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Ok, bear with me, this is my first blog, forgive me if I break any 'blogging' rules. Due to Christmas being right now, I've been unable to contact my blogging master friend, Shannon, to get some tips to help me with this.
I want to pose a question to you if you've been going through a time of trials and you've warred against the enemy but haven't seen results. Could it be that God is using those trials to mold you, to teach you so you may use those testimonies later? Maybe it's time to seek God and ask Him what He is wanting to teach you and what the purpose of those experiences might be. I'm certainly not saying that there isn't a 'time to war', but I want to share with you my testimony and you tell me what you think.
For the last eight years, I had been seeking God for a prosperous job but instead, I ended up enduring a company downsizing, a company closure, two relocations in which I had to change jobs, and jobs that were little on pay and huge on stress. I struggled with transportation, child care, I had bosses who cussed me out, degraded my husband, screamed at me and in one job, I was forced to confront a project manager who was stealing from the company. I went through periods of unemployment or where my income was the only income supporting a household of two children and a husband who was ill at the time. During those times, I applied for food stamps and trusted God to provide those things that the food stamps could not. They were lean times, but times that brought me closer to God and taught me to trust Him.
About a year ago and seven years or more into this process, I finally began to really feel that it wasn't the enemy that was controlling these circumstances, but I felt in my spirit that it had been God molding me, teaching me. But how could that be? What reason at all could there be that I would have had to go through so many things concerning jobs? I began to pray and ask God what His purpose in all this was and I trusted Him to show me. A friend asked me if I had 'warred' against the enemy during all this. How frustrating was that? Of course, I had warred against the enemy I told her. I could sense my friend wasn't convinced when I explained that I just didn't believe anymore that it was the enemy holding me back, but that God had a purpose in all that I'd gone through. I know it was hard for my friend to believe, who could believe that God would lead me through all those disapointments for a reason? We believed in a prosperous God!
Here I was working for the Dept. of Family and Children and again being forced with the idea of losing my job as a clerk. Indiana is going regional with it's offices. Mine, along with other surrounding counties was being moved to an area over 50 miles away. I wasn't afraid as the roll out time creeped closer and closer and there was hopes that I might be able to apply with a company coming in to handle a program that helped persons on assistance to achieve self sufficiency.
I applied to this new company and my supervisor gently advised me not to get my hopes up, but surely I could get the receptionist job, there were just too many who were also applying who had more experience and would get the best jobs. I wavered a little, but chose to go for it, what did I have to lose? I knew that if it was the job God wanted me to have, I would get it no matter what. Well, here I am to say that I didn't get the original job I specified, I got the BEST one, the BEST paying job in the office, a position I hadn't even previously considered because it had required a bachelors degree, which I didn't have. What am I doing? Teaching people how to overcome obstacles to getting jobs and keeping jobs of course! I am a motivational speaker, so to speak, lol. I now see how every instance in the job realm molded me, gave me a testimony to speak to them to encourage them to overcome! I am passionate about this subject and have such a heart for the people, I know what they're going through, I've been there and I can truly say 'YOU CAN OVERCOME!' I am so thankful now for all the years of 'training' God gave me in preparation for this position. |
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Hey Wendy! I didn't get a notice on my home page that you wrote a blog.
I know all that you have gone through & see that you have been on the Potters Wheel. So many times I think we are giving too much credit to the devil for all our troubles. God has a season for us all & a time of preparation. I know it can be very difficult to understand the time of processing. I think of Job. Job endured the process. There are actually many biblical examples of endurance. Think of Hebrews 11:1-13. The examples of faith to us.
Oh, btw..I am a far cry from a blogging master! LOL!
I am so excited for you! You have been a faithful servant & one who was able to see in the unseen...to the face of God. Love you sis! Keep on blogging! You gotta get your name out there. Once you become more seen, you'll get more replies. |
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| I hadn't realized that I did not subscribe to your blogs. Thats why it wasn't showing up on my home page. I subscribed to it now. |
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| I can totally relate but in another area in my life.I've been believing God for years( I was given a promise from God )for a mate in my life.I began to feel frustrated after many year being faithful to God that He had indead forgotten me and that I needed to find my own mate for myself.Well to state the obvious it didn't work out like I thought it would.See I thought that I knew better then God did.I've been told God is making me wait,not to punish me.He is doing it to protect me.See I'm not ready for a mate right now.If God sent me someone right now I would trust in my mate more then I would in God.God wants to show me and help me understand how much He loves me.He wants me to depend on Him not on my mate to love me.If I depend on God for the love I need then it will release my mate from having to fill God's place.That way my mate and I can be equals depending on God to meet each of own needs.God wants me to rely on Him not on others to be only what God can be to me.Isn't that wanderful.Godbless u. |
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Wendy M |
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December 26, 2007 at 5:41pm |
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| Yes, Maddie, I think God really is trying to teach us to rely on Him. Abraham and Sarah waited years for their promise, and it finally came when Sarah thought she was too old to fulfill it. He teaches us patience as we learn to trust Him and rely on Him as we are being formed on the Potter's wheel, right? And Shannon, I sure did feel like Job sometimes! lol Only you know how I had to live, the times were so lean, the house so poor, the area was a nearly constant struggle because of the negative influences, but I wouldn't take back any of it now. He taught me so much while I was in that pit, and now I have a nice home, we both have good jobs and live next to two churches! I have great, wonderful Christian neighbors now and feel so much safer for children. God is awesome! I can't imagine my life without Him and I know I will never have to again. |
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| yes i agree that god molds us also.. |
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Wendy M |
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December 26, 2007 at 6:24pm |
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| If I had not gone through all that, I would not have the faith that I now have concerning jobs. Once when the company went bankrupt, He told me I would not have another one for six months. Sure enough, six months to the day, I got an interview and was hired. (I put in applications and resumes anyway through that time, lol) I did begin to envy others who had secure, permanent jobs though, mine often ended before I could earn my vacation time! I did get unemployment benefits when they ended, I guess that could be considered vacation, huh? lol |
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| LOL, vacation sounds great! LOL! |
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Wendy M |
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December 27, 2007 at 5:04am |
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| oops, I said six months, but it was only three months, seemed longer, lol I like to work and keep busy! Yes, I guess you could've called it a vacation, Shan, but I didn't go anywhere like you did on your cruise. Maybe some day, huh? |
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| I was dreaming about a cruise again. You know, its not too much money to go in the winter..and that is when I would wanna go anyway! |
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Wendy M |
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December 28, 2007 at 9:11pm |
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| hmmm...cruise...sounds wonderful! Just need to not watch Titanic or Poeisidon Adventure first, lol...that's enough to make you think twice! I never did like the idea of not being able to see the bottom of any water I'm swimming/boating in, but at this time of year, I'd chance it. Maybe next winter I will do it, I do have lots of personal days/vacation time with this new job! |
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A great first blog! There aren't any rules per say, as long as people blog nicely. Like you did, Wendy!
One comment. You prayed for a "prosperous job" (of course, who wouldn't), but said you "ended up enduring" a completely different situation. Do you think perhaps God PUT you in the situation he ordained for YOU? Sounds like he sent a trial your way. I would call that a compliment from God, considering he wouldn't put any of us someplace where we would completely bomb out. Congrats Wendy!! ~mike |
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Wendy M |
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December 29, 2007 at 6:46am |
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You're absolutely right, Mike. All those positions were what He had ordained for me, thus this is why I believed He was in control and I was on His potter's wheel. Each situation taught me, molded me and gave me experience that I can pass on to those who will be encountering adversities in the job realm. A compliment though? Wow, I hadn't thought of it that way, truly, well, He knows how much we are able to endure and will not put on us more than we can handle, huh? Thanks so much for that comment, that just warms my heart to think of it that way. |
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| Wendy, some months later, I still feel such joy to read your TESTimony! LOVE IT!!!! |
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