Sarah Nyhan

A continuation of my attempt to finish a book I started in December 2017. Posting chapters in an attempt to organize it all and finish.

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I heard the preacher, Ron, tell a story about how his Bible College education was paid for by a very rich man. As I heard it, the rich man said that as fast as he could shovel out the money, God would shovel more to him.

So there I am sitting in my cubicle at my corporate job and I prayed to God: “I want to be like that. Please make me the kind of person that you can trust with a lot of money.”

Well, right after I prayed that prayer, a coworker walked up to me and asked me for some pineapple I was eating. I told her that she couldn’t have any of my pineapple. Instead I gave her one of the packages of dried noodles that I kept in my desk.

Immediately the thought then entered my mind: “You want money to share with people and you won’t even share your pineapple?”

Then another thought immediately followed: “Sarah, you don’t even know how rich you already are.”

Instantly I felt like a total failure! I was weeping in my spirit, praying for forgiveness, praying for another chance. And as they say, the race was on… I jumped on the performance treadmill. I tried harder and harder and harder to prove myself. “Give me another chance, Lord. This time I’ll get it.”

My life then started taking a dramatic turn from what I had envisioned for myself. An adventure that is even ongoing all the way up through today.

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I was at church, talking to Paula, when a woman came over and asked Paula if she knew of anyone who needed a job. Paula pointed to me and said I needed a job. But I didn’t – I was already employed and Paula knew this. I felt so confused.

But by this time I was getting used to nudges from God. And again, this didn’t make any sense. But it was so specific. So I decided not to fight it. I.took the woman’s contact information and applied for the position she was looking to fill. Even though it wasn’t in a field that I was interested in. And I was sure I wouldn’t get hired because I had no experience in that field.

Well, much to my surprise, I was actually offered the job. But what should I do now? I already had a job. However, I was a contractor and the contract was eventually scheduled to end even though the date was, as I understood it, at least awhile out. I was actually hopeful that I’d transition from a contractor to being hired on for a permanent role. So I decided to be open and ask to speak with my boss before I said yes or no to this other position that I had been offered.

Well, when my boss heard what I wanted to talk to her about, she came over to my desk and said, “I was just on my way to tell you that your last day would be this week.”

God protected me! Showed off for me again! Provided a job out of nowhere for me. And didn’t give my boss the satisfaction of letting me go. (As she always seemed to single me out for poor treatment.) I beat her to the punch by only a few minutes.

I ended my time at that company and started the new position with the new company.