Branching off

I have a story I must share. I can't give specifics, but I still want to share as much as I can! Recently another job opportunity has come up. (I start to wonder if I find them or satan leads them to me!) It was a perfect opportunity, I could make my own hours, it was something I love and I could make a lot of money in a short amount of time. Sounds great right? Well, in the midst of my training, many unethical things came out. I was told to do some things that you could actually go to jail for! I knew without a doubt that I could not work for this person.

But there was a catch, I had accidentally gotten some friends of mine in the same situation and they were counting on me to help get them out. I felt as though I had a cloud surrounding my head. Every time my trainer would call or send me an email I would be grumpy for the whole rest of the day. I was on the phone, non-stop, all the time and got behind in all the things I should have been doing. I knew the Lord was telling me not to work for this person, but I felt I had no choice. I felt that for my friends, I had too.

Two days ago I decided to call the "Big Boss", who is over the whole southeast region and ask him some questions about certain business practices. I knew that I was not going to go and lie to people, but I was starting to get confused on what was a lie and what wasn't. I needed clarification for my soul to make sure that I was not going to accidentally say something that wasn't true. That conversation started a whirlwind, a domino effect. The companies corporate legal team was called in, the Vice President of the whole, nationwide company was contacted. People could have lost their jobs, all because I called to clarify some issues only to find that corporate wasn't even aware of what was happening!

The end result, I got my friends out of their financial burden, so they no longer need me. I found a way to still work for this highly respectable company, but under another manager. I'm not sure if I'm going to do that, but the option is still there. I was talking to a friend of mine on the phone when it hit me-God did this. All of my doubts and worries that had been swimming around in my head~He took care of them all. I felt as though I'd been walking around in a dark fog and couldn't see in front of me or behind me. I couldn't figure out a way to get out of the mess I was in-but He did. That weight was lifted and I was able to see again, I was once again walking in the Light and no longer in darkness. I always say that that is the best kind of weight loss! I felt so relieved, so comforted and He did it all.

Here I was, walking along, and I saw an opportunity to help us pay off our school loans. Those debts feel like a noose around my neck at times. I am always visioning what it would feel like to actually get to keep that money instead of sending it off to those companies. I am always trying to find a way...instead of seeking God and finding out what His way is. There even came a time this past Sunday where I heard God say that if I worked for this person, I'd be missing out on so many of His blessings because I would be walking without Him. I would be branching off His path and creating my own. He reassured me that He knew my situation and that He had another way-a better way, if I'd only trust Him and wait on Him. Oh what a mighty God we serve. His ways are so much higher than our ways, so much better than our ways and yet I'm amazed at how much I still try to do things my way! You'd think I'd learn this lesson after a while!

So, to make a longer story short, I am back on the right path, and back to where I need to be. I was never placed in a situation where I'd be expected to lie and I was able to stand up for what was right. I was able to hold people accountable for their actions. I don't know what God has in store for our financial future, but I do know that I'm going to trust that He knows what He's doing. If it should be His will for me to work under the management of this other man, so be it, if not, those loans will be paid off sooner or later-God's way, not my way!