So some of you may know that I had 3 major prayers before the throne of God. After my divorce I went through a painful stripping away period where all of my crutches and support systems were either removed or greatly reduced. I am about 18 hours away from my family and all of my close friends have moved away (I am in a small college town where it is common to either come for school and leave after graduation, or to start a family). I have seen so many people come and go, and unfortunately most left RIGHT before I needed them. There is also very little industry here, so obtaining a good paying job with growth opportunity here is difficult. My prayers:
1) I wanted to return back home with family and/or get a better job with a company with offices in every state, so that when the timing was right I might be able to transfer or be promoted internally. 2) I wanted a close friendship here until I leave. 3) I wanted to date again and ultimately meet my husband.
It seemed like the harder
I worked towards these goals, the farther away I got from them. I interviewed with several companies - all great opportunites, some of them would have doubled my salary - but never made it past the final interview. A few months after graduation last December I had exhausted all my leads and felt like all hope was gone. I earned my masters a little later in life and it seemed so difficult to obtain employment in my new field. I watched my younger counterparts get opportunities almost effortlessly. It hurt because I worked my fingers to the bone in grad school - graduating with a 3.8 GPA while working FT and going through a bitter divorce and custody battle.
I questioned God about why He kept passing me over. Even on my current job, people kept leaving as well for better opportunities. Every time someone left I was happy for them, but after person 3 I would cry inside a little, wondering when my time would come. I did get discouraged sometimes, but I forced myself to rejoice for them through my tears. I kept saying "thank You Lord for my new job." I prayed for my new boss, that our relationship would be smooth. I prayed for the work environment, the people I would be working with. I began organizing papers at my house to prepare to move. I also began cleaning up my office at work and tying up loose ends.
Remember, there were no job opportunities in sight, but I was just getting myself ready as an act of faith.
I applied to new jobs very regularly, constantly tweaked my resume and read articles on interviewing. But God spoke to me about my new job a couple months ago. He said I could keep applying if I wanted, but I was not going to get my job that way. I would get it through a relationship. He also said that in less than 6 months, I would have a job that I could be proud of.
I remember that day (somewhere around April 16th), because there was no indication of a new job in my future and I had just received another painful rejection after going through a rigorous final interview process. I just checked my diary entry for that time, and I wrote
"I heard that I should get into the position to receive and that within 6 months I'll have a new job." So I trusted God once more and kept getting myself ready to receive.
Meanwhile, I had also been praying about entering a godly relationship with a Christian man. I even downloaded a dating app and met a few ok guys. IRL, it seemed like the more I dolled myself up, the more invisible I was to the opposite sex.
Ironically, the week before my birthday, a guy approached me in the library (I always go to the library every Sunday after church). I had been running late to church so my hair was in a wet bun, I was wearing glasses and I didn't have a lick of makeup on.
We talked for about 15 minutes and he revealed immediately that he was a Christian. We exchanged numbers and within a couple conversations he told me he had promised God not to have sex until he got married. (This is exactly the type of commitment I've made, and I have refused to compromise. So he got my attention with that declaration).
He took me out for the first time on my birthday and we have gotten very close over the past couple months. I like him very much but I am moving slow.
I do not want to fall too quickly if he is not who God has for me!!!!! I did that before with disastrous results.
I have to slow him down though because he also likes me very much. He has already started to hint at marriage within the next couple years. I am glad that he is marriage minded, but everything has to happen God's way and in his timing. I will say that I have never had anyone treat me the way he does without expecting something in return. He said his assignment is to make me happy and he has done a great job of it. He really does spoil me and every time he does something nice (no matter how big or small) I make sure to say thank you because I never want to take him for granted. I had forgotten how wonderful it feels to be able to share your dreams and fears with someone who cares about you!!!!!
So back to the job testimony. A little under a month ago I received a call out of the blue from a recruiter. I still don't know how she got my resume. She told me about an opportunity and asked if I was interested. I got through the screening interview, and in less than 2 weeks I went through a final round of interviews. My final interview was on a Friday.
That Monday they called to offer me the job!!!! 
The job has the all components I prayed about. There is a strong training program and corporate culture of development (I really wanted a place where my leadership skills would be constantly developed). And the corporation is a Fortune 50 company with multiple offices in every state, so that when God releases me, I can prayerfully remain with the organization and transfer home.
I am really amazed at how quickly God can turn things around for the better!!!
I know there are still challenges ahead, but I am even more encouraged to continue trusting God for complete deliverance, not only for me, but for friends and family, and certainly you ladies!!!!!
God IS faithful. We will never on this earth FULLY understand why He delays His blessing at times, but ultimately everything IS working together for our good. Hang in there ladies and hold onto Him. He will never leave us nor forsake us!!!
Never give up, no matter how hopeless it seems. I believe God shows up best in "hopeless" situations. Sometimes He waits for us to exhaust all our resources and best efforts before He steps in and shows us His omnipotence. In Exodus God tells Moses that He will deliver the children of Israel in a way that they will KNOW it was by the strong hand of God. In Exodus 13:8 He says "You shall tell your son on that day, 'It is because of what the Lord did for me when I came out of Egypt.'"
In Exodus 10:1-2, The Lord tells Moses that He has hardened Pharoah's heart so that He can show signs among His people, so that his people can tell their children how God has punished the Egyptians, and so that his people "MAY KNOW THAT I AM THE LORD."
God WILL deliver. He wants us to know without a shadow of doubt that He is God, that we cannot be delivered without Him, and when He delivers us, He wants us to tell others about how He brought us out!!!
. I was in the wilderness the dry place and in that place I truly had/have manna from heaven God took me to that place to show me who He truly is. It has been 3 years and now I am on my way for double peace/double portion. I confessed to my son "what the devil has stolen from us that the Lord will bless us double and the 100 fold blessing" Right after we left church!
Such knowledge and wisdom......I have been going through a wilderness period for 7 years! I was single, raising my sons, longing for an end to the lonliness....I thought that God had sent me a man who would love me for myself and my children. I was so happy. We had been friends for this whole 7 year period so I felt like I knew him and could trust him. BOY WAS I WRONG! God pulled back the mask on who he really was. Showed me some HORRIBLE ugly things. I went through a depression so deep I didn't think that I could get through it. I asked God why would he bring me so close to the happiness that I prayed and fasted for, only to snatch it away!
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