I have had a very interesting past few weeks. Julia and I placed our house on the market again recently, and I had a "head hunter" approach me about a job in Indiana.
The house has been getting some good activity, but we kept losing potential buyers to some newer townhomes that are closer to campus and around the same price. I just found out a few days ago that there are about eight more of these for sale, which means that those will probably all have to sell before ours. Then, yesterday I got a call from our relater who said that there was a couple who wanted to do a lease to own. After having our house on the market for basically the past year this came as very exciting news. I informed him to call back the couple and tell them we would be interested in allowing that to happen. Great news!
The "head hunter" and I had been in contact several times and just two days ago she sent me an email saying that the head of marketing for a company in Indiana was very interested in me, and wanted to have a phone interview. It was scheduled for Wednesday of this week. I had the call and felt it went very well. The job would be a substantial pay increase and a great jump start to my marketing career! Great news!
Julia and I were feeling so blessed. We have been reading our scriptures and saying our prayers. We have been serving others and attending the temple. We have felt such an increase of the Spirit in our lives. Then, to top it all off, last night I was reading the Book of Mormon in Mormon 9:10-11
"And now, if ye have imagined up unto yourselves a god who doth vary, and in whom there is shadow of changing, then have ye imagined up unto yourselves a god who is not a God of miracles.
But behold, I will show unto you a God of miracles, even the God of Abraham, and the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob; and it is that same God who created the heavens and the earth, and all things that in them are."
Now, I was feeling amazing at the prospect of our house selling and getting a new incredible job! I was ready for my miracles.
I got a phone call today from the "head hunter" who informed me that I didn't get the job in Indiana. They really liked me, but my training in marketing has only been a year and they were looking for someone with more experience. I decided since I was a little bummed to call the relater and find out if he had heard back from the couple interested in leasing our house. He informed me that he had made a mistake and that they were actually asking about another listing in our complex which he was selling. I was feeling at this point like everything was falling apart....Then I got an email from Julia. It was so full of faith and hope that I was humbled and converted. She told me that everything would work out, and pointed out all of our blessings.
In Finding Faith in Christ someone says, "perhaps faith isn't really faith unless it has been tested."
I don't know what will happen with my job or with our house, but I do know that Heavenly Father knows, and that if I trust in Him, and live righteously, He will take care of it. I don't know when or how, but HE WILL TAKE CARE OF IT. I declare as did Nephi, "nevertheless, I know in whom I have trusted. My God hath been my support; he hath led me through mine afflictions...He hath filled me with his love."
Lesson: Sometimes we won't know right away why God lets things happen the way He does, and sometimes we may not even know in this life. But, I believe that faith is trusting that He knows what we need and when we need it. His view is not limited to the here and now, but rather it spans the eternities. And, if we are doing what we are suppose to, and if we trust Him, then HE WILL NOT LEAD US ASTRAY! We are His children and He loves us. I bare testimony of this truth.
Finally, I love the message in D&C 123:17
"Therefore, dearly beloved brethren, let us cheerfully do all things that lie in our power; and then may we stand still, with the utmost assurance, to see the salvation of God, and for his arm to be revealed."
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It is amazing how our lives can be such a roller coaster of ups and downs, highs and lows, elations and disappointments. This is where faith must kick in and, as you said, "trusting that he knows what we need and when we need it". Your career and housing situation are known to the Lord and He will bless you with whatever you need whenever you need it!!
I admire your faith and positive attitude in the face of disappointment. I have a feeling that you'll look back in this blog in the not too distant future and realize why things turned out the way they did - and enjoy even greater blessings.
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