job testimonies

[Rajah]

If you have job testimonies, I'd love to hear about them.

 

[wtrailer]

Okay. Here's one. 19 years ago I was in desperate need of a job. Desperate! I had a baby on the way and no form of income. I parked next to a church and prayed to God asking Him to help me provide for my family. A job opened up where my father-in-law worked and I applied. I am still employed there to this very day. God knows your needs and He provides when you ask. That has been my experience.
Wt

 

[Rajah]

woo hoo

 

[Kingsdotter]

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[lyndseyb]

Struggled with unemployment since I finished Uni.
At the age of 26 I have only ever had 2 jobs, both of them temporary contracts.

But since becoming a Christian, my employment situation has improved immensely.
I am now confident in job interviews in comparison to before when I was a nervous wreck. The Christmas just gone I had a temp job at a big British department store called John Lewis. I prayed about how much I wanted that job and I got it - even though I made a big mistake in the interview and the interviewer told me straight out that I'd messed up!
The temp job finished and then I was looking for work again but not for long! Got a phone call on my birthday last month saying I was being offered a customer service job. I start this job tomorrow!

I'm so happy and thankful.
To anyone who is struggling with unemployment, don't give up. Just keep praying and trusting that God has a job lined up for you.

 

[Rajah]

that's great Lyndsey congrats on the job!

 

[Rajah]

Is anyone hypersensitive on the job? Meaning overstimulated? The hospital I work at is in a new location and right now I'm feeling a little overwhelmed. I try not to compare myself with others, I'm just trying to my my comfort spot I guess, I've been there 2 days and computer did not work properly yesterday. we all were told in a meeting that we all have to answer the phone sometimes and there might be other duties in addition to our jobs.

Any advice would be helpful Since July my hrs got cut to 16/wk. Have been actively looking for other work, hard to know what to do right now.

 

[Odetta]

I've had good job positions and bad job positions. One particularly bad position led to some personal discoveries which, while painful at the time, ended up being a very good thing in the end. Sometimes, in biding our time in a less than ideal situation, we are there for God to teach us something.

 

[Rajah]

can you give an example of jobs that did did not work out for you and what you learned by it?

 

[wtrailer]

I originally wanted to be a police officer. I never prayed about it before pursuing it. It took me two years to get hired into a department. On the day that I was hired I finally prayed and asked God if it would be in His will for me and if it wasn't to shut the door. That day I went in for my physical and failed the eye exam (I'm partially colorblind). I was very upset for a long time but I knew it wasn't God's will for my life. After lots of prayer and seeking God's will for my life He led me to pursue a Master's degree in counseling. Today I am in the final year of pursuing my state licensure and hope to practice full-time next year.
Wt

 

[mochamajesty]

I have a stain on my background history and it was very difficult to find a job. I prayed to God and kept the faith. God put people in my path to help me.

I got a seasonal job, which turned into a part time job, which turned into a full time position.

It took three years for the full time position to open up But I am now employed at a company that naysayers said that I could never work for in a position that naysayers said that I could never obtain.

My advice is to stay in the word. Don't listen to negative people. Be prepared to take jobs that you don't think are "right" for you. God may use them to humble you or lead to another avenue that you never thought possible.

And lean on God once you do get the job.

 

[Odetta]

For me, the bad job was a sales job. I always wanted to try sales, and I had an opportunity to move from a staff position to a sales position at a large, respected financial company I worked for.

Basically, I failed. I found out that I'm not cut out for sales. What's more, I became depressed because I was failing. It got as bad as suicidal ideation, which freaked me out, so I saw a psychiatrist about it, got diagnosed with a mood disorder (that looking back have had since I was 17) and started taking appropriate medication.

Long story short, I am now in a position with another company that is much smaller and owned and ran by a christian. It's not sales, but I still get to use all the financial knowledge I obtained in training for that sales position. And now that I've been properly diagnosed (was misdiagnosed for a decade) I've been mood stable for five years - the longest stretch ever since I developed this condition.

Like I said, it was painful to go through it, but I'm much better for it.

 

[bluegreysky]

I had been a part-time employee in many places. I had 12 jobs in 5 years because I was in school, the jobs were seasonal or the hours dwindled off and I had to move on to something else. I wanted a full-time 9-5 with benefits. Out of the blue I decided I should work at a bank. I don't know if God put that idea there or if I did. I applied to every bank in July 2011, got interviews but no job. Tried again in October 2011, got the one I have now. I have been here 3 1/2 years, which means I've outlasted every other teller between the 2 branches in my town. (there are some up in the city that have been around longer). I should have been fired a few times for stupid mistakes, but God knew I needed the job and he gave me a forgiving boss and he protected me and so I am still here.
I don't know how much longer I have, there's been no recent indicator one way or the other but I plan to stay here until my husband moves us to another city or gets a career where I can work part time or God closes the door. Whichever comes first.

 

[Rajah]

I work for a hospital which is now in a much bigger setting. Everything is nice, but it's grind grind grind. Not only my work but also answering the phone which I don't like b/c everyone wants their records NOW without requesting them and waiting 24-48 hrs. I don't have an area to really call my own. So since my hrs were cut back in July, I've been looking.

I got a call from a hotel I applied to, we'll see what happens.

 

[Rajah]

I'm sensitive to a lot of motion going on around me, people coming in and out the phone ringing all the time, I want something less stressful as I have anxiety and a little ocd.

 

[parsley]

Not long out of college, I was working for a Christian organization that was not paying well, and treated me like I was still in high school --when friends from college were working for politicians and going through med school. I was praying about how to afford doing this, and got an offer to work part-time somewhere else, for double the pay.

I was afraid of looking disloyal, but approached my supervisor to ask if I could cut my hours back. She said, "Could you wait just a minute." Then she proceeded to call the whole office together to announce layoffs.

I realized that God was not just with me, but ahead of me on that! And I was not being disloyal to Him or the organization by wanting to step away -- it turned out to be the right thing for them, the most feasible solution for everyone. The expected path, or success, is not always the long-term answer.

 

[miss-a]

Thanks for asking. I am a writer. Writers who are not well known to the world generally have other jobs. I currently do merchandising part time for a company I'm employed by, and there are other companies I can do self-employed contract work with to supplement that if I need to.

I've just published my first book, (that in itself is a testimony to His faithfulness!), and a few weeks ago was praying about whether I should continue drumming up business from additional companies or focus on promoting the book and writing more. In the midst of chatting to the the Lord about this, the ins and outs, postives and negatives, I directly asked Him which direction I should focus my energies in developing, the jobs or the book. I'm not sure exactly how I expected Him to respond. It seemed to me He would have a preference, you know, the perfect blueprint. But instead He surprised me by saying words to this effect, " Whatever you do I will support you." It sort of stunned me, but as I considered it I realized that's exactly who He is, not my employer, but my Dad who is going to make sure that I'm okay no matter what I do. It also meant He trusted me to make the decision, which quite honestly I'd have preferred Him to make.

Although it seemed like the natural answer or the no-brainer would be to promote the book, I still wasn't clear about which way I'd move because I was feeling a bit burned out, and quite honestly like the security of having money coming in from several jobs. So I decided to live on what I'm making working part time and give myself a little time to charge my batteries and make the decsion later. After all, I get to trust that He'll support me no matter what I do, (assuming I'm not doing anything heinous, which I'm not), and that includes taking a break.

After taking some time to work less, I had an email come through from a company offering me work. It was project work, so I could be on their rolls, look over available work and only take projects I wanted. This seemed to make sense and would give me the flexibility I needed to promote the book. Have my cake--organic, whole grain cake with no refined sugar, of course--and eat it too. All i had to do was fill out the new hire packet, no big deal, right? Well, the new hire forms were all pretty standard except one that they needed me to bring to a notary to have it verified. Let the games begin. Every time I tried to get the thing to the notary, some weird thing happened. My neighbor had an oil leak and while the big trucks were sucking up the oil they sucked up my computer cable, so I couldn't print the form. This got fixed and my social security card had leaped from the place I keep it and hid itself. Computer links wouldn't work, and so on, until it finally occured to me that maybe I was kicking against the goads, or maybe it all seemed like such a big old pain because I really would rather promote the book and trust that the Lord really meant what He said. I declined the job.

So that's my testimony. I didn't try to handle it all. I took a rest and my financial world did not end. The money came from unexpected places just like the stories you hear people tell. I got rebate on my insurance and more money back from taxes because I worked less. He has brought me to a place where I can trust Him to take care of me even when I decide to do what looks like the most economically unfeasible thing to do. And I'm guessing from His vantage point nothing could be more feasible than to trust Him and to do what I was created to do.

 

[Resolve413]

When I was 17 I graduated high school, a private Baptist school. I took the summer off and turned 18 in July. I was offered a job at an Arby's (fast food) by someone who taught Bible classes and was a manager there, but it wasn't near me, and I'm currently limited to places within walking distance.
After talking to some people there, I was hired at the nearby grocery store. I currently am a Cashier and Self Checkout Attendant.
I have my good and bad days there, but my hours have gone way up, and it's provided enough money for me to contribute to my family, tithe, and provide for my needs and most of my wants.
It has also taught me to be more comfortable when dealing with the public, something I was uncomfortable with before.
I'm thankful that God has provided me with a good job that is currently sufficient, has taught me confidence-boosting skills, and can help me now and in the future.