Into the Wilderness

Shabbat Shalom,

Last week I wrote an article aboout the wilderness and how some of us are in various stages of the wildeeness.

This week, I went from the edge of it to the middle of it fairly quickly.

My position is being eliminated and I'm being pushed into a job that I don't particularly care for in the same company. And they are trying to schedule me to work on Saturday from 7 am to 3:30 pm. This is not an option, no ifs, ands or buts about it. My husband didn't believe in life insurance or pension plans so I CAN'T afford to be without a job but I'm not going to break Sabbath to stay employed.

I told the manager of this department that working on Sabbath isn't an option and that is non-negotiable. She then asked me if I was resigning my position, I said no, I'm not resigning my position but I informed you in an email that I couldn't work from sunset Friday to sunset Saturday. I was to the only shifts left after the seniority had their choice were the ones that were Saturday and Sunday with Thursday and Friday off.

I've had to contact HR to start a case asking for a religious accomodation, to have Sabbath off. I think it's ridiculous as I was told when I was hired that I didn't have to work Saturdays at all.

The sabbath is a sign between YHVH and his people. (Ex. 31:13) We don't work on Sabbath. My husbanad wrote a song called God's people and one of the verses says-Sometimes we get fired, we ain't fooling around. We're God's people.

One of the people in our study group works Friday nights til midnight and gets home around 1 in the morning. When I hear that during the study, I think what are you doing? But that is between him and YHVH.

Please keep me in your prayers as I navigate the wilderness again.

Til next time,

Lori