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Posted by: Laureen

Hi All;
Thank you SO MUCH for all of your prayers for me about the job. I put a posting on here last week (11-17) because i was let go from my job, and it was a shock and didnt see it coming. The way that they did it was so sneaky and mean. I now, and since I have left that job had nothing but a sort of unexplainable peace (THE LORD) and have not been at all worried or concerned about getting another job (but have been looking of course--had an interview and another tomorrow) but just had peace about this happening. I was very unhappy at this place, but do know that the LORD had me there for a reason and perhaps just for a time because the way that it happened there was just nothing that I could have even done about it. I believe that the LORD is going to protect and guide me into the right job for me very soon. He is loving and faithful. To answer a few questions about tithing--the answer is yes, i had just started tithing. That is the strange things about this. But in thinking about it this evening, I came up with this....someone please feel free to correct me cause I am sure there is something incorrect about the way that I see this....I was pondering why it was that after I tithe--a week later I am without job. What I came up with is that this may not be what the LORD has for me. Maybe it was for a time, but not for settling at. The funny thing is that for the first few months, I was tithing inconsistently and spending lots of money. Then, I was convicted about the money a few weeks back (about a month actually) and then put the money in savings, set up the 401k; and then all of a sudden this happens. It was like just when i was being obedient is when this all happened and i do feel like that was definitely the LORD telling me maybe this is not what he has for me so to not get too comfortable there (in setting up the 401k acct. and so on) . There were many reasons and many lessons in this. I have to look at them and learn from this, even though it was a painful experience. I never want to go thru anything close to this again, so I want to be sure that I get the message on this one. THANK YOU all again for all of your amazing prayers for me. It means alot to me and I know it is the reason that I have been so blessed w/peace and understanding and an abundance of support. GOD IS SO WONDERFUL AND GOOD!!! I am so thankful to the LORD for his unending LOVE and SUPPORT and GOODNESS!!!! Thank you FATHER GOD!

In JESUS NAME, AMEN!


Posted by: MarkSentMe

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I was pondering why it was that after I tithe--a week later I am without job. What I came up with is that this may not be what the LORD has for me. Maybe it was for a time, but not for settling at.


I believe you are right. The Lord will provide and He is faithful to those who are obedient. Tithing takes a leap of faith and trust in the Lord that things will work out for the better. Perhaps the Lord is testing you to see just how much faith and trust you have in Him Your next job will be better than the one you just left. You are going to be employed where you will feel most comfortable, where the work is going to be challenging yet relevant, and where you can share the Gospel without fear. You are going to be put in a place where God will use you best.

Have a blessed day!

Dear Lord,
Thank You for our sister Laureen. Thank You for the opportunity to pray for her. Please comfort her in the knowledge that You are in charge and You know what's best for us. Please align her with employment where she can share Your Word with those who do not yet know You as their Lord and Saviour. Please help her to be a beacon for those who are lost. Thank You, Lord for providing for her needs and for the calm and peace You have blessed her with. In Jesus' Name I Pray. Amen.

Sharyn


Posted by: Laureen

Thank you again, for your very useful comments and also for your prayers! They mean so much to me, and help so very much. I also think that the LORD may be testing me and I believe that he is going to open a door for a job very soon. He has always been faithful and I have learned to trust him more and more. The job that I had was in a very hostile, very bad environment and one that I could have put up with but sooner or later it would have come to a head and I probably would not have been there too much longer--and I cannot imagine being there into the new year. I had heard too much negative on the very second day--not to mention that the guy who was the one that caused major problems, he was a major factor in my leaving and his manipulating and kniving (sp?) for the short time that i was there--only because he was clearly not the person who had hired me but because he was/is such a major control freak he did all that he could to get me out and finally, it worked. If he didnt hire me, then he was not going to be in support of my being there and found fault after fault after fault with me, even though I did the best possible job that i could do. My old bosses always told me that I did very good work for them despite what anyone says. Only by the GRACE of GOD was/am I able to do a good job at all. Also, I know this is bad of me but I did hear from a good friend that the very next day the other assistant (who they were going to dump alot of work onto now that I was gone) has since resigned after hearing that she was going to have to 'help out' until they got another person to help out. I say--GOOD FOR HER! I also want to believe that it was the LORD showing them something as well--but, i dont know about that one. I do have some interviews possibly coming up either this week or next, and I am just praying that the LORD open the door at the place where he wants for me to be.

Thank you again so much for your prayers! I know that you are totally right on and thank you for your insight again! May the LORD bless you abundantly and give you peace. GOD BLESS! In JESUS name, AMEN!