Crossweave Church

Let me preface this by saying I really should not be surprised. Although I know in my head and my heart that God is capable of anything, I guess I feel that I am not worthy or something because I just break down and surrender to the situation. There are two cases in point. The first is the referral to the specialist I have been trying to get since February to get my heart back into rhythm. I have been calling for 3 months, and up until a week ago, the specialist had not even received the referral let alone scheduled an appointment.

As I was preparing to start school and then be working across the country this coming Monday, I had pretty much resigned to the fact that it just was not going to happen. Then last Friday I received, yes received a call from my Dr. (yes all those calls I made really paid off), stating that not only did the referral go through, but the appointment was scheduled for yesterday, when I was leaving this Monday. Now I am on a public health plan because of my hospitalization when I was out of work last year, and it takes 2 months just to see my regular cardiologist, so to get this appointment in just 1 week without ever mentioning my new job that would take me out of town for the next year was just all God's work in providing what I need.

But wait there's more! God doesn't stop there where I could think it was just my persistence that made it happen and it was just my calling that shamed them into giving me that appointment. Thursday was my last day at my former job because I had this appointment Friday in Loma Linda and started school on Monday. So I'm on my way to small group after work on Thursday and making some calls to update people on my situation and that I was no longer at my former job. I called this one guy, Luis, that used to work with me there and he tells me their company has an opening in their Oceanside office. Why don't I send in a resume and he'll talk to the Regional Manager.

So I fax my resume in from Ritchie's house and 10 minutes later I get a phone call setting up an interview for the next afternoon at 3 o'clock. Now mind you I am scheduled to leave Monday morning for school. So Friday I go to the interview, it goes great, seems like a good fit, but I got the idea that it was only a preliminary interview because the person I interviewed with said he would have to talk to the owner and get back to me. I also laid a pretty hefty salary demand on him, double what the company offered. I called my friend and told him the interview went well, but I was leaving Monday morning for school, could he find out something for me? He said he would find out within an hour. So he calls back and said they really liked me but they couldn't meet the salary demand I stated. So if I would start off at their figure, they would increase it when they saw what I was capable of. But the commission structure was 60% higher than my former company, they wrote more policies than my former office, and meeting my income need would not be a problem knowing how I worked.

Did I jump at it? No I'm thinking in my mind only about the specific number I said I needed and prayed about. So I said I would think about it and get back to him. I called a few people to get some advice. Was I just blind, or was this just a temptation to divert me from the plan God had for me? I was totally surrendered to going on the road for a year, I didn't want to, but I had my mind set that it was a discipline from God for getting myself into such a financial mess. I had truly surrendered and I think that is what God was looking for before he presented this last minute combination of the appointment with the specialist and the job interview on the same day.

So after much advise seeking, it was pointed out to me that the specialist had scheduled much follow up care and what was more important, my health or my job. This new job does have health coverage that would start right after my public coverage ends in September. It would start October 1st. So I was brought back to my senses and called back and said when can I start? I got a text back that said Monday morning at 9. God orchestrated this whole scenario, just waiting for my heart to surrender to his will. I finally did and look at the miracle He produced. Getting both the appointment with the specialist who has 2 different plans to try to get my heart back into rhythm, and getting a job both on the very last day before leaving town for a year. YAY GOD!