Quick back story for all your believers out there:
It is so apparent when God is at work. I've been looking to transfer from special education to general education position this summer and have ran into many obstacles. The district I currently work for recently restricted Special Education Teachers from transferring into a regular education positions so I knew that if I wanted a new job I'd have to apply outside of my current school district to get it. First, I applied at a Charter School and for two weeks played phone tag with the principal there and it never worked out! It was discouraging and horrible but I thought I wanted the job. I didn't pray or ask my family to pray, I just went for it and thought I could do it on my own. Boy, was I mistaken!
After a couple weeks with no positions being posted for any of the counties near me I began to pray. I asked God if this was supposed to be a part of my future that He would guide me to the choices I needed to make, that He would take control and lead me. I asked Him to give me peace if I was not supposed to make this change and that I would be thankful for whatever He had planned. After this prayer things changed.
A couple days later job positions became available for a different county and I applied not expecting much to come out of it. (It is very challenging to get out of special education once you are there) I got a call for an interview within a day. The principal wanted to set up an interview for the a couple days later but I was leaving that same day to go camping. I explained to her that I would cancel the trip if necessary so I could attend the interview and she offered a phone conference interview instead. I took the offer (of course) and a couple days later found myself interviewing for this position on a park bench overlooking the Pacific Ocean! It was an amazing experience and I knew that God was at work in my life. Just that morning, my mom called me and told me and she and the family had been praying and that our church prayed for me on Sunday. Anyway, after the interview they said they would get back to me in a couple days and let me know. To my surprise, a couple hours not days later I got a call from her and was offered the job! Hassle free, fell in my lap opportunity! I met with the principal face-to-face a couple days later and she was amazing! I know now in my heart that this is and was the opportunity waiting for me but I had to let God hold the reins and guide me there.
I've realized in life that it is at those moments when you have little to do with it that God does his best work. He wants us to trust Him, to trust that He has the best plan for our lives!
In the end, my husband and I have decided to move to the town where I got the position ( it would have been about an hour commute each day, instead my husband will have a 30min commute) and it just so happens that his parents live there! We will be closer to them and to my family as well, so it is defiantly a huge blessing!
My story isn't by any means amazing or a miracle but it just really hit me through the experience that this can happen in our lives as much as we let God make it happen. We can have endless stories like mine in our lives if we just lean on Him and TRUST! His plan is ALWAYS better than our plan!
Have a simple Saturday! Do you have any fun God stories to share! Please share them in the comments below!
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