rather— in the One who went down to earth through the virgin Mary in order to save mankind.

I am joyful. I have peace. I am confident that God will never leave me nor forsake me. I can still enjoy Christmas because Jesus saved me, and since I have Him in my life— I have everything I need.

"Since He did not spare even His own Son but gave Him up for us all, won’t He also give us everything else?" (Romans 8:32 NLT)