"...and the Brook Dried Up..."

Here is my paraphrase of I Kings 17:7-9 "...and the brook dried up... Then the word of the Lord came to her, 'Stay just now in Hutchinson...I have commanded a successful businessman to offer thee a job...' "

A couple months ago it felt like my "brook" had dried up. There were rumblings of my nanny job ending and I DIDN'T KNOW WHAT TO DO! I was sick and tired of looking for jobs. In fact, I didn't even know WHAT to look for! What I really wanted (or so I thought) was nanny jobs and I was fast discovering that they weren't very plentiful in this area, although I often saw interesting ones advertised in other places.

And so I questioned, "Is it time to move on again?" But, no, my heart was telling me to stay. I argued with God and whined, "This doesn't make sense! I'm supposed to stay here but the kind of work I want is 'out there'." The only reply I received was, "Wait and trust!"

In the meantime I was becoming a bit disillusioned with nanny jobs. I was tired of taking care of other people's children and having to go by their rules, which were different than mine, when it came to child training. I was also beginning to wish for a full-time more permanent position that I could depend on for years to come, instead of this job hunting every few months. I realized that nanny jobs would constantly be changing, for babies grow up.

At last I was able to leave it in God's hands and I felt the assurance that this nanny job would be here as long as I needed it.

So I settled down to wait...

A couple weeks later I got a call from a guy offering me a full-time permanent position at his computer shop as bookkeeper/accountant. Three days later I went in for an interview and was hired on the spot! To say I was excited would be putting it mildly!

I sat down and shook my head in disbelief, muttering to myself, "I can't believe it!" Did I lift a finger to get this job? No! God BROUGHT IT TO ME!! I knew he had done it before and he would do it again and yet I felt rebuked as I heard God saying, "Oh, ye of little faith, wherefore didst thou doubt?"