Trusting God with my career

I work in consulting and I think I can say that I work hard. My year had started off promising and I was working towards an end of year promotion. There were days I would cry from constant exhaustion - I even fell down in the middle of the road at Old Street due to exhaustion. Unfortunately, despite my hard work half way through the year, I found out that I wasn't even put up for promotion. This was a blow. My opinion then was that if I didn't get the promotion this time but had at least been considered, my chances would be increased of getting it next time around. No chance that was happening now. Looking back, however, God knew I had a little more to learn before it was time.

Some time later in the summer I went through a difficult patch due to a boy (isn't it always?) and I went from happy to very sad. I cried every day for 3 months. Every. Single. Day. My progress during that time was going from crying from morning to evening to crying just once a day. That was progress. I could not see myself coming out of it. During that time though, I got into prayer journalling and writing down my prayers and thoughts to the Lord. I can truly say that my faith in God was built in that time. God gave me strength that I didn't know I could have. I was crying and still holding down my job. And every time i felt down I would read a scripture or listen to a sermon and a light would fill me up and I would remember that this was not permanent.

I ended my year with a university offer to do my masters and that was my first light at the end of the tunnel! It came just at the right time. Funny that i'm writing this now because I'm about to start the Masters I prayed for and i'm so nervous and so scared and questioning if this is the right thing to do. But it is. Leave it all to God.

I then started the next calendar year preparing to be promoted. I gave it to God and left it at that. I then found out in June that I had been promoted! This that meant I could take a leave of absence to do my Masters rather than quit which was a blessing. Knowing that I had a job on the other side definitely helped and gave me stability which I thank God for.

Fast forward to the end of my masters and I graduated with excellent marks!

I've put this year into His hands and pray for more blessings and testimonies.