David called at 1:30pm from work (Freebirds) to ask if I had received any calls for a job offer from a place he interviewed with last Thursday. Since his phone had been turned off earlier in the month, all of his calls have been directed to my phone. I hated to tell him that I had not received any calls. I just envisioned his disappointed face and it broke my heart to hear the pain of rejection in his voice. We had been waiting for four days to hear from THE job we thought he was meant to have, but were starting to face reality that we must be wrong yet again! Another flawless interview without a callback. UGH!
In frustration, I wrote in my journal about the heartache we were feeling, but that we had just learned in the church sermon the day before that our attitude about the situation is more important than the reality of it. We had to look at this trial as the perfect opportunity for God to display his grace and love and power in our lives. So that's what I wrote. I wrote that I was excited for what God was going to do to turn around a nearly 3 month period of unemployment. I laughed to myself as I closed my journal, thinking positively about the amazing 'thing' God was going to do to reveal his hand.
I turned to my desktop computer, and opened up my blog. Then my phone rang. T-mobile wanted to extend him the job offer. I was shaking and could barely speak. I was so excited! The job that pays more than he's ever made, the job that allows him to have weekends off, the job that will have benefits, paid holidays, a possible company phone, and allow him to have his evenings free for going to church! Wow, God. Just...Wow.
I was so giddy that I couldn't contain myself. Since I was at work, I couldn't leave. Since David was at work, he couldn't take personal calls. SOOO...I did what any over zealous wife would do and I called all of our family and close friends to tell them that he had a job before he was even aware that it had been offered to him. It wasn't until 2 1/2 hours later that he checked his facebook messages and saw one from me that said: "THEY OFFERED YOU THE JOB..etc...." that he even realized what had happened.
I had begun my journal entry at 2:00pm. I trusted God, I looked forward to what he had in store. At 2:04...my husband got the job we had prayed for.
Divine.
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