New Job!

Hello all! It has definitely been a minute. And many things have happened since I've last blogged on here. Well, let me tell you about my new job.

Before the new job, I was losing interest fast in my old job. I mean FAST! To the point were I was not performing my best and my budget was about to start struggling. It was hard to apply myself to it. It was like torture forcing myself to do something I had lost ALL intereste in. And as usual, I began amending my resume and began my job hunt.

A friend of mine told me about a job opening at her company. When I looked at the postings on the website, there were two that I was interested in. The one I was really interested in was only 30 hrs a week and paid $9/hr, which cannot cover my expenses. So I applied for the other position which was full time.

I received an email for the hiring manager saying that position I applied for was filled but would like for me to interview for the other position. At first I was thinking, "No, that's not enough money." But then I was like, "Let me go on and interview. They can at least see my face and hear my talents. They may have another position one day and think of me."

So I interviewed with the hiring manager Friday, and later that day afterwards, I was scheduled for a second interview that Monday.

The whole weekend I thank God. Nothing in particular. Just thanked Him and was in high praise. I didn't get discouraged about anything. Not even the fact this job was 30 hrs a week for $9. I prepared my mine to either negotiate or just began looking for another job. Either way, I was in high praise.

The hiring manager talked to my friend who works that and ask how would I feel about the pay. My friend was like, "That's not enough...see what you can do."

Monday came. I was at my other job and my interview was on my lunch break.

Lunch came and I flew to get to my interview. Interviewed with the hiring manager and CEO and afterwards, I was just WAITING for them to tell me the pay. I was ready to negotiate! They asked if I had any questions and I said no. Then the hiring manager says she wish she could tell me the pay but she is waiting on some things....or something worded like that. Now my face expression was cool and I was like "Okay, that's fine.."staying cool, right. But in my mind, "GOD, WHAT YOU DOING??? YOU WORKING SOMETHING OUT??? DO WHAT YOU DO, LORD!"

So, I thanked them and they told me to be listening for a call that evening and I left. As I was leaving, kept on praising and thanking God. Didn't know what was about to happen but I knew God was working.

Right when I got home from work, I received a phone call from the hiring manager. She offered me the position but get this! They made it a full time position, she told me the benefits, and my salary for the year! While she was talking, I was in my apartment jumping up and down but keeping and talking cool on the phone like everything was normal. When I hung up I ran and jumped around my apartment punching the air, throwing my hands up praising God! I didn't know what to do or how to feel! I didn't know if I should cry or laugh! I did it all! Tears 2 seconds, laughed 2 seconds!

I got in the car and drove and didn't know where to go. Finally I went to Chedder's and took myself out. My friend met up with me and we shared how good God is.

So the point of this is: no matter what don't get discouraged. You don't know what God is doing in the background. Continue to praise and thank God. You don't have to thank Him for anything specific. Just thank Him and watch the favor come.

Receiving my email address from my new job!

Going through the storm.

 

 

James 1:12 NIV

Blessed is the one who perseveres under trial because, having stood the test, that person will receive the crown of life that the Lord has promised to those who love him.

(James has always been my man!)

Got on the prayer line this morning and received a good lesson! And one thing Pastor said was he was on an airplane and they had entered into a storm. He said he was scared. The pilot told the flight attendents to sit down. He told the passengers that they couldn’t land where they were supposed to and was low on fuel. The Pastor said he was scared. They landed in another place instead fill up. After an hr the pilot said they will be entering back into the storm. The Pastor said he wasn’t scared this time b/c he had been thru this storm before!

Afterwards, at work, I pondered on this and started drawing at my desk and this is the picture I drew.

Persevere through your storms and gain wisdom through. When you enter the same storm again, you won’t be scared and will be prepared. God will guide us through with the right sources; we just have to trust Him!

Take time, be patience, remove the tangles, and then, watch the results.

I shampooed and detangled and straighten my hair. It took a while because I had so many tangles in my hair. I had to shampoo it about 8 times and it took about 1.5 hrs to detangle alone. About 2.5 hrs to straighten. After I was done, I was very impress of the results I saw. My hair is longer than ever.

And then God spoke to me about the process of my hair. Do the same with your life. I normally hate doing my hair b/c it takes so much time and patience. I heard God say, "Take time with your life. Be patience with your life. Remove all the tangles out your life, and then, watch and be amazed of the results!"

Let me prepare! You prepare!

Car Blessing

I have waited until I heard the Holy Spirit tell me to buy a car. I previously shared with you on my blog A Piece of my Testimony about my life without a car, and I was doing just fine. However, since then I have gotten involved with several things for the Kingdom and getting around was starting to be complicated AND frustrating. Before my birthday (the end of October) I knew it was getting close to time to get a car.

 

A church member asked me what kind of car I wanted. I told her it wasn't anything specific; whatever God blesses me with, I'll be satisfied. But she said I needed to be specific. Through out the day and that night I pondered. Before I went to sleep, I googled car. And the car to the right in the picture above showed up. A Honda Civic. So I said, "Okay, I want a Honda Civic." I shared this picture with few other friends who were also without vehicles saying "that this is the car I want and believing God will do so." Now in the back of my mind, I still was thinking I will be grateful for any car.

 

Thanksgiving break came and I road home with my friend. I also was thinking, "I'll be driving myself back." Honestly, I didn't have high faith but I had faith. The day before Thanksgiving my mother and I went to Nissan car dealership. I went here first because through my job I get a discount.

 

To make a long story short, I came in with a mindset to buy a used car. My credit is not the best and even though I had a small savings my mother told me, with high faith, "you're not putting any down payment down." The last time I checked my credit was in the low 500s but when Nissan ran my credit it was 604. At first I was thinking how did it jump that high so fast but then I remembered who my FATHER is! Through Him ANYTHING is possible! (Matthew 19:26) The discount only applied to a new car. A bank was willing to finance me and I signed the papers and God gave me a brand new car!

 

I told God I will use this car to serve Him. Fast forward. The first week back in Knoxville with the car and went to bible study. I took a church member home. Now this was one of the ones who was included in the text when I googled car and shared with them my belief. She told me, "You got the car you wanted." I said, "No. That car was a Honda Civic. This is a Nissan Versa." My church member said, "Well, it looks JUST like the car in the pic." And I immediately said "WOOOOOOOOOOOOW! IT DOES!!!" I said to God Honda Civic but I will be grateful for anything.

 

NOW YOU CAN'T TELL ME GOD ISN'T REAL!

 

When you are faithful or even strive to be faithful, He takes care of His own. And when you have faith of mustard seed, it moves mountains! (Luke 17:6) You have to believe it. You have to have the vision in mind. I believe and imagine myself often driving and doing the work of God in it. I asked and He gave. (Matthew 7:7) Don't speak negatively on your life because you don't know WHAT God can do. And don't rely on what man says because God has the final say so! (Proverbs 18:21 and Psalm 118:8).

 

My brothers and sisters, I hope this will bring encouragement and strengthen your faith. When you can, read my previous blog A Piece of my Testimony to connect it with this blog.

 

Peace and blessings to you from Yahweh, our Sovereign God!

"I always feel like somebody is watching me..."

‎Yes, I do feel like that. And since God has been maturing me spiritually and growing my leadership in His kingdom, I can no longer continue using the excuse when I mess up "God knows my heart". I will now say "I know better." Because now it matters about the hearts of the lost souls. I can't be "holier than thou" and then get caught up in my flesh when I have a responsibility. We are leaders of Yahweh and we must live accordingly. 

What is caught up in flesh? Many automatically think sex. But it's anything not of God (which is sin): stealing, lying, envying, "hating", and so forth. 

James 3:9-10 9 With the tongue we praise our Lord and Father, and with it we curse men, who have been made in God's likeness. Out of the same mouth come praise and cursing. My brothers, this should not be.

My brothers and sisters my pray is that you will prosper in God's Kingdom! And I pray that God will continue to help me lead lost souls closer to You!

PEACE AND BLESSINGS!

 

 

Still pushing foward...

It has been a gooood minute since I have blogged. But I must say things are going pretty well even with perseverance, I have gotten through. I am expecting great things to come. I shall update when it happens and it WILL be soon. :)

God bless.

A piece of my testimony...

A piece of my testimony…

I originally wanted to type this to prove to people that being wise of your resources and having faith in God, you don’t need a car to do things you want. But I felt moved to just give the mini-story of how God has blessed me these several months.

People have not even a 0.5% idea of what I have been through. But I must say, the things that I have been through, I got through because of my faith in Yahweh. September 2011 I decided to let my GA Position, supervising over a dormitory, go for the best of me and personal reasons. I was unemployed for 3 months. Every single day it was job application after job application. My friend invited me to visit her in Knoxville during the New Year holidays and so I applied to several jobs in Knoxville. One particular job called me within 30 minutes after submitting my resume online. To fast forward, I went to Knoxville, had the interview, and declined it because the training class was a quick turnaround to handle business at home first and, honestly, I was scared because of the demands of the job.

That was the end of December and the beginning of January. The mid of January came and my unemployment benefits were running out. Completely forgot about the job I interviewed for in Knoxville, I received a phone from them asking if I would be able to attend the next training class start that started in March. I said yes with the thought in the back of my mind of continuing to look for work at home (Memphis). The week before the training class, I researched apartments, narrowed it down to two apartments, rented a car and loaded it up with my necessities, drove to Knoxville, viewed the apartment (which is 7 minutes away from my employment), signed the lease, and moved in.

For the next 3 months, life was hard, no lie. I hated my job. At first I was soooo grateful to God to be working. But gratefulness turned into bitterness because I was so depressed about my job. I wasn’t hitting budget and I just KNEW I was going to have to move back home. The last month of my 3-month probation, I hit budget at work and was guaranteed another month of employment.

So much during this period of time, I have learned. I come home every day and prepare my lunch and clothes for work the next day. I read the bible every night and have learned to pray not just the morning and night, but throughout the day. I memorized scriptures. I budget and monitor my money carefully.

My friends and other people always questioned me how do I get to the grocery store and other places without a car. People who have had transportation all their life is so blind to the society who relies solely on public transportation. I don’t have a car but I am able to get anywhere I need to with public transportation and sometimes a cab. I am able to save so much because I don’t have a car note, I don’t have car insurance, I don’t have car maintenance and THANK GOD I don’t have to spend money on gas. At home I was putting $10 in my ma’s car EVERY day! Almost $200 a month on gas along, not to mention the car note, insurance, and maintenance.

Again, I say, I am able to go wherever I want to go, even without a car. I took myself to three concerts. 

Rented a car and took myself and three others to Gatlinburg, TN and saw the beautiful mountains God made. 

I go to the mall every weekend. Found and go to the perfect church for me. (Amazingly, my Pastor here in Knoxville is good friends with my Pastor at home in Memphis!) I go to my favorite grocery store every weekend, Kroger! I go to Wal-mart. My church members are ALWAYS offering me a ride to anywhere.  I never worry about getting stranded because I keep either bus fare and $25 dollars for cab on me at all times. (I keep pepper spray on me, too!)

Through all of this, I had no back up plans of how I will make it. It was scary at many times because I had no one to depend on if any thing was to happen. Through all of this, a little knowledge and depending SOLELY AND FAITHFULLY on Yahweh, I have made it thus far. And all I want is for Him to continue to have His way and to help me be a blessing to others. Don’t let something as simple as not having car hold you back because with God, ANYTHING IS POSSIBLE!!!

Be blessed!

Some Scriptures that always keep me motivated and encouraged:

Philippians 4:11-13 I am not saying this because I am in need, for I have learned to be content whatever the circumstances. 12 I know what it is to be in need, and I know what it is to have plenty. I have learned the secret of being content in any and every situation, whether well fed or hungry, whether living in plenty or in want. 13 I can do all this through him who gives me strength.

1 Peter 5:7 Cast all your cares and worries on Him for He cares about you.

James 1 2:8 Consider it pure joy, my brothers and sisters, whenever you face trials of many kinds,3 because you know that the testing of your faith produces perseverance. 4 Let perseverance finish its work so that you may be mature and complete, not lacking anything. 5 If any of you lacks wisdom, you should ask God, who gives generously to all without finding fault, and it will be given to you. 6 But when you ask, you must believe and not doubt, because the one who doubts is like a wave of the sea, blown and tossed by the wind. 7 That person should not expect to receive anything from the Lord. 8 Such a person is double-minded and unstable in all they do.

This side of the Living Room...

Hopefully, I'll be here in Knoxville for a while. And if I do, I want to buy this futon for this side of the living room.

A week after moving to East Tennessee...

It's been a good solid week since I have moved to Knox. I haven't quite experience the city like I would like to partly because I've been training for 40 hrs a week and come home to study afterwards and also I am without car. However, I have already met two cool people from work that are around my age who have told me that they want to take me on the town. I'M READY! LOL!

But one thing I know for sure is the town is slower than what I'm used to. If I don't start school here, then I probably won't be here more than a year. But then, who am I to predict the future. I shall see how things will go. I have no idea what God has instore for me but I have NO doubt that I will be disappointed. My trust is truly in Him!

The day after I arrived I decided to catch the bus to the mall. While waiting on the bus, this is the view that I had. I love being surrounded by the mountains. The beauty of seeing them all around in the backgrounds is amazing. I hope I'll have the chance to hike in the Smoky Mountains one day. But let it be a small, not-too-hard-to-climb mountain. Lol! I used to attend school at University of Tennessee at Chattanooga and the city was also surrounded by mountains and one thing I used to think was "Even though I can't see pass the mountains, God can." Just thinking of that brings me peace. :)

I have moved!!!

Hello Everyone!!!!

I have moved!!!!

Knoxville, TN!!!!

Yes, I have moved to the other side of Tennessee. I am ready to see what God has for me in this new life. I finally have a new job and it's right around the corner from where I stay. The city is a little bit smaller than where I'm from but I'm will to deal with that and see what happens next! I've added pics of my apartment! (Please don't judge the fact that things are EVERYONE! I literally had been in the apartment for the 2nd time! Lol!)