Don't Let Your Setback Hold You Down...

So I am quite sure everyone was like oh she started another blog and fell off the wagon of updating but I promise you I really did not Jonathan has had me super busy lately. 

However today while at church and listen to my pastor who was brings word from Micah 7:8, which read Rejoice not against me, O mine enemy: when I fall, I shall arise; when I sit in darkness, the LORD shall be a light unto me (KJV).  His subject was Your Setback Is Just A Setup For Your Come Back now at that point I felt something powerful hit me for you see while I’m still going through as Micah 7:8 says The LORD shall be a light unto me.   I had just gone through one of those seasons and not many knew about it as I had wanted it and truly, it was hard.  I could not think what I had done so wrong to be in that situation however to hear someone minister on it and actually preach on it I look at that time of darkness differently.  While in the mist of it I wasn’t sure of anything there were days I stressed losing my job for not being focused, days I stressed my electricity being shut off for nonpayment and there was nothing more I could do except just simply pray and praising.

While I am not out of the mist of my storm, God has shown me things that I never thought possible from making a way for me to get furniture, to getting a car that is paid for to simply making things happen that I didn’t think would happen.   So best, believe I am sowing seeds and speaking over them.  

Remember your time isn’t up until God says it is so even in the bottom of the 4^th with your team down 7 you still got a chance to make a COMEBACK don’t you dare GIVEUP.

The best part of this is you truly learn who your friends are and those who were there just to gossip and talk your business. For who can be against you when God is, for you remember when you are on the way back up to leave those friends behind and simply take your lifetime friends with you.

"There's nothing as exciting as a comeback - seeing someone with dreams, watching them fail, and then getting a second chance." - Rachel Griffiths, Australian Actress 

~Truly Blessed,

Misherald "Missy" & Jonathan "JB" Brown

Stepping Back On Rough Days

Some days it's okay to say you've been defeated. Now don't go pouting or anything but you have to realize if we attempted to do everything on our to do list we would be past exhausted... I'm still feeling burnt out from yesterday Super mom moments and so today I simply leave you with this thought.  Someone once told me that if there isn't a door already open for you then your ultimate goal is to build a door and open it for yourself.

I'm so tired I'm going to have to watch Scandal & Grey's Anatomy tomorrow!!

Just Dream A Little

~Truly Blessed,


Misherald "Missy" & Jonathan "JB" Brown

Overqualified, Underqualified: Where Do You Fit At?

Growing up I always remember being told that education was important and that it was imperative for one to go to school and get a college degree.  During the years, a Bachelor degree was a common thing so by the time I got to 9^th grade everyone was singing it was imperative to get a Master’s degree.  Of course, for me I was going to get whatever degrees it was necessary to get a good job to take care of my family. Now it seems that even with a Associates, Bachelors, Masters as well as a few certificates in various program does make a difference because now your either overqualified, under qualified, or qualified but not experienced enough.

After six years of educating myself I have now find myself at a job that pays okay but still doesn’t pay enough to cover the student loan bills that are now needing to be paid nor do I feel like I’m being challenged enough. Often times I apply for a position and I am told I am overqualified when I ask the hiring manager (yes it is okay to ask for feedback) what makes me overqualified?  I’m amaze to hear that with my combination of years in the fields that I've worked in which of course are little jobs customer service jobs mostly and my education they are basically telling me they don’t think they can pay me what I’m truly worth. To them they feel as if they will hire someone who will be looking for something else sooner than later and they do not want to be looked at as a stepping-stone. When I’m not being told I’m overqualified then I’m being told I’m under qualified which simply means either they are preferring someone with a PhD or something or that matter plus some sort of experience and since I don’t have that they don’t feel the need to even look at me as a candidate. Then there is the famous your qualified but don’t have enough experience. I don’t know what drives me most this or the under qualified comment because honestly I feel as if I was given the opportunity to get experience I could honestly have my picks of jobs.

 

However, with the economy today big corporations are not willing to bring a fresh college graduate on board to train them. They rather pay someone a little more who has the experience that the hiring manager is looking for but may lack the education that the other has but that person has the experience to perform the job and therefore they are the preferred hire because it costs less to bring them onboard.

Now if you’re like me your thinking then what in the world did I get my degree for because if it’s all about experience I can just get some internships at the company I want to work for and do a good job and get hire just like that. I have been looking at various articles about what degrees are the preferred by what companies.  It is surprising to see that Associates degrees in various fields are making some nice cash and I am sitting here kind of feeling a little out of place because I am paying student loans that amount to a nice house or car and not making what I need to make to pay back these funds.

What is really going on?

~Truly Blessed,

Misherald "Missy" & Jonathan "JB" Brown