My testimony on finance.
Last week I made a daring choice - after paying off certain credit cards, I cut them up. Yes, I've taken FPU - Dave Ramsey's brainchild. And it has changed my life for the better. Money doesn't control me anymore - I manage it. God is the owner of the Earth and everything in it - including money. We are blessed with the skills and energy needed to earn it. God provides what we ask for.
Tuesday night, I feel to my knees on the grass outside and cried out to God. It has been 2 months, almost 3, where I have been applying to summer jobs and have not received word back from any except "no" after several interviews. My call backs either go unanswered, as well as voicemails and emails. Out of 20+ applications and resumes I sent out on Indeed.com - some also with customized Cover Letters - only 2 reached out to me. One left me a voicemail saying she would love to speak to me... I called back and she said she was in the middle of something. No problem, I'll follow up with an email to schedule a time. It's been a month. I've been asking my own employers, my friends, my family. Good words have been put in. Nothing.
I was exasperated. "SHOW ME A SIGN!", I said. "I DON'T KNOW WHAT ELSE TO DO!" Prior that night, I was on the phone with a friend who was also baptized a week ago. She said God was pulling her to say this: "learn what you need to let go."
It was my worldly control what I needed to let go. So on the grass I fell to my knees after that call and wept. I spoke directly to God - loudly. I professed my faith. I was exasperated to the point where I honestly asked "Do you want me to give up both of my jobs?" I said I would be willing to if that would please job. I would be willing to if it would give me more flexibility - more security.
30 minutes prior, I had received an email with a job offer for July. Less than 24 hours later, I received a call with work officers for 3 out of the 4 weekends of June, because God is still working on an August job for me. Actually, I know in my heart what my August job will be. But in his infinite COMPASSION and MERCY he provided me savings for the time I won't be working (as a teacher) - at least for August - and because he knows I need to quit my second one and get a better paying one (or one with more benefits) to prepare for graduate school.
In 24 hours, God provided 3 incomes for me. Going on possibly 4. There are no bounds to His love for us.
Just now.. about 2 hours ago.. I got a call about another job for 2 days in July. I also got an email which I skipped over Monday I believe - about another 1-2 day paid job.
BLESSINGS ✨🌼🌟⚡️🌈 are being POURED down on me. "You are my child, and of you I am well pleased." - my life group leader said this to me on Sunday. That she believes God is pleased with me. Now I know for sure.
I'm being filled with blessings- reminders that God is with me in the darkest of moments. I had to reach a point of breakdown and profess my faith 100%, not 10%, not 50%, but 100% that God would provide for me and that I had already done my share of work in applying and calling and looking. God sees our struggles and blesses us when we have faith. Our faith saves us. When we completely put our hurt and our suffering in his hands - he brings comfort and release.
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