Self-employment
is the best employment option for lunar Sabbath keepers. If you are self-employed, you are your own
boss and can set your own days for work.
Even if you have clients, you can schedule your appointments around holy
days.
Self-employment requires a
high level of self-discipline, organization and commitment to excellence. When you have worked for others all your
life, shifting to self-employment without someone directing your work, can be
frightening or seem overwhelming.
However, you have valuable skills and knowledge which, with Yahuwah’s
blessing, can be turned into an income producing business.
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Look for work based on what you already know how to do. |
A woman that has cut her
family’s hair for years may earn money by having clients come to her home, or
arranging to bring her services to orphanages, retirement centers or nursing
homes.
A man that lives in a cold
climate can cut, split and sell firewood.
In the winter, he can arrange with various local businesses to handle
their snow removal.
Take your life experience,
your job aptitude, the skill set you have learned and look for a vocation that
uses what you already know. By creating
a job from what you can do and are good at, the transition to self-employment
will be much easier.
In many countries,
self-employment requires a business license.
Depending upon the work, sometimes other permits are required as
well. All such information can be
gleaned from the appropriate offices.
There are two basic
categories of self-employment:
- Selling a product
- Providing a service
Your finances and your
location should be considered when determining which option you will
pursue. Obviously, for a person living
in a small city apartment, farming is not an option. Conversely, if a person lives out in the
country, doing work as a barber would be difficult. A person in town can have clients come to
their home for hair cutting/styling, but the cost of transportation to a
location in town if you live in the country is a factor that must be
considered.
If you choose to provide a
service, then it will be necessary that you live within close enough proximity
to the people needing your services to make it profitable. Depending upon what services (or products)
you have to offer, some work can be done over the Internet. Country living in that case is preferable as
long as Internet service is available.
Some self-employment
situations will require that you file your own income tax returns, print up
business cards or even business stationary.
You may also need to advertize or list on the internet.
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| There are money-earning opportunities that allow mothers to work from their own homes and keep their children with them. |
Think big! Consider every option. Yahuwah cannot lead you in a new and possibly
different way unless you are thinking about many different opportunities in
many different fields.
Too often people who have
lost their jobs are too narrow in their search for a new job. Sometimes job opportunities arise but are
rejected because the pay is not as good, or the hours are more inconvenient, or
the new job does not have the “prestige” the old job appeared to have.
The difficulty of earning
money while worshipping the Creator on His Sabbath, is part of the test,
sacrificing everything to obtain the “pearl of great price.” For some, this may require simpler living;
downsizing a house, a car or other “toys” that are now too expensive to
maintain.
Being self-employed, either
by providing a service or selling a product, may require help from your spouse
and children. Children enjoy working and
being productive. It encourages a
healthy self-esteem if they are able to assist in the family business. Handled properly, with encouragement and
expressions of love and gratitude, children do not resent working to contribute
to the family enterprise.
Do not let the change in
life styles or employment circumstances discourage you. Remember that Yahuwah will lead you only as
you would choose to be lead if you could see the future as He can. It is very possible that infinite Love has
ordered the very circumstances you find most trying for the effect it will have
on your family. If it is necessary for
the whole family to work together in order to succeed in the new venture,
handled properly, this will draw out the loyalty and affections of your family
as you unite in working together toward a common goal. Working closely with their parents may be the
very thing Yahuwah knows your children need in order to be saved.
Following
is a list of differing areas that offer self-employment. It is by no means a complete, exhaustive list
of the opportunities, but it may be helpful as you prayerfully and carefully
study the options available to you.
Remember
that some of the greatest blessings come disguised as small opportunities.
GENERAL SERVICES
- Beautician/Barber
(May be done out of one’s home or the service taken to nursing homes and
retirement centers) - Tutoring:
children, foreign language, special
skills or technical knowledge - Home
Health Care (for the elderly and handicapped) - Taxi
services; transportation for the elderly or handicapped - Lock
smith (May require a short course and
purchase of tools) - Pet
care: walking and grooming - Sewing,
mending, tailoring, alteration of garments - Laundry
– Washing, ironing - Piece
work – assembly and/or sewing of product for a company - Child
care or elderly care (In their home or yours) - Graphic
design for printers - Medical
transcription - Substitute teaching
CLEANING SERVICES
- House
cleaning - Janitorial
work for businesses and schools - Car
wash for busy business people (wash their cars on-site while they are working) - Window
washing - Park
and grounds maintenance
SELLING
A PRODUCT
This can be sold in your local area, to
stores, at an open market, or on-line using PayPal.
- Food using a regional product, or meeting a
special needs diet or taken to a specific location such as a factory at
noontime - Clothing
– make a unique product or one for a special customer need - Insurance
(while insurance salesmen work for an insurance company, most set their own
schedule, meeting with prospective clients by appointment) - Firewood
- Tourist
keepsakes native to your area - Unique
crafts - Home
décor products; drapes, curtains, pillows, etc. - Commissioned
sales representative for an established company
ON-SITE REPAIR SERVICES
Repair
services are ideal choices for lunar Sabbath keepers as all such on-site
services are scheduled. The following
services, done at a person’s home or place of employment, may suit a variable
schedule.
- Electrical
- Plumbing
- General
carpentry, remodeling and home maintenance - Automotive
repair (At the person’s home or business.
May include tire repair, battery changing/recharging, installation and
removal of snow tires, etc.) - Copier
and printer maintenance and repair - Computer
maintenance and repair - Appliance
repair and removal
YARD WORK
- Lawn
mowing - Landscaping
- Trash
hauling - Tree
Trimming/removal - Snow/leaf
removal
FARMING
If
you do not have a lot of acreage, specialized farming can be done in a
greenhouse or in your house under grow lights.
- Organic
farming - Herbs
- Flowers
- Hydroponic
gardening - Animal
breeding and husbandry
WEB-BASED EMPLOYMENT
For
people owning their own computer, a variety of opportunities exist for
self-employment. These include, but are
not limited to: web development, graphic design, marketing,
programming, software application design, desktop publishing and search engine
optimization (SEO). Three websites that
allow people to bid on various projects are:
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