Katie here. I've got a story to tell you...and you're probably not going to believe me, because it is pretty unbelievable. I've seen it with my own eyes and I cannot even wrap my mind around it. But this story is one that needs to be told. This story needs to be told to show everyone reading this blog the God that we serve. This story is being told because our God deserves all of the glory and honor for what has happened. I need to tell you this story so you can see His provision and how He shows His undeniable love for us, his servants. So...here goes.
Several weeks ago, I had an interview at a medical office here in Kihei for a medical receptionist position. I have always wanted to work in a doctors office...a big part of that stems from being sick so much as a kid and experiencing many less-than-friendly nurses at the front of the office. I have always wanted to be the smiling face that people see when they come into a doctors office feeling really terrible. I have always wanted to treat people with compassion and understanding and not like they were a huge inconvenience in your day...because that is how I had been treated as a sick kid. I wanted to show people that I cared about them and wanted to make them feel better at least for a moment while they were in front of me.
Anyway, I had the interview and it went very well! They said that they would not be making their decision for another week and a half, so I had to wait to hear. Every job that I have ever gotten so far in my life, I either got the call that day or I got the job on the spot...so waiting a week and a half was like torture. It was in this week and a half that things started to happen in my heart. It took several days of stressing out and worrying before I realized that stressing out only makes things worse. I had to give this job and the outcome to God. I honestly had no control over whether or not I got this job...so why was I trying to control it?
I don't think I've ever actually truly given anything to God before...so I didn't know how to do it or really, what it meant to do that. Here is what it means:
- Stop worrying.
- Stop stressing.
- When you want to stress and worry, pray and tell God that you are giving it to Him...and actually do.
- Tell Him that you know He is in control and that whatever happens, you know that it was in His will...and you thank Him for being Lord of your life and giving you the opportunities that you have to glorify Him.
- Continue to pray about it and ask that His will in your life be done...because He's got a plan for you to prosper you and not to harm you. Isn't that something that you probably want??
This is what I did...for hours upon hours for the next week. Every single time I worried about the job, I prayed and released my worrying to Him. A week later, I received a call from them and they wanted me to come in for a working interview...to see how their office works! I was ecstatic! This was my dream job and I was awesome. So I went in to do the working interview and I thought it went well. They were making their decision later that day so I had to wait until I heard back from them. I thought I totally had the job...because I'm Katie and I'm awesome. Well, guess what? I didn't get the job. I was heart-broken. I didn't understand what I did wrong. I thought I was the perfect fit for this job, but they thought otherwise.
You know what happened after I got that call? I started worrying all over again. I took everything back that I had given to God because things didn't work out how I thought they should. So I worried. I stressed. I was upset. I took a few minutes and then I prayed with Cory and we thanked God for this opportunity and that even though it didn't work out, it taught me something I didn't know before...how to actually be patient and wait on the Lord and give my troubles to Him...and then we asked Him to show us what He had for us...to provide us with more opportunities so we can get a job and a place to live. Then I went and took a nap for about 3 hours because I needed my mind to turn off for a while.
When I woke up, I had a voicemail from a lady at the staffing agency I had met with several weeks before. She sent my resume to the hospital here and they wanted to schedule an interview with me! I frantically called her back and their office was closed. More waiting. More being patient as my heart is beating like crazy. Somehow she called me back several hours later and informed me that she also has 2 other positions that she wants to schedule interviews for me with. In the midst of my confusion, my pouting, my not-trusting-God-ness, He was still working despite my short-comings. That all happened yesterday, Friday. This coming week, I hope to have 4 interviews for jobs. Look at how God works.
"I remain confident of this: I will see the goodness of the Lord in the land of the living. 14Wait for the Lord; be strong and take heart and wait for the Lord."
Wait for the Lord. Katie, just wait. His timing is everything. Nothing happens outside of His timing.
NOW FOR THE BIGGEST PART OF THE STORY!!!
Today is Saturday, June 20th. For a week now, we have had less than $100 in our bank account. We have had nowhere to go after we check out of this condo on Monday morning...we had no money to go anywhere. We have been crying out to God all week, knowing where all our blessings come from...knowing who takes care of us. We didn't know what form His blessing was going to come in, but we just knew that He had to give us a miracle. Every day, we have been giving our situation to Him. He knows the numbers in our bank account. He knows our needs. He knows our desires. He knows everything. He knows things that we don't...obviously. He has plans that we could not even dream of.
This afternoon, Cory was on his computer and checked our bank account to see where we stood. He made a loud noise and I thought, "Oh no! Did I forget about something that was an auto-withdrawal??" I went over and what he showed me...I will never forget.
Someone. We do not know who. We have no way of finding out who. This person...filled up our empty bank account. Someone put money in our bank account. More money than we need to get by. Our once empty bank account...is no longer empty. I can't even wrap my mind around this. I keep trying to think about who would know about this bank account we have. Who would deposit this kind of money into an account of two people who are on a crazy adventure for God. The only thing I can come up with is this: God. This is the miracle that we have been praying for. With a day and a half until we had to leave our condo and go....who knows where....with no money....God provided everything we need to sustain us for the next several weeks.
How amazing is our God? How merciful and gracious is He? We have done NOTHING to deserve His blessings...but He blesses us anyway. This God that we serve. Isn't He incredible? Right at almost the last moment for us to make a plan, He blesses us beyond belief to remind us that we are here for His purpose and He is in this thing that we are doing here. He blesses us to remind us of His never failing love and mercy. Our God is...too great for words.
I wanted to share this with you so you can see the blessings of the Lord. I want everything we do and say to point to Him...because we are nothing...and He is everything. Please share this with your friends. Our God does not have to do anything for us, yet He chooses to bless us beyond our understanding. It is all for His glory and honor. Blessed be the Name of the Lord.
Aloha Y'all.
Praise God. I'm so happy for you all.
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