Pastor John,
I have loved all of the testimonies about God hearing us. I wanted to share my testimony about what he did for me in a work situation here recently.
When we decided that I needed to quit my job at Apex and work somewhere where I was more available to my children, that was a big decision for our family in so many ways. Financially, it was going to take our income and shrink it drastically and we were going to have to cut back on many areas in our budget, but it felt like such a right decision for us that we just needed to have faith that God would provide if we made this decision. I remember praying while in this transition prior to even starting at a nearby preschool, “God, I know you are in charge of our financial situation and that you are going to take care us.”
Well, I started up working at this preschool close to my house, and few pay periods passed, and my employer wasn’t paying me for my hours worked. It was always something. If she wasn’t handling paychecks right then, she wasn’t paying me on payday at all. It was so scary. We had never really been in a situation where we had to face the possibility of not being able to pay our bills at the end of the month. Another pay period passed, and again, she did not issue my paycheck correctly.
Jeremy and I talked after the second instance and resolved that if she didn’t pay me by Wednesday, I was going to tell her I was resigning. Well, she ended up not paying me again, and I quit. I was so afraid to quit because I had absolutely nothing to go to, but knew it was the right decision. I had no back up, and there were still bills that needed to be paid!! When I got off work that day, I went to Jerm’s parents house, printed off my resume, and left to go to as many places as I could to see if anyone was hiring. I kept praying that God would provide, and I kept reassuring myself, saying, “God I know you will take care of us, I know you will.”
The very first place I went to was called Promised Land Child Care :0). They basically hired me on the spot, paid me more than my previous employer, paid every week (So I didn’t have to play catch up so to speak), and the owner told me Sophie could come with me for free (which is big because child care centers typically do not do that).
All of 20 minutes passed, and I went back to Dad and mom’s house with a new job to start the next week.
I was never expecting even in my wildest dreams to have an assured job the same day I quit my previous one. Looking for jobs usually takes time and is a process… “But God”!! We didn’t miss a bill throughout this whole ordeal, and we wanted for nothing. God is so good. I feel like he gave me the first job to teach me a lesson, and then had the second job just waiting for me after that lesson had been learned.
It was so sweet that I just cried in Promised Lands parking lot. I felt so thankful and it touched me so deeply that throughout the whole ordeal at the first preschool, God had me in mind and that after it all, I could see where he was taking care of me all along the way.
I wanted to share that little piece of what God has been doing for me. It has been too good!! I love my new job and I love my boss. She is a straight-forward, no funny business kind of person. I think I have a new-found appreciation and respect for that sort of employer now, and it really puts the desire in my heart to be that kind of employee.
Wonderful meeting today!!! I feel so clean from all of the wonderful testimonies :o)
B. M.