"...But Rejoicing Comes in the Morning." Pslam 30

Its been a crazy week! After talking with the only 2 Starbucks stores in town all summer (we have no Wal Mart nor a Target but we have 2 Starbucks :p) I found out on Monday Sept 26th that neither of them were looking for additional Baristas. Kyle and I were counting on me getting rehired and though I had been filling out applications to other places I had not received any calls about an interview. For most of the jobs I was applying for my availability lined up and I had plenty of experience and yet no job offers. My heart was crushed on Monday because I expected the Lord to come through and I was trying to convince Him that it would be through Starbucks. I pretty much cried all of Monday and my heart was in a state of despair.

...weeping may remain for a night, but rejoicing comes in the morning.

Tuesday I awoke with the parable I spoke about in the last post. That day the Lord filled my heart with such hope. Nothing about our circumstance changed. I was still filling out applications everyday and still not hearing anything in return. But I BELIEVED that there was a job out there somewhere that the Lord had waiting for me and either I was going to fill out just the right application or just the right connection was going to be made and I would see the faithfulness of the Lord right before my very eyes. No amount of discouragement could hold me down because my faith said that my God could and I was praying that He would.

Friday evening Kyle and I had a friend over playing Scrabble with us and at 9pm our time I got a call from my mom (midnight Ohio time). I was concerned because why would my mom be calling so late?! She had just gotten home from the football game and had a message from Starbucks on her answering machine!!! Starbucks here in WA called me at her house in Ohio!!! I have no idea how that happened except to say: Jesus. It turns out he was trying to reach me for some time and this was his 3rd time calling. I wasn't able to call him until the next day but I laid my head on my pillow that night with such deep conviction that the Lord truly can do all things.

Saturday morning I called and the hours he needed was my ideal schedule (Mon-Thurs 9am-3:30pm, this allows me to do everything I wanted to with Chi Alpha!!). He offered me a job without a proper interview and invited me to fill out paperwork and train the next day (today).

There is a passage in James, James 1:2-4:

"Consider it pure joy, my brothers, whenever you face trials of many kinds, because you know that the testing of your faith develops perseverance. Perseverance must finish its work so that you may be mature and complete, not lacking anything."

In this passage Faith in the original Greek means the testing of your faith, your faithfulness, your belief, your trust with an implication that actions based on that trust may follow. I was tested to see where I would put my trust and in the blog before this one I told you all that my trust was in Jesus and my actions followed. Where is your trust today? Is it where it should be? Are you persevering as you should be so that one day you will be mature and complete, not lacking anything?

Thank you for all of your prayers and support!! It is all indispensable :)