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[3542.84 --> 3543.88] and I moved from Victoria |
[3543.88 --> 3544.46] to Edmonton |
[3544.46 --> 3545.42] right after I graduated. |
[3546.24 --> 3547.16] I needed a job |
[3547.16 --> 3547.64] and I ended up |
[3547.64 --> 3548.56] finding one pretty quick |
[3548.56 --> 3549.82] at a local grocery store, |
[3549.88 --> 3550.50] but my job |
[3550.50 --> 3551.68] was to stock shelves |
[3551.68 --> 3552.74] and face the groceries, |
[3552.90 --> 3553.64] turn the labels out |
[3553.64 --> 3554.52] so everyone could read them. |
[3554.52 --> 3555.62] And I had to do that job |
[3555.62 --> 3556.82] from 11 p.m. |
[3556.98 --> 3558.04] until 8 a.m. |
[3558.04 --> 3558.94] That was my shift. |
[3559.42 --> 3560.12] And my schedule |
[3560.12 --> 3560.84] was not like |
[3560.84 --> 3561.68] a consistent one. |
[3561.76 --> 3562.18] It wasn't like |
[3562.18 --> 3562.94] I worked four days |
[3562.94 --> 3563.64] and had two off |
[3563.64 --> 3564.28] or five days |
[3564.28 --> 3564.80] and two off. |
[3565.00 --> 3565.52] It was like |
[3565.52 --> 3566.58] I worked two, |
[3566.68 --> 3567.22] got one off, |
[3567.28 --> 3567.64] worked three, |
[3567.72 --> 3568.18] got one off. |
[3568.22 --> 3568.68] I could never |
[3568.68 --> 3569.76] readjust my schedule |
[3569.76 --> 3571.12] and so I didn't see |
[3571.12 --> 3571.98] the light of day |
[3571.98 --> 3572.96] because it was Edmonton |
[3572.96 --> 3575.44] for like six months. |
[3577.18 --> 3578.36] The job was fine, |
[3579.36 --> 3580.58] but because my schedule |
[3580.58 --> 3581.28] was so irregular, |
[3581.44 --> 3582.36] the only people I saw |
[3582.36 --> 3583.10] was the two dudes |
[3583.10 --> 3584.14] that I stocked shelves with |
[3584.14 --> 3584.70] and they were both |
[3584.70 --> 3585.64] kind of grumpy old men |
[3585.64 --> 3586.10] who just wanted |
[3586.10 --> 3587.10] to punch in and punch out. |
[3587.52 --> 3588.92] They were not conversationalists. |
[3589.50 --> 3590.78] I could barely go to church. |
[3591.36 --> 3592.92] I knew nobody in the city. |
[3593.62 --> 3594.26] I couldn't even really |
[3594.26 --> 3595.10] see my own family. |
[3596.48 --> 3597.48] And for half a year, |
[3597.54 --> 3598.60] I barely talked to anyone. |
[3599.34 --> 3600.26] It was very lonely. |
[3601.26 --> 3602.44] I was probably depressed. |
[3603.78 --> 3604.66] It was a very, |
[3604.80 --> 3605.74] very hard season for me. |
[3605.74 --> 3608.16] I'd gone from a very |
[3608.16 --> 3611.36] super social grade 12 grad year |
[3611.36 --> 3612.92] with lots of activities |
[3612.92 --> 3614.96] to nothing. |
[3617.16 --> 3618.38] It was strange though |
[3618.38 --> 3619.68] because during that time, |
[3619.78 --> 3621.32] my faith in God |
[3621.32 --> 3622.72] actually grew. |
[3623.44 --> 3624.32] And some of this |
[3624.32 --> 3626.34] I'm realizing in retrospect. |
[3627.42 --> 3630.10] But my prayer life grew. |
[3630.28 --> 3631.40] I wasn't talking to anyone, |
[3631.52 --> 3632.54] so God became someone |
[3632.54 --> 3633.20] that I spoke to. |
[3633.58 --> 3634.86] I started opening my Bible |
[3634.86 --> 3635.62] a little bit more |
[3635.62 --> 3636.64] because the world around me |
[3636.64 --> 3637.86] was very small, |
[3638.10 --> 3639.52] so I had no reason not to. |
[3641.36 --> 3642.14] I'm not sure |
[3642.14 --> 3642.82] I would have said this |
[3642.82 --> 3643.18] back then, |
[3643.24 --> 3644.08] but I know with the gift |
[3644.08 --> 3644.56] of retrospect |
[3644.56 --> 3645.92] that even though |
[3645.92 --> 3646.70] I was lonely, |
[3646.82 --> 3647.94] I knew God was there. |
[3649.20 --> 3650.66] I desired Him more. |
[3650.78 --> 3651.70] I leaned into |
[3651.70 --> 3652.66] His presence more. |
[3652.86 --> 3654.56] And it didn't make things good. |
[3654.96 --> 3656.36] Life still sucked for me then. |
[3658.86 --> 3659.80] But God was there. |
[3659.80 --> 3661.10] And I do remember |
[3661.10 --> 3662.28] in the midst of that loneliness, |
[3662.88 --> 3664.20] God's presence was tangible. |
[3664.82 --> 3665.44] He was with me. |
[3665.50 --> 3667.84] I was never actually alone. |
[3668.04 --> 3670.68] See, God is always with us. |
[3674.32 --> 3676.08] God's presence in our lives, |
[3676.56 --> 3678.88] it means we can be bolstered up |
[3678.88 --> 3679.88] to face the suffering |
[3679.88 --> 3681.34] that we endure with courage. |
[3681.54 --> 3682.32] Now, I'm not saying |
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