Hi, folks.
This is the former Eileen, aka Eileen in Athens, GA, Eileen AGA, and, briefly, RadioNowhere. I wanted to make my name less recognizable, considering some of the things I've posted, but RadioNowhere just isn't going to do it. So, I'm using my childhood nickname that no one outside my immediate family (of which my brother and sister are the only survivors) would immediately recognize. I don't even know if I've spelled it right; I don't remember if we ever wrote it.
This morning we had a five-minute meeting in which the co-director of the department where I work told us she is leaving at the end of July to take a position in another state. This was very upsetting to me, as she and I have been good friends and it is another major personal loss.
I got the idea today, though, that God is doing something. Sometimes it takes a while for me to realize this, but I don't think any longer that it's a coincidence, or just the miserable nature of life, that so much that is so important to me--the people at the mall where I had the booth, Pastor, the co-director--are all slipping away. Something is being set up, I think. I prayed and asked God not to let me mess it up with my stubbornness or any other of my failings and shortcomings. It doesn't happen to me very often that I get an answer from God in words that I can quote, but this time I did. As soon as I said that to him, the words came into my mind, "Have I ever?" The answer to that is no. He's never failed to give me guidance. I've rejected his guidance and made some very stupid choices against his will, but, looking at it honestly, and sometimes in retrospect, he's always told me what to do. He's broadcast his instructions, but sometimes I've had the radio off, or even turned it off--Radio Nowhere.
The first thing I did after the meeting was to try to sign in to TDK, and you all know what didn't happen then! I wondered if TDK was leaving, too. God kept me calm, though, and I kept trying throughout the day. I'm as delighted as everyone else to find it back on line.
