I am absolutely ecstatic to not only say that I am now employed, but I was offered my DREAM job! Like I said, God is good (pretty sure that will be a recurring theme throughout this post-- even though it should be our daily theme!).
Dream job? Yep! That's what I said! I'm sure most of y'all already know all of this through Facebook.. but it feels better to write out my story through my blog. If you read a few previous posts, you know about everything that happened at UMC a few weeks back-- the layoffs-- the reason I was absolutely devastated and 100% stressed out about job. Well, God sure does have unique ways of teaching us trust and patience. To make the story short, I spent many weeks worrying, stressing, learning to trust that God will provide, and learning to be completely humble. Let's just say Tuesday was not the best day as far as my emotions go. I received a call Tuesday night from the nurse manager apologizing for not contacting me sooner and not being able to give me an answer yet (and assured me that she would let me know something the following day).. followed by her telling me to pursue other interviews if I had any scheduled (which, I did). So, here I am thinking there is NO way I got the job.. I mean, why would she tell me to interview elsewhere?! Anyway, thank GOD for our pastor's wife and my dear friend, Tressa. With the help of her words of wisdom, encouragement, and prayers Tuesday night (and of course with the help of my incredible husband), I was able to allow myself to find peace in whatever God had planned for me. I slept better Tuesday night than I had been sleeping in awhile. I am so thankful for her friendship, she literally kept me SANE Tuesday night. Wednesday rolls around and I actually felt CALM, which is HUGE for someone with my personality. I had to stay in constant prayer (which I always should) in order to keep myself at peace and not stressed out. God was faithful and granted me peace and a willingness to accept whatever news I received that day. Well, several hours go by and it was time for me to go to the church (I was keeping our pastor's precious girls-- my HEART!) and I still had not received a phone call. Of course I'm still trying to remain positive, but it started to get hard. Keeping the girls definitely helped keep my mind off of the situation. As I'm watching the girls, I remember I had left my phone on charge, so I decided to go check it. Lo and behold, I had a missed call from University! **PANIC MODE** I missed a call (good or bad) from the nurse manager! (PS- my voicemail does not work on my phone, uh oh). I frantically call her back.. she does not answer. I leave a voicemail, in hopes that she can understand me through my hyperventilation. I decided to check my e-mail right quick.. and there it was. The most BEAUTIFUL e-mail subject I have ever laid eyes on..
"Hire Offer"
I started to feel like that little boy in the Dentist youtube video.. "is this real life???" I opened the email and tears FILLED my eyes as I read that she wanted to "assure [me] that [they] are very excited to invite [me] to join their PED team!!!!". That was it, I caved and started crying like a little newborn. As I'm calling my family to give them the good news, my BOSS (weird saying that!) called me and we chatted for a little while and what not. This sounds terrible, but I literally could not believe it. Yes, I wholeheartedly believe that God will come through at "just the right time" (Romans 5:6). But, not only did God come through, He came through in a way bigger than I could imagine. I guess that's why His thoughts and ways are HIGHER than ours (Isaiah 55:9)-- and thank goodness they are! I hate to see what my life looked like if I was in control of everything.. so glad He is my Master!
So, there's my story. That's how I ended up with my dream job-- all because of Jesus. I will start in a few weeks after HR gets all of their stuff taken care of with me. I will be working a "swing shift" which means I will work part of the "morning" shift and part of the "night" shift. So I will come in during the late morning (don't know the exact time yet) and leave 12 hours later.
Example: Come in at 10am, leave at 10pm.
I am just too excited that I will be working in the brand new Pediatric Emergency Department at UMC.
God is good, all the time. All the time, God is good.
