Today the problems with the economy came home, with a text message from a friend about her lay-off. I had already gotten another call this week, about another acquaintance that had gotten laid off Friday.
My first re-action is "what do we do ?". I quickly pulled together a list of recruiters and job sites in our field, and made a couple of quick calls to see if my network knew anyone who was still hiring. I am DO type of person. The running joke in our neighborhood is that if anything happens, Donna makes a roast. The church lady and the Southern lady in me both want to provide food for any emergency. (and yes, I have emergency food all ready to be defrosted in the freezer).
The more spiritual among my friends will probably tell us to Pray, which we are doing, but I am an action oriented person, and want to DO something. I am reminded what my rector said when he was camp rector at a retreat some years ago, We are called to BE, not neccesarily to DO.
My friend that texted me liked the work, but was in a mostly toxic work environment. All we can pray for now is to see if we can find work for everyone, and hope that it will be better positions for all involved.
So the question I put to the blogsphere, do we DO, or do we PRAY, or do we do both? These are not mutually exclusive.
Thoughts anyone?
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