A MUST READ: MY TESTIMONY-As most of you know, I moved to Charlotte on a faith walk. I know that I know that I know God led me to move here. I walked away from THE Ohio State University after working there for 11 years, on pure faith. A good friend opened her home to me until I got a job. So I took my retirement and took off for my dreams. In my mind, I would move here, find a job and get an apartment in 3, no more than 6 months. Well I became the poster child of “If you want to hear God laugh, tell Him your plans.” Before receiving my retirement payout, I went almost 2 months with $.26 in my account. But God. Upon receiving my retirement, I paid off major debt and continuously looked for a job to no avail. On my journey looking for a job, I was rejected and rejected and rejected. People would give me a checklist… Did you try the city? County? State? The hospitals? Colleges? Met Life? Wells Fargo? DMV? Bank of America, etc? YES!!! I had about 30 websites bookmarked and my job became applying for jobs. I went on interviews, only to receive rejection emails. I did not lose trust in my God. I cannot lie; I worried and shed A LOT of tears that no one knew about, but my God kept me. No matter what happened, I NEVER wavered from saying “I know God told me to move here.” I didn’t care how crazy I sounded. After being here a year, I still had no job. You cannot overstay your offer of hospitality. I began staying with different people. God blessed me with beautiful friends and beautiful homes to rest my head but I was disheartened that I did not have my own. I felt that people who truly did not know me or my heart would feel that I was freeloading. I did have one situation where someone did lie on me and slander my name and there was nothing I could do because I KNEW it was not the truth. Once, I stood outside my storage in tears, with no clue where I would go next. After over a year, my savings began to deplete. I went to welfare and received food stamps to survive. I am diabetic and had NO insurance. A doctor blessed me and after a visit on which he allowed me to make payments, he gave me samples of insulin and synthroid (the 2 medicines I need to live, being that my thyroid has been removed). When the samples ran out, I had to humble myself and apply for medical assistance. I began to question “God, is this what You brought me here for? To go from couch to couch, be on welfare, medical assistance and not find a job?” Even so, my mom had instilled in me that God will never leave you nor forsake you. Think back on my time in Charlotte, those of you who have seen me and talked to me in real life know that I do not put on a fake face on FB. While going through this, I NEVER stopped praising or worshipping my God!! NEVER!! I did not think I was better than anyone. I got an ejection e-mail from Target!!! I applied for Macy’s and Lane Bryant and never heard back. People started to say, you need to apply anywhere and quit being uppity. They had no idea I had applied to all kind of low paying jobs. Some friends and even some family became naysayers and began to doubt my common sense for leaving a stable life. I was told to move back. Someone said go to Ohio until you get a job. People said maybe you heard wrong. “Are you SURE God told you to move here?” One even told me that the Devil talks to people to!! Ha!!! That is when I posted on FB that to have faith, sometimes you have to look crazy, ask Noah, Moses, Abraham, Mary, etc. When I came to Ohio in December, I didn’t even know where I was returning to but STILL I OBEYED. I told God I trust Him and I will go back because He met my every need and some desires (seeing Blake Griffin and having a fun-filled life). Family would put $20 and up in my account here and there to live. I never missed a meal, my medication or ANY need. I lived so tough on faith, a family member said he would put money in my account in the morning. It wasn’t there and I left my house with my gas light on headed for an interview. He called and said it was in there. I thanked him, pulled off the next exit, got gas and continued on to the interview. While in Ohio, through my streaming tears, I screamed “GOD, I NEED A MIRACLE!!!” I called another friend. She said I could stay with her. I was returning on 1/20 and I received a call to come to an interview on 1/22. This is the new job I have now. On Valentine’s Day, I was approved for an apartment AND with good credit, because my Dad (the jewel he is) paid all my bills when I had nothing!! So I say all of that to say, if there is NO ONE else on your team but you and God, continue to play!!!! I follow and obey what God has planned for me!!! Right now my blessings are overwhelming. HE WILL NOT FORSAKE YOU!!! If it looks like He has abandoned you, if you have NO HOPE-KEEP PRESSING ON IN HIM!!! I AM A WITNESS!!!! He will keep you !!! I was diligent and wrote Spiritual Gangsta. ABSOLUTELY CRAZY things have happened to me!! Do you remember my brake hose snapped and I went through an intersection? Of course the Devil was trying to destroy me but he found out, my God…. My God had my back and kept my mind when I should have gone insane!!! My God made a way out of no way!!! Don’t you think He doesn’t see your effort and obedience!!! Obey Him against all odds and watch and see. This here testimony is why when the song “You Don’t Know My Story” comes on, I burst into tears and this is nowhere near the WHOLE STORY!!! You never know what people are going through!! Lord, I thank you! I love you! I worship you and I praise you for blessing a wretch like me! This year and a half of unemployment brought me closer to God than I have ever been and I will never be more appreciative of simple things in life than I am right now!!! Believe it!!!!
Posted on: Wed, 02 Apr 2014 21:24:06 +0000
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