New Bible Reading Plan

I decided to start a new Bible reading challenge. I selected the 'God Is Bigger' challenge. The description provided is: "You need the reminder that God is bigger? Use this Bible reading plan to confirm his promises in your heart!" It seems to be a 31-day reading plan - one bible verse for each day.

The first verse is: Job 26:1-6 (Book from the Holy Bible: Job, Chapter: 26, Verse: 1 through 6).

Looking into the first verse (Day 1).....

I searched for Job 26 online at BibleGateway.com: 

Then Job replied:

2
“How you have helped the powerless!
    How you have saved the arm that is feeble!
3
What advice you have offered to one without wisdom!
    And what great insight you have displayed!
4
Who has helped you utter these words?
    And whose spirit spoke from your mouth?

5
“The dead are in deep anguish,
    those beneath the waters and all that live in them.
6
The realm of the dead is naked before God;
    Destruction[a] lies uncovered. 

 

My first impression is that these verses deal with death (I saw the word dead first). After reading the full text, I think that it deals with God's help to the powerless, weak, dumb (those without wisdom), and mute. In verses 2 and 3, it seems like Job is speaking/replying to God himself, but I am not sure who he is addressing in verse 4. I am not sure how the dead fits in. So I decided to look at the previous chapter - chapter 25. 

Chapter 25 is by a different person/speaker so it doesn't help much. 

I remember that Job is a biblical character who suffered a lot. At the start of the book of Job, he loses everything - his possessions, his children, and so on. There was a lot of suffering, but God restored him to former glory. 

I looked up the book of Job. I searched Google for "importance of the book of job"

 

  

I tried but was never able to finish the book of Job. It is difficult to read. For me, this book is important because it changed my thinking on why people suffer. I always believed that people suffered (they were born with defects or they experience suffering) because they, or maybe their parents, did something wrong - they sinned. The book of Job tells us that Job was an innocent sufferer. 

Maybe this Bible reading challenge is about believing God is bigger than your struggles and suffering. I like it.

Writing. Social Media

Thoughts on social media options for collecting thoughts and ideas and to practice writing....

I am not sure what social media option is best for collecting thoughts and ideas. Blogs are one option. Articles are another.

I found this Linkedin article that collected my thoughts on various topics. I was inspired by a beautiful lake in Maryland.

https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/20140819111220-6733373-inspiration-from-a-lake-in-maryland/

#socialmedia #blogs #articles #writing #quotes

Writing, Online Reviews

I decided that I need to practice writing to continue to improve my writing skills. I rather enjoyed the prompts on Wordpress (https://fahmeenaodetta1.wordpress.com/dailypostchallenges/).

Linkedin articles were one way to practice. Here is an article I enjoyed writing:

Abuse of Power In Online Reviews

https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/abuse-power-online-reviews-fahmeenaodetta-moore/

It led to selection of the topic (online reviews) for my literature review class at NCU.

Related idea: Maybe we should use online reviews in the workplace for performance reviews and other feedback. There could be feedback on project failures/successes, management styles, and so on.

#writing #onlinereviews #performancereview #feedback #lessonslearned #knowledgemanagement #projectfailure

Auditing and Testing

More thoughts on my education and background…

Training and experience in performance auditing provided skills that transferred well to testing computer systems/applications. Here is an example of a performance auditing report:

https://www.osc.state.ny.us/state-agencies/audits/2018/05/04/compliance-payment-card-industry-standards-follow

It determined the extent to which recommendations were followed. Testing compares actual to expected - looking for defects or unexpected/undesirable system behavior.

A friend once told me more attention needs to be paid to transferable skills. I think she is right.

https://www.macslist.org/career-happiness/how-to-leverage-transferable-skills-to-advance-your-career

 

Information Technology

Further thoughts on my education.....

I started my career in finance and somehow ended up in the IT (information technology) field. Who would have thought? Maybe I should have selected a technical undergraduate degree. I am happy that I decided to study computer studies at O Level even though I was a business student. And, I am happy that I enrolled in many computer studies courses later on.

I found this old blog post on the project/coursework I completed for the O Level examination:

https://moorefo1.blogspot.com/2014/02/this-past-week-was-my-feel-good-week.html

(from blog: https://moorefo1.blogspot.com/)

This is an interesting video on the decision to study computer science at A Levels:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jHTSRSzgb4E

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

How Technology Affects Workplace Productivity

I found an interesting article on 12 Ways Technology Can Increase Workplace Productivity:

https://www.tinypulse.com/blog/12-ways-technology-can-increase-workplace-productivity

I like this topic. This reminds me of a paper I prepared on the performance impacts of technology (on hand hygiene compliance). Some of the research questions include:

RQ1: Do technology solutions that monitor hand hygiene compliance result in improved employee performance in the short-term because employees develop the habit of cleaning/washing their hands (i.e. is there a steady increase in performance that peaks at a certain level – performance follows an asymptotic curve)?

RQ2. What is the longer-term performance impact of implementing a technology solution that monitors hand hygiene compliance, i.e. the performance impact after 1 year and beyond (after 3, 4, 5 years etc.)?

RQ3. Would employee job satisfaction and retention increase, decrease or remain unchanged following the implementation of the technology solution that monitors hand hygiene compliance?

The paper is available here:

https://w.taskstream.com/ts/moore783/SignatureAssignmentProposalMonitoring.html/acf5e6eq00akfcfkf7e8edfefl

(from blog on Completing the PhD-level Research Methods course at NCU: https://fmooresignatureassignment3.blogspot.com/)

A Time For Everything

 

 

 

To everything (turn, turn, turn)
There is a season (turn, turn, turn)
And a time to every purpose, under heaven
A time to be born, a time to die
A time to plant, a time to reap
A time to kill, a time to heal
A time to laugh, a time to weep
To everything (turn, turn, turn)
There is a season (turn, turn, turn)
And a time to every purpose, under heaven
A time to build up, a time to break down
A time to dance, a time to mourn
A time to cast away stones, a time to gather stones together
To everything (turn, turn, turn)
There is a season (turn, turn, turn)
And a time to every purpose, under heaven
A time of love, a time of hate
A time of war, a time of peace
A time you may embrace, a time to refrain from embracing
To everything (turn, turn, turn)
There is a season (turn, turn, turn)
And a time to every purpose, under heaven
A time to gain, a time to lose
A time to rend, a time to sew
A time for love, a time for hate
A time for peace, I swear it's not too late

Student loan forgiveness

Student loan forgiveness would be nice….

https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.cnbc.com/amp/2022/05/22/what-to-do-while-you-wait-for-possible-coming-student-loan-forgiveness.html

This does not mean that I don’t plan to repay my loans. I will repay little by little until finally paid off. I have done this before with student loans for my MS in Finance.