Leading up to my graduation date, God began doing some really awesome things in my life. A few weeks before graduation, a position opened up at work for a Promotions Manager. This is the vary job I began working at K-LOVE and Air1 for and it opened up right as I was in a spot where I would actually qualify for it. I was definitely more than thrilled that this opportunity had presented itself to me. I went ahead and applied and, after 6 interviews, I finally got it!
I still haven't quite grasped that fact that I won't be going back to school when everyone else is - or that I am finally going to be in my career. It's so unreal. I am blessed.
The really cool thing is that I can see how God has worked in my life over the last few years to bring me here. In 2010, I was working towards being a delivery nurse, while also working concerts on the side - which I loved! God gave me this idea for a program called Fuel the Fire - and it really took off! I was able to get tons of experience in events. Finally, at the end of the program, during altar call, I stood in the back of the church - watching how God was moving. I was just in awe of how God had used this program; of how He had used me. In that moment, everything changed. I suddenly didn't want to be a delivery nurse - I had to do more of these programs. I changed my major - changed my priorities - and was fully ready to do another event juts like this, when God totally shut me down simply saying, "not now." I was devastated, and couldn't understand why I wouldn't be able to do another one of these events the following year as I had planned. The answer is simple: God's plans are always better than our own.
I really had no idea what He was doing until this job came up - suddenly, everything made sense. As I was in the interview process for the new position, the part of my resume that stood out the most was that event! The one I had worked on just over 4 years ago had prepared me with the tools and experience I needed for this position. In obedience, I left my cozy state job of 7 years to work at the radio station simply because it felt like God said it was time. I had support from amazing coworkers I wouldn't even realize I needed until I faced my divorce. I've been able to speak to listeners and hear of what God is doing in their lives. He's ministered to me through their stories too. There have been times I've cried right along with them - as we've healed through the same hurts, and expressed joy with them as we celebrated God's love and blessings in our lives. I've come to know our listeners, the people behind the scenes - who work countless nights to keep this place running, and I've come to know this culture - and I cannot wait to share it with all the people I will be encountering through this new position.
I've really been able to see God's hand in my life throughout the last few years - and how He has developed even the greatest hurts into something beautiful. Of all things, I do know this: He is faithful - and knows what's up, even when I can sometimes be horribly confused about where I'm being taken. :]
Other awesome things - I really don't like reading. I wish I did, but I have a hard time being patient as I read. I decided to go ahead and change that - so I joined a book club! I have finished 2 books this year, and have moved onto a third, written by Nicole De La Cruz, "Hidden Secrets." I've known Nikki for something like 7 years now - and I have never seen her so incredibly passionate about anything as much as she is about books. She was finally given the opportunity to be in a place where she can write - and writing she has been doing! Within just a few short months, she has written this book, which will hopefully be out soon. It follows the life of Scarlett, who is just learning how to live on her own after ending a terrible relationship. Things changed a bit when she encounters, Kyle - an adorably sweet British bartender. I'm about 3 chapters in and love it! When this book comes out, I definitely encourage you guys to check it out!
In other news: "Researchers found that couples connected to monitors measuring heart rates and respiration get their heart rate in sync, and they breathe in and out at the same intervals."
Oh, love. <3 You can read more about this on Science Daily.
-jennilea
