A promise fulfilled...

To better understand this blog, you might want to read the one prior to this entitled "Remembering a Promise."

I have been looking for a job for the past eight months and this past month has been somewhat stressful because nothing seemed to be working out, money was getting very low, and I had let myself question why instead of continuing to believe.

There was one job in particular that I really wanted, the interview went great, I was for sure that I had the job - and then the phone call didn't come. The job would be a sales consultant with a photogrpahy company and everything about the job sounded great! I was very disappointed, but after a day or so, I just returned to believing that the answer would come. I was reminded at church to wait expectantly - and that's what I did. I knew that God had an answer for me and I just needed to continue to wait - and continue to believe.

I also need to mention a dream that my sister, Christy, had. The night before I was supposed to find out about the sales consultant job, Christy dreamed that I did not get the job and that we were all so frustrated about it. She woke up almost in a panic because she knew how much I wanted this job. She then went back to sleep and the dream continued and this time, I got a job and we were all so excited!! Of course she didn't tell me about this dream until a few days later because in the moment, I probably would have slapped her or something haha!! After she told me about it, I said - the first part of your dream definitely came true, so let's hope the second part does as well!

Well, on Monday of this week - I got a phone call. It was the photography company and they had new openings and wanted to offer me the exact job that I had wanted all along!! When I hung up the phone, I ran around the house jumping up and down and immediately called my family to tell them the great news! It was also very cool to tell Christy that her dream had come true! My family is the best and they were just as excited as I was that I got the job! (They are also the ones that had to deal with my "not so good moments too" so that might have been part of their excitement haha!)

For those who know me really well - this job is not anything I thought I would ever be doing. But I really like everything about it. It is 100% travel which I love and I will be working with different groups of people every day which I really like, too. The pay is great and it's really going to help me out in so many different ways.

I have to say that when I went back and read my earlier post, I cried - because I was reminded of a few things. 1. That God always knows the plan for our lives and it is one to prosper and not harm us; and to give us a hope and a future (Jeremiah 29:11) 2. When you have a need, BELIEVE in the answer and it will come. We don't have to understand HOW or WHEN, but just keep holding on to the end result - it will happen! (Wait expectantly) 3. Sometimes the questions in our life end up making us much stronger and increase our faith. It really is all a part of the journey.

I lost my job in January, but even the day that it happened, I truly believed that it was actually a good thing and that better things were coming. Now, eight months later, it is very exciting to see it come true and it just encourages and motivates me to keep dreaming bigger!