KenyaRansey

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***LONG POST 002: Encouragement for those in tight financial situations and for those plagued with fear, worry, and anxiety about their future.***
Allow me to share a personal experience that demonstrates the faithfulness, care, and concern God Almighty has for His children (us) - especially when we are going through a difficult time.
A few years ago, I shared about challenges I was having with my supervisor at work. (Review that post here if you wish https://www.facebook.com/share/p/1JKUBsuvp6/).
That situation came on my heart and mind again last night - specifically some details I did not share in the original post, that I feel I should share now.
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During the time I was working under difficult circumstances, I was going to school to earn a doctorate degree.
My job was a full-time position, but I didn't make enough to pay for school out-of-pocket.
In order to be considered for financial aid, I had to take enough classes to be a full-time student, so I signed up for a full course load; but, based on my salary, I didn't qualify, so the cost was on me.
I earned a decent salary, but not enough to cover all of my living expenses and pay for graduate school, so I took on a part-time job to cover the cost of school.
I was working my full-time job, my part-time job, and going to graduate school full-time, all while dealing with the stress of my work environment.
At this time, I had been already praying for my supervisor and about the situation for a little while (mentioned in the previous post). I also tried to keep my head down and just do my job. Even so, the situation seemed to get worse.
I don't recall the details exactly, but I do remember leaving an in-person team meeting (we had them every week), feeling helpless and really just tired of it all.
A part of me was also sad and disappointed because my experience was not what I hoped it would be. You see, I really liked my job (the actual work) and I was pretty good at it. I wanted to do the job I was hired to do, but the situation and overall environment was ruining my experience and negatively impacting my health and well-being.
On my drive home from the meeting, I poured my heart out to God, saying (praying):
God:
~ I need a change and I need Your help.
I can't do this anymore.
~ You said You are almighty, and that everything - EVERYTHING
is Yours.
~ YOU said that I am Your child and that You love me.
~ I believe I am Your child and that You, my Father are powerful and unlimited.
~ I believe that there is absolutely nothing that is too hard for You to do.
~ I believe You want to do great things for me, so I am coming to You, and asking for Your help.
~ I don't believe it is Your desire for me to be in this type of environment.
~ It is not Your will that I be treated this way.
~ I believe that You have better for me and that You are ready and
willing to give it to me.
~ So I ask you now, for a new job.
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I continued pouring out my heart to God, sharing how I was made to feel and laying out the details of my request for the type of job I wanted: work from home some, how much money I wanted to make, the type of people and environment I wanted to work with/in, the kind of work I wanted to do, etc.
As I was near the end of laying out my wishes, I remember saying,
I need a miracle and I'm asking You to show up for me. If the whole Earth and everything in it is Yours, surely, You have a job somewhere for me.
I believe You have a good job with good pay, that is a win-win situation for both me and them.
I don't want to take just anything, and I don't believe that I have to.
Lord, you know my life. You know what is on my plate. I am barely keeping it together. I DO NOT HAVE THE TIME NOR THE ENERGY TO LOOK FOR ANOTHER JOB. I believe You can send the job to me, and I'm asking You to do that. I am asking You to give me a job that I don't have to search for. I am asking you to have people that want to work with me, seek me out and invite me to work with them.
I will do my part.
I will do what is possible.
I ask You to do the rest. Please do the impossible for me.
In Jesus' name, Amen.
Looking back now, I don't believe I said this from my mind, I believe this was a cry from my heart that came out of mouth without me even thinking about it.
I prayed this prayer in August 2018, and sure enough, I received what I asked for soon after (late November/early December 2018).
I was recommended by someone who didn't really know me (they knew who I was, but we had never met), for a job I didn't know existed. I was contacted and informed that there was a job some people had to fill, they wanted me to do it, and all I had to do was say yes.
~~~ PAUSE~~~
Wait, WHAT!?! Is that not juicy!?! Well, it gets even better! I have more details to share; but before I do, here are some lessons I learned from this experience:
LESSON 1. Difficulties come to stretch and grow us. Financial difficulties specifically are often used by God as a tool to get us to detach from self-reliance and see Him as our source.
This can be tough for us, because we have been conditioned (especially in the United States), to be self-sufficient and self-reliant; in fact, many of us take pride in it, even though this is the exact opposite of how God operates.
He desires a partnership with each one of us. He wants to be invited, included and involved in the everyday lives of His children. We have been taught to believe that answering only to yourself is true freedom; however, I have come to learn that the path to true freedom requires us to relinquish [our sense of] control.
Yes, this SEEMS scary; but truthfully, the only thing any of us have control of is our choices....if we really were in control of more, we would have already changed our circumstances to be what and how we desire them to be.
LESSON 2a. As we accept that we really aren't in control, and begin to partner with The One who is, we rely less on our own intelligence and logic as the source for HOW to go about truly living and going after what we really want. (Stay with me, I'll explain in a moment.)
LESSON 2b. When things don't "make sense" to our natural/human mind, this is an opportunity to stand on and in our faith. How do we do this? By continuing to trust and believe that:
a) God is aware of and concerned about the things that concern you.
b) He is a loving Father who is capable of taking good care of you.
c) He is always doing/not doing things from a place of love, and with your best interests at heart.
This is true even when we do not understand what is happening, and when things do not unfold how we wanted or thought they would.
Faith is the trust and belief that at ALL times I am loved by God, His desires for me are best, and because of that, even life's challenges and difficulties He will use for my good somehow.
~~~OKAY, BACK TO THE SITUATION AT HAND ~~~
When I prayed for a new job, I remember telling God that I wanted a job that allowed me to bring home enough money so that I could pay for school without loans.
In my mind (logically), this meant my new job needed to offer me more money than the job I was leaving...but, when I got the offer for the new job, this was NOT the case (Lesson 2a).
In fact, the new job's FINAL salary offer (I did not accept the first offer) was $7,000 LESS than I was making at the time, so I would make about $600.00 less per month.
This was not what I expected at all. I was surprised by it, so I asked the new job for a day or so to think about it.
Immediately, I pulled out my calculator and tried to figure out how I could make it work.
No matter what I did, I couldn't figure it out. I didn't see how taking the new job would work for me financially.
I was at a crossroad internally because the new job was literally EVERYTHING I asked for...salary was the only issue. I was perplexed because I felt like this was indeed the miracle I prayed for. I was sought out by people and offered a job I didn't even apply for. At the same time, I was already working two jobs and just getting by...how could I take care of everything on even LESS?
After racking my brain most of the day, I gave up. I went back to God, voiced my concerns, and told Him, "If You can cause people I don't know to know me, and offer me a job I didn't know about, this $600 is nothing for You to handle. Surely, You have a plan, and I am excited to see how you show up on my behalf.
Was I nervous? Yes, I was. Did fear try to overtake me? Yes, it did, and I was honest about it. I acknowledged it and at the same time, I refused to let it stop me in my tracks. (Lesson 2b).
Fear is merely faith (belief) that the worst will happen and I just couldn't believe that was the case here because those who love you don't treat you that way...plain and simple, I didn't believe God would bring me this far just to pull the rug out from under me. I didn't believe He would do me like that.
So, when fear would talk to me, I would talk back. Whenever fear would bring my attention to what could go wrong, I'd remind it (and myself) of how it could go right.
I had an opportunity to believe for either the worst-case or the best-case scenario happening for me. And I chose to believe for the best.
Tired and worn out from worrying, I did the only thing I could. I didn't know what I was going to say to the lady, so I asked God to guide me in the conversation when I called back (Lesson 2a), and I went to bed.
Sometime before I called the lady back (a day or two later), it came upon my heart to ask about all of the perks and benefits of the job.
This was a legitimate question because I was switching from a K-12 school district to teaching for a university, in the middle of a school year, so I needed to know if & how the change would affect my insurance, retirement, teaching credentials, etc.
Well, wouldn't you know - although many things were unaffected (which was good for me), I received some new perks and benefits as well. One major perk was that university employees could take college courses at no cost.
That's right!...The university that offered me the job is where I was taking my doctoral courses; and as long as I worked there, I could earn my degree for FREE.
Just to be clear, let's review:
~ The most my new full-time job could/would pay me was $7,000/year less than my first job.
~ A new-job perk was that I could go to school/earn my doctorate at no cost (for free).
~ This allowed me to:
1. quit the part-time job I was working to help pay for classes
2. have more money left over at the end of the month than I had working the first job AND the part-time job.
Even though the new job paid me less money, it also deleted a huge expense. Because I could take classes for no cost, I was able to quit my part-time job and still end each month with about $1,000 more in my pocket than when I was working the other jobs!
How, Sway? HOW?
God's math. That's how.
Even today, I still marvel at it all.
I share these details solely to encourage You.
God loves You just as much as He loves me.
And just as He moved for me, He is ready, willing, and able to guide you through and move for you.
Whether your challenges, worries, and fears are a result of your own doing, or due to circumstances beyond your control, this is an opportunity to grow out of self-reliance, and into deeper reliance on The One, True source of all.
No matter how bleak the circumstances, or how undeserving you may feel, I encourage You to invite God into Your situation(s).
I don't believe you will regret it....I never have.

You've mastered achievement.
Now it's time to master alignment.

Because success alone won't quiet the question:
"Why doesn't this feel like enough?"

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Join me for "Find Your Missing Piece - the virtual workshop for high-achieving
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You've mastered achievement.
Now it's time to master alignment.

Because success alone won't quiet the question:
"Why doesn't this feel like enough?"

That question isn't your weakness.
It's your wisdom, asking to be heard.

Join me for "Find Your Missing Piece - the virtual workshop for high-achieving
women who are ready to come home to themselves.

GOD is on my side.
GOD is in me now.
& I am in Him...
So WHO can be against me?
He has given me all things
that pertain to life & godliness. 2 Peter 1:3-4

Missing you. ♥️

Brother, i miss you. Remembering you through tears, with love, smiles, & laughs. Today & always. Ken ♥️♥️♥️