Faith is Funny

So...I have been struggling looking for a job now for the whole summer. Since the end of May to get technical. And I thought I had an opening. I went on vacation with my parents and stayed up an extra week visiting for an interview. I did two interviews on that one day and was told by Friday I would hear something. Friday came and went. Sunday morning came and in checking my email I received an email from the company stating thanks for the application but the position had been filled. Well, I was sad but I wanted to know what I missed out on. So I called on Monday late morning/early afternoon. Talked to the person I interviewed with who informed me that I was still in the running and he had no clue what the email was talking about. (He did not ask who sent it or press for me he just said the email was wrong.) So..I was assured I would hear back later in the week about when my next interview would be. Oh, I forgot to mention how after my interview I rode the bus 13 hours home. So...later in the week comes and goes and nothing.  Seems familiar right?
Well, I called the next week on a Tuesday this time. I needed to switch it up. I was told the manager would be in and I would hear back that day. Well I did. I was asked to come in for an interview in 2 days. (Forget the fact that I gave them my cell phone number and they called me on my house number.  They knew I lived out of state so why would you call me on my house phone?) That would have been fine if I lived in state but I was having people buy me a train or bus ticket. How would I get there in 2 days plus the costs?? Well I asked about the following week. So the interview was scheduled for a week from the date originally offered.
By this time I have friends telling me it will be hard to be away from my husband for a year if I get this job. I have other friends telling me I need to stay with my husband and I do not need to look at a job unless he will be moving with me...which if he isn't then don't look at the job.
Well I travel on up to visit my parents and for the interview.  I show up for the interview 10 minutes early. I already thought it was weird it was an early evening interview but "Hey! What do I know?". So as someone comes to help me the same person comes back not even 2 minutes later to inform me there is no one to do my interview.  She left a note with my information for them to call me. I am still waiting on that call. I called them and no one picked up or called me back.
Okay so it is not Faith but it is funny in that I can't believe this happened way. But I wonder if God is finding a way for me to be closer to my husband and me going through these obstacles keeps me walking closer to finding a job where my husband and I currently live and where I may soon be moving from leaving him. It sure seems like it, especially with my friend saying I need to live with my husband.
Oh...maybe it should be life is funny. I know God was having a great chuckle at this and still probably is. I just want to interview and finally find a job. I did want summer off but I also wanted something I knew I would have when it was all over!

What have we as a whole become?

A news story today caught my eye. A minister, a Christian minister, thinks on the anniversary of September 11th this year his congregation and him should burn the Quran. He wants to show people around the world that "we" don't believe in extremist views. 

I remember growing up and having a first-hand look at racism. It happens when everyone is one color and you are the odd one out. That's okay because I grew up all for diversity. I remember learning about slavery and things my ancestors had to fight for and survive just so I could have a house, vote and be treated equally. I thought I would have seen the end when I was 6 and called the n word. It didn't. It got worse. It continues to be bad. We have the KKK ready to hurt people for the color of their skin. People are not taking action against them. We have people in Congress trying to stop the good the President is trying to do. People are just joining them thinking that Healthcare for all is horrible and does not help anyone. Now, we have a minister, who is supposed to be teaching about Christ and all he did and believes, he is going to stop the "extremists." 

Let me tell you something. He is extreme. We don't need to save ourselves from the extreme people in other countries but we need to protect ourselves from the extreme people in this country. A minister who thinks people in his congregation need to burn the Quran is wrong on many levels. 

1) This will endanger our troops overseas and cause people to retaliate. It may possibly put our troops back in a war we are trying to get them out of. 

2) NOT ALL MUSLIMS BELIEVE IN THE EXTREME VIEWS THAT THE BAD ONES DO. Just like all Christians are not bad neither are Muslims. There are always people to take it to the next level. 

3) What happened to freedom of speech and religion? We as Americans are all different. Most people in the U.S. have or had descendants from other countries. Who are we to deny the right of their religious choices? 

I thought America was supposed to be a melting pot. More and more I see it as a country that likes to deny rights. Who is to say my rights will be the same when I wake up in the morning? I am seeing them change overnight from the Immigration law in Arizona to denying people a religious place of worship because of a few bad people with the same religion. Ridiculous. Do you ever wonder why other countries do not like Americans? If so read into this. Americans are hypocritical. We are coming from a country that says one thing, does the complete opposite and people don't know whether we will help them or stab them in the back. 

I don't blame people in other countries for not liking us. I see why they don't. But we need to show them not everyone is like what they see on the television and not everyone believes in the same ridiculous things that the idiots do.

Not all Muslims were on the planes on September 11, 2001. Not all Muslims believe that was correct with what happened that day. Not all Muslims hate Americans. Not all Muslims are extreme. Just the same...not all Americans and Christians died on the September 11, 2001. Not all Americans and Christians believe it is right to burn books from other religious beliefs and blame the whole. Not all Americans and Christians are Christ-like and supportive of what God and Jesus wanted for all of us. Not all Americans and Christians are extreme. If we were would all Bibles need to burn? Would it be okay for Muslims to burn the Bible because we bombed there place to live?

I am not the best Christian but I try. I believe in equality and equal treatment of everyone no matter what. I am an EOP... Equal Opportunity Person. I don't believe all people who do not look like me with their hair and skin color are bad. I don't believe they should be ridiculed and treated like I was. I have friends who are not like me at all and I love them. I don't believe in burning any religious books and I believe in trying to be Christ-like. That minister is not and will not be Christ-like. He is not trying. People in the world please do not think all Americans and Christians are like that because I know a few people who are not like that at all. I am not like that minister but are you?