Trying Times Never Last.

Trying Times are just for a while.They never last.

I graduated from University of Essex in July 2016 with no plans of what to do next.

I had no plans of doing a masters degree or even going to Law school.

I wanted to become an adult immediately  because I had finished university. I wanted to start making my own money.

”I wanted to be this grown up lady we all aspire to be who has everything going on well for her".

I started applying for different kind of jobs part-time/full-time nothing was forthcoming.

I remember friends coming to tell me they are recruiting here go and apply or speak to them. I would go with so much excitement that I am so getting this job when I get there.I would pray to God and anoint myself with anointing oil before going to the office and when I get there I would speak to them and they would turn me down.

In their own words "We are no longer taking people"

I would come out of the office crying and crying. I would go back to God in prayers crying telling him that I have done everything you said I should do and no office wants to offer me a job. 

Why?

What have I done wrong?

Why have I finished university and I have no job?

My friends would tell me go back and try again I went there yesterday and they gave me a job a day after you were turned down.

This time around I would even pray and fast before going. I was really desperate to have a job. At this time I was pursing after  a menial job.

A month after my intense job hunt I was finally able to secure a voluntary role.This particular voluntary job was different because I was not given money for transportation or lunch 

Please remember the reason why I was looking for a job was to start making money and not spending my money.

At this time taking this voluntary job was a better option than staying jobless and crying day and night.

This voluntary role came and i accepted this immediately.I did not seek God for divine direction neither did I ask him if the voluntary job was the best job for me?

I focused on my current situation as a jobless person and picked up the next available option I had.

This is why most of us are in problems nowadays, we never ask God if that business,career,job,friend,relationship is the right one for us.We just take decisions based on the current situation forgetting God’s opinion matters first.

I started this voluntary role and the title of the role was amazing but two weeks into the job I preferred to have been jobless than accept this voluntary job.I cried daily even on the role.I would go outside cry and come back.

The devil used this opportunity to tell me about being a failure, nothing good is coming for me and my life as a christian was not worth it.
This voluntary role also led me to squat with a friend because her house was very close to the office. I remember one day I told my friend I was coming home that she should stay at home and wait for me because I did not have a house key. I got to my friend's place nobody was home this was around 4:00pm and I stayed outside in a park until like 7:00 pm in this British weather.

Thank God for a Samaritan that came to rescue me and put me in their office till my friend returned home around past 9:00pm.
That particular night i cried and cried till i slept off thinking about my life.

 I made up my mind no more squatting, I would return,be patient and wait for God to give me the right job.

I was tired of squatting because it was not convenient and I did not even like the voluntary job so I stopped going.

 It was really hard to make this decision but knowing it was best for me I had to take it.

Most of us find ourselves in situations like this and we never want to do the right thing. We prefer to stay there till the worse happens.
That night i said to myself what if something happened to me while I was outside before the Samaritan came to help me. 
I advised myself and moved back to my Family house with no job and I stayed home and became a babysitter taking care of my little cousin and I did this for at least three weeks.

This period was a very Trying time for me.I did not loose faith in God.I believed him and i knew he was going to manifest himself to me soon and I was not going to be jobless for so long.

One this faithful day as I was babysitting, as usual, I saw a vacancy for a graduate role at Essex University School of law and the salary was beautiful .To apply became a problem doubts started to set in that if i apply I would be turned down as usual.

I started speaking to myself about not being qualified for the role.At this stage I engaged the prayer altar asking God if that role was for me and he confirmed  to me saying yes you can go on and apply

I applied for this job and a week after I did not hear from them, in my head, the normal thing has occurred, but this time around I did not give up because God had already told me the Job was for me so I did follow up on my application.

 I was offered an interview on a Monday and I received the Job on a Friday.

God is so good!
At this point i knew my trying time had come to an end.

I now have a job to call mine and yes I am making money, remember I wanted to be this grown up lady but not at the right time.
I learnt from my experience that trying times never last but only for a while.

My story has just confirmed to me the word of God in Isaiah 55 vs 8 is real 

“For my thoughts are not your thoughts, neither are your ways my ways, saith the Lord. 
This scripture should always remain with you
God's way is never our way and would never be our way. 
 My plan was to be this grown up lady immediately after graduation but God’s agenda for my life was different. 
 I must say his timing is perfect.

Immediately after I received this job I started looking for accommodation. I wanted somewhere I could call my own. Another process started in my Life and I finally got a place of my choice.Truly Trying Times Never Last! 

Have a great day Everyone.