Tuesday at work we were informed that all of our department (3 of us, since they cut our staffing) needed to be at a meeting on Thursday morning. We knew it would be big news since our 2 directors and the HR rep would be there to meet with us. I wasn't worried, more curious than anything about how they were going to change our department. I did not tell anyone else about the meeting - family or friends - just figured I'd wait until I knew what the news was.
Well Thursday morning they all showed up at 8:30 like promised. They really shocked me & Shelly & Linda. They have made the decision to close our department effective Dec 31. This has been my dream job with amazing coworkers for the last 2 years. So I'll be the first to admit I got a little choked up in the meeting along with Linda and Shelly.
At 9:00 the meeting let out and we went into my office - not Shelly's or Linda's. We were giving each other hugs and had tears running down our cheeks when my phone rang. It looked like an internal transfer so caller id did not tell who it was. As it rang 3 times I was saying - "No telling who it is. I really don't want to talk to anyone right now. What a bad time for the phone to ring." And in the midst of totally not wanting to talk to anyone, my arm reached over and picked up the phone anyway. It was Kara calling from Brazil!!
So here's the gift - She had no idea that I had a meeting that morning, in fact I usually am off on Thursday mornings. She was just calling to say hi! She had tried to get the connection 10 minutes earlier (when we were still in the meeting), and it would not connect. So when she tried again and we 'happened' to be in my office, Kara 'happened' to be able to connect, and I 'happened' to pick up the phone when I did not want to, God provided a spark of joy in my day. It very clearly spoke peace to my heart that God is in control.
Now mind you - I know that God is in control, but how amazing He is that He does things like that to reassure us! So in 3 1/2 weeks my dream job goes away. But I am at this point pretty excited to see what God will do. I am fully confindent He has a plan. He knows about school and church commitments and being grandma and things like that that matter to me. I have only had to work 4 days a week for the past 2 years at hospital rate of pay - no evenings, weekends, holidays or call. Really can't imagine what He could provide that will even compare. But this week I will begin working with the nurse recruiters to see what postions are available and figure out what might be a good fit for me.
So would you pray that I will continue to see God in this and not be anxious? I'll keep you posted as things progress.
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