Matthew Wales

Hi everyone, thought this might be a good time to catch you up on recent events, now that i have more time on my hands, which i will of-course explain in due course. It is quite a rarity that i right a new post so soon after the last one, but hey lets go wild lol.

So yes, recent events, well as i have just said i have more time on my hands, due to the unfortunate fact that i lost my job last Friday (19th Feb) which though i am a little glad about, i was actually pretty gutted and got quite emotional and angry on the day, because you get a certain sense of failure when that happens, but that’s life i guess, doesn’t always go the way we plan, and to be honest i found my christian life was suffering because i was devoting all my time to worrying about work and trying to “impress” the unimpressible. I believe everything happens for a reason, i just couldn’t find it at the time, which didn’t really help me deal with it, But i spent some time with one of my Christian friends on friday afternoon, which did help a lot and actually prerpared me for the weekend i was about to have, of which i will tell you about in a bit.

However I reckon God was always looking out for me, i was able to persevere through the 5 month period, and i have actually learned so much about being a good technician, my skills and knowledge have come a long way, it might have been the most stressful time of my life but i can take away that experience and use it in the future so i am in no way regretting my time there.

This weekend i have been away on a christian retreat with a great bunch of students, and i truly believe it came at the right time, it helped my tune myself back in to Gods “frequency” if you like, because i really felt lost on Friday, but God really found me again this weekend, and i am feeling stronger for it, i am feeling more connected, more able to commit myself to his purpose for me. For instance last night i really felt inspired when preparing worship and prayer for tonight’s lifegroup, which is really encouraging for me because i feel my leadership of the life group has suffered the past couple of times i have attempted to lead the group. However i attribute that to trying to do it under my own strength, letting my mind lead my heart instead of the other way round, and also it was not particularly spirit lead either which is probably why i messed up so often. So i guess i am just coming to grips with what it means to let the spirit minister through me into the lives of others, whether i am leading worship or a study. I guess i had forgotten how big a role the spirit plays in our lives. so i am just praying that i will mature in my faith and not step backwards into my old ways of dealing with things on my own.

On a final note, i may not be long out of work, because after sending off an internship application for a web developer position yesterday, i got a call today for an interview, so my future may be looking a little brighter in worldly terms (if you know what i mean).  So we will see what comes of that, i will be praying hard about whether or not this is a role i am meant for, because God may have other plans for me, i guess i will have to put my trust in Him and trust that he has a plan for me. If you are a Christan or believe in the power of prayer, i would really appreciate the support.

So i guess thats it for now, i hope you don’t find this post too preachy, i am just using it as an outlet for my thoughts and feelings . And you never know i might be back next month to post again. Bye for now.

P.s. pleas leave any comments or suggestions below, i will be happy to read and reply to them as long as they sensible and not spam. Thanks.