Interviewing

I am a good interviewer. I know all the tricks. I have trained people on the ART of Interviewing.

Nice Suit "check"
Not too much perfume "check"
Resume "check"
Know what I'm interviewing FOR "check"
Cell phone OFF "check"
NO food in teeth or on shirt "check"
Research the company the night before "check"
Have 3 questions about the company READY "check"
Try not to do "the BIG laugh" YET "check"

Ok so I'm ready and prepared, you would think! NOTHING and I repeat NOTHING could have prepared me for the interview that I was about to have.
This interview was the quietest interview, no questions were asked and no research was needed! It was the first time ever, that I already HAD the job, I already won over the interviewer now all I had to do was figure out what my job was.
Listening-sounds easy enough, huh? Well when you have prepared the way I have for the past 15 years...listening is done AFTER you land the perfect position. As a Christian I have learned that listening happens FIRST. He will tell you exactly what to do and when to do it-IF and when you can master the ART of listening.

My interviewer is God, by the way.

He has stopped me in my tracks and has taken me on an amazing tour of my new office, he has introduced to my new colleauges...he has shown me the break room and where my new desk is. He wrote a training manuel JUST FOR ME, I am super excited about that! He even highlighted some special parts in red just FOR ME. He knows I am nervous, so he checks on me often. Some would call Him a micro-manager, but I am kinda gettin' used to it. I have made mistakes and he forgives me, then puts a trainer right in front of me to help me be better at my job. NOW, this job is hard but the benefits are AMAZING. Medical, Dental and Vision were all given to me free and clear, who knew mercy and grace would part of the package? He matches my 401K as long as I respect it and don't expect it.

I can work from home anytime I want-he actually prefers it. He even promotes "bring your kid to work" day! Our Christmas party this year will BE AMAZING I'm sure.

I love my new job.

This job is recession proof. I can't get laid off or fired. I am His worker and as long as I have ears to listen and a mouth to speak my job is 100% secure, Praise God.

You got LAID OFF-why the smile?

I wake up and it's Monday....I have no job to go to and I am more awake then ever. I am more focused, I even have a pep in my step I cannot explain.
It's gotta be a "God thing". Don't get me wrong-I am scared and nervous, but for some beautiful reason I am calm.
Like majority of Americans I am a 'pay check to pay check' kind of gal, not proud of it...but its true. How scary-huh? Yes, but again I have to learn from this. As most of you know God will propose a test, now he is not the type to just slam the test on the desk and leave you in a room by yourself with a #2 pencil...and IF that pencil breaks "TUFF", He is a merciful God.
I find it joyful to be tested by Him. Now don't get me wrong I have broke many many pencils and have asked if I could just maybe start the whole test over again, and I have even cried thinking I would get that hall pass to the nurse so I could lay down with the HUGE paper towel they call a blanket.

"Mom-are you going to OK-why are you smiling? It's because you get to nap all day huh?"
I am smiling because I have a clean canvas, I get to listen to God with no one around, I get to read His word and wait for my instructions. I am the lucky one. I know people who really never get tested they never allow themselves to feel the anxiety of being tested. They are scared, and so am I but feeling the stress of a test is healthy to me. With Jesus as my professor how can I fail. OH...I can fail, but He doesn't ask me to leave the room. He sits down with me.
We all have had that teacher that just sat next to you, she was either watching you to make sure you weren't writing notes or she was sitting just in case you needed her. Jesus is sitting right next to me, waiting for me to look up from the test and ask for help.

No one knows, unless you were in theatre but SO much goes on behind the scenes and then the curtain opens. Everything runs smoothly. The show is entertaining and fulfilling. Sometimes the show does not start ON TIME, sometimes the lighting is 'off', sometimes you forget your lines. But to the audience it looks perfect and smooth....and they can't wait to clap at the end to show their appreciation.

The curtain is about to open, and I have to take a deep breathe, and be prepared to break a leg.