All I got was this keyring

All I got was this keyring
13 September 2009

So I promised God I would write this. God is working in the everyday things and parts of our lives. I have to share this for myself to ponder yet more to hopefully inspire you to see God in the details of your own life.

So recently, I went for an interview with a pretty big Ski Season Company (will keep them Unnamed for respect’s sake.)
Well, 2 weeks have gone by since that interview, sadly I have been unsuccessful in getting a job with the company.
Hmmm, the cynical look: so I went to an interview. And never mind “been there got the t-shirt” I can say instead “been there, got a sticker and this key ring” Yet that is pretty cool actually! I do actually collect key rings. And I like putting trendy stickers on my laptop too.

So how was God in all of this? Well I was sitting in my room one afternoon and I got a call on my phone. (I hardly get calls...haha, my sad life) And this company ask me to come for an interview on the following Monday.

Turns out I had leave from that following Wednesday for a week because of my Belgium trip. Would my employing company give me that Monday off?

I begged and pleaded with the Management and I got that day off. (My persistence reminded me of the Parable of the Persistent Widow.) See Luke 18: 1-

Then it turns out that someone else from my centre (where I work) was also going for the interview. So God provided transport for me too.

After a long drive there, squeezing in a hair cut, I get to the really well led interview. The ski industry got me excited. We were told that out of 220 applicants only 30 people got selected for the interviews. (That’s a pretty good achievement!) Thank you God for an ego boost (haha)

Thing is, in the room with the four members of management of that Ski Company, where I was being interviewed... they said, my name was actually on the reserve list to come for an interview. Wow, was that the hand of God getting me through on this day. (Yes, I believe so)

Also the confidence I had in answering the questions during the interview. (“God alone is my rock and my refuge” – Psalm 18)

I thought I may have had this job in the bag. But sadly 2 weeks later, I don’t. YET I do have a job with another Ski company. So you may wonder why God sent me to the first interview.
And I think of possible reasons could be:
(I love the way our finite minds try to put God in a box and understand Him completely)
Maybe we should embrace the beauty is His mystery.

i) Maybe God wanted to show me He has His hand in the affairs of my life. I must just trust Him.
ii) Maybe the confidence I gained from that first interview needed to be carried onto my 2nd interview, where in fact I walked out of that interview, having a peace that I had the job.
iii) Or maybe my presence or my “Jesus” nature (hopefully) spilled into the lives of the people I met on the way / at that interview. Who knows?

Yet, now with this job I have with this particular company I feel very peaceful about it. I also feel very excited. I feel that God may want me there to see a certain beauty of His: the splendour of the French Alps or to impact someone’s life. Or maybe for me just to enjoy an adventure whilst learning to ski and snow board. Yet all along in these moments and memories of my life, God is growing a call and a hunger to serve Him in this world.

I am always comforted by the verse:

Romans 8: 28 “And we know that in all things God works for the good of those who love him, who have been called according to his purpose.”

Some things in our lives happen for reasons we may not at present understand or clearly see why, but I believe for those who love God and are not shamed to call him: Father, He works for the good of us in all situations that life brings us.

Thank you for reading.