| | You fill in the blank! He's your God too! Seriously, isn't it just like God to be God- to be in control, to be faithful to His word, to be on time, to open doors that you weren't even knocking at... If you've been reading my blog, you know that God spoke on Memorial Day weekend of 2006 that I was to become a teacher, you know that I've passed the neccessary Praxis exams, you know that it's been like a second job filling out all the applications and contacting the schools trying to secure employment as a teacher, and you know that I've not heard a thing back from anybody- not an email, not a phone call, nada. I would be lying if I toild you I wasn't frustrated because I totally felt that I should have heard something back by now, especially with science being a high-need area. Everything within me knows that God told me to do this, and I have done everything to qualify myself to do it- I've done the studying, I've passed the tests, I've filled out applications, I've solicited reference forms and letters, I've researched and read up on classroom management and lesson planning and put together a documents with how I want to run my classroom and how I plan to teach, I've emailed, I've called, I've been to the recruitment fairs, and I've even showed up in person at some of the schools! I've done it all. To clear my head of the stress associated to this endeavor and the other chaos going on in life, I went on vacation during Memorial Day a few weeks ago and had dreams about teaching every night, like God was tormenting me with it. Here I am, a year later, ready to step into what he told me to do, and He has yet to deliver on what He spoke. I purposed to not be stressed over it or to let my faith waiver, because I, of all people, know that God's timeline is not the same as ours, but I would continue to be diligent. I've primarily been focusing on Davidson and Rutherford County since they had the most positions open and geographically they are most desirable for me... Nashville is in Davidson and Murfreesboro (where I live) is in Rutherford. I also filled out the Williamson County application since Ravenwood had a position open. I heard nothing back so I looked slightly beyond my desired radius and decided to apply in Maury County. Last week, I got a phone call from Independence High in Williamson- a school that I had not even been in touch with aside from the county application! A position opened up that day and they called wanting to talk to me about it! It is the newest school in Williamson, which is a very wealthy county since Brentwood and Franklin are both there. I could believe it! I am just waiting to hear back from the principal on when she is going to begin interviews. Go figure that a school that I had not pursued is contacting me... Can we say God had a hand in this? I think so! Yesterday I dropped off my application packet in Maury county which is literally just down the road from Independence High, and they contacted me today! I have interviews scheduled with the Board of Education and two of the schools that have positions open (Spring Hill and Columbia Central). Thank you, Lord! God is making it so obvious that I need to move to that area as all three schools are right next to each other, plus rent is much cheaper there! Check out the map below... all the pushpins are high schools, the black circles are the first and second radii I drew from my church, the red box are the high schools that have contacted me, the red circle is where I currently live... It's like God is pointing me there... ever had anything like this happen to you before? What are the chances? It totally has to be God! I'd love to hear your thoughts! 
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