{"id":2786,"date":"2013-03-10T11:53:48","date_gmt":"2013-03-10T18:53:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ourthoughts.ca\/?p=2786"},"modified":"2013-03-10T11:53:48","modified_gmt":"2013-03-10T18:53:48","slug":"patience-and-job-loss","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ourthoughts.ca\/2013\/03\/10\/patience-and-job-loss\/","title":{"rendered":"Patience and job loss"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Two days ago, I was called into the office of the chief operations officer where I work and was told I was being laid off. Last time I was laid off, I received 7 months worth of severance pay, which cushioned the blow. This time, I get no severance pay, but I have two weeks of work left.<\/p>\n<p>Needless to say, it is stressful in our home.<\/p>\n<p>Then that night, while reading D&amp;C 24 as part of our companionship study, Mary and I came across verse 8:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Be patient in afflictions, for thou shalt have many; but endure them, for, lo, I am with thee, even unto the end of thy days.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>It sure seemed timely and was a good reminder. Still looking for a job though. :)<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.hotpepper.ca\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-2787 alignleft\" alt=\"social-share-ad-square\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ourthoughts.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/social-share-ad-square.png\" width=\"400\" height=\"400\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ourthoughts.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/social-share-ad-square.png 400w, https:\/\/www.ourthoughts.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/social-share-ad-square-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/www.ourthoughts.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/social-share-ad-square-300x300.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Two days ago, I was called into the office of the chief operations officer where I work and was told &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ourthoughts.ca\/2013\/03\/10\/patience-and-job-loss\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Patience and job loss<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2786","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v23.9 - 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