God gave me this great insight about His timing. Below is a tale of two stories that God has worked out in my life. The first is the story of being laid off and finding a job. The second is the story of moving to Houston and finding a house. God worked out these two stories in a beautiful way. If the stories seem a bit redundant, match them paragraph by paragraph to see how perfect God's timing really is.
- I was laid off.
- I worked to refine my skills, resume, and network while actively seeking a job.
- I went back and forth emotionally between trusting God to provide a job for me and applying to every job imaginable.
- I continued like this for almost 4 months, but it seemed like an eternity.
- Then, I got a job offer in Oklahoma City.
- It wasn't the best option, but it felt like the only option.
- I called Siemens and gave them one day to decide if they could beat my other offer. With a Global hiring freeze I was offered a better job than ever before.
- I started as a temp for the first couple of months. Just before I was supposed to hear that I could be officially hired by Siemens, I was contacted about a job in Bartlesville for Siemens (that I had inquired about with the manager over lunch but was told wasn't available yet) for $3,000 per year more than currently making as a contractor. I was so tempted to apply.
- God caused me to wait just long enough before I was hired that another job became available, which caused me to have faith in Him that He had brought me the right job.
- I turned down the Bartlesville option. I was offered a permanent job with Siemens for $5,000 more than I was making as a contractor. My job meets every goal I set before I even finished my resume: Energy Industry, More money, Challenging, Opportunities to shine, Advancement potential.
- I moved to Houston.
- I tried to learn as much as I could about the Houston housing market while actively seeking a house.
- I went back and forth emotionally between trusting God to provide me a place to live and looking at every house or apartment in our price range.
- I continued like this about 6 months, but it seemed like an eternity.
- Then we found an apartment that we liked.
- It wasn't the best option, but it felt like the only option.
- While filling out the lease application, Amber checked once more and found a house for sale that was bigger, newer, and less expensive than any other house in the area.
- We waited another week before they verbally accepted our offer. Later that same day they received their only other offer. They asked us to resubmit our best and final offer. I was so tempted to increase our offer.
- God caused us to wait just long enough before getting under contract that another offer was made, which caused me to have faith in Him that He had brought us to the right house.
- We left our offer as it was originally. We now own the house that matches everything we asked for before we moved to Houston: 4 BR, 2 1/2 BA, lots of space, big back yard, area pool, fantastic neighborhood.
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