The past 30 days have been remarkably bad and remarkably good. In the course of exactly one month, I:
-Lost my job (company basically shut down) and found out I needed to move out
-Went on vacation to Hawaii
-Hunted and found a new apartment
-Landed a new job through referrals (which btw, starts exactly one month to the day I lost my job)
– Flew home to visit friends
It’s been a blessing that I still can’t fully wrap my head around. At first I wanted to write it off as luck. How does someone get laid off and get a job in less than a month? Especially when I didn’t even look, they found me? But the more I thought about it, it was a blessing from God. Sure, it could be a mixture of both but the more I think about the puzzle pieces, it’s all been in His plan.
The biggest factor to me was the mentality I approached this with. I tend to stress out a lot. I stress when I don’t know what’s going on, when everything isn’t set in stone. I stress when something gets thrown off course because I need to scramble. And yes, initially, I felt that way. For about six hours.
Then I felt a peace; a peace I had never felt before in a situation like this. I had this peace that everything was going to be okay. I had this comfort that God would take care of everything. I had the comfort of knowing my friends believed in me and supported me in this time of uncertainty (even if it didn’t end up lasting long)
And through everything, I felt blessed. I felt blessed to have friends and a boyfriend who offered endless encouragement and moral support. I felt blessed to have family members who offered to let me move in with them, find a job, etc. I felt blessed to have co-workers (most of whom were also laid off) to talk about our “permanent vacation” state that we were in. I felt lucky and I felt blessed. God took care of me in every single aspect of my life. I didn’t even have time to worry and He stepped in.
To sum it all up, I am in shock and awe. But most of all, I am humbled. I am humbled in a way that leaves me with no words because really, I still don’t know how to describe how I feel.
All I can say is, praise God. Praise God for all the friends, family and opportunities He provided for me when I deserved it the least. Praise Him.
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