Father's love to provide for their children. My Dad is a perfect example; he will go out of his way to do even the littlest thing to place a grin on my face. And our Heavenly Father is no exception!
I had spent a good bit of time last semester looking into jobs for the spring in College Station. I looked into working at preschools, nannying, teaching swim lessons, tutoring... you name it, and I more than likely looked into something very similar.
Unfortunately, nothing worked out with my schedule. Water polo takes up every evening, and then Mondays/Fridays I'm completely booked with observations. Tuesday/Thursdays I'm only free until 2:30 -- that takes out any sort of nannying/tutoring shindig. It was rather frustrating to consistently not be qualified or able to apply for anything.
It's not that I NEEDED a job. More of, I wanted to have a bit of extra money so that I wouldn't have to be as stingy with money. So that if friends wanted to go out to supper, I could go too and enjoy myself, not worrying about what I was going to skip out on later. I want to have a little bit extra so that I could provide for my friends -- you know, surprise them with a Sonic drink, buy their movie ticket just because, things like that.
Granted, after this last semester, I began to doubt if taking on a job was even a good idea. Did I really need to add one more thing to my crazy schedule? Ultimately, I decided yes. I decided that getting a job would give me something else to do, essentially providing a break from the chaoticness of what college is.
When finals hit I pretty much gave up on looking for anything. I had struck out too many times.
Isn't it funny how when we give up, our Father then is able to step in?
On Monday I received an email from one of my Spring professors, offering me a job within the education department at A&M. This is a job that you can not apply for, rather you must be recommended by 2 individual professors before you can be considered. So, I am pleased to announce that I have accepted a job as a University Peer Mentor (UPM) within the College of Education at Texas A&M. Essentially, I will be similar to a TA. I will be assigned a professor with a writing-intensive education class and will be responsible for helping the students in that class with all of their papers and writing assignments. I will do a lot of editing of papers and probably a fair share of grading. I will only work ten hours a week, 5 of which will be when I host my own Office Hours. I will get a good "in" with all of the education professors, while maintaining a prestige job based only off of recommendations.
I guess you could say I'm stoked with this incredible opportunity. And the Father only placed it in my life when I quit trying to make other things work. He always provides, yet I saw those provisions as me applying and interviewing for a job, when really He took that entire process away, granting me a job without me even knowing about the opening, without an application, and without an interview. He just needed me to quit trying on my own.
Y'all. Our Father provides. Sometimes we just have to humble ourselves down enough to trust in Him.
