Time to Give Thanks

I was listening to some music one afternoon and a song came on that talked about letting God have total control of everything in your life. With my job hunt going painfully slow and challenging, my financial resources would be on shaky ground when my babysitting job lightens up after Thanksgiving. I had not really been giving God the money part of my life, as seen by the absolute lack of tithing I have done (i.e. none since I have moved). I decided that Sunday at church I would give money during tithing to show God it is not really my money and He has the power to give and take away. After church that day, a lunch was provided in the church gym and I got to see Patty who I had sent a resume to almost a week and a half earlier with no response. I told her if they still needed someone I was interested. She said to come on by Tuesday afternoon and she can have me fill out paperwork. It was for a full-time seasonal job until Christmas as a customer service rep for an online business. So Tuesday I went in and she pretty much hired me on the spot, but let me know for sure the next day after talking with her boss. My first day would be the Friday after Thanksgiving.

I was so excited, since Wednesday was my last full day sitting, then I had the holiday, and started work the next day. And the biggest plus was that I could leave in time to come home for the Christmas holidays and have money to pay for it, rent, and my car insurance for 6 months. I knew that when I came back from vacation, I would have to find a job, but at least I had something until then. Thanksgiving itself was wonderful, as a family from church invited me to their house for the day. I help with the AWANA club and the parents are the ones who run it, with their 4 girls helping. The food was very, very, very good and we had fun playing UNO, Clue and talking. I did have to leave earlier than I wanted since I had to work the next day, but to me it was a good reason to leave.

That whole week of Thanksgiving, I had absolutely no cell phone reception as the tower blew down on the mountain, which gives ATT access to the whole town. This was very frustrating to my job hunting and school scheduling. Knowing that tithing worked the first time and it was in God’s house I got the job, I decided to tithe again that Sunday after Thanksgiving. That Tuesday, I went to the post office during my lunch break and saw a letter from the Sheriff’s Office. I knew it was probably a rejection letter for the dispatcher position, but I decided to open it anyways. It was actually acceptance letter that I was first choice for the position and they had been trying to get a hold of me that whole week before, but of course my phone wasn’t working. However, they said that I had until Monday, the day before, to accept or it would be given to the second in line. Now that my phone was finally working, I called right away and they said that that afternoon they were going to call the second person and I had called just in time. They said that they wanted me to start mid-December, but I told them that I had made plans to go home. They said they would wait for me to get back in January. I was utterly amazed and grateful to have two jobs and the opportunity to go home for Christmas. From that point on, I knew that I would be tithing every Sunday because I knew that it was the best way to give thanks for having this whole situation come out for my good.