Cutter of hair and Quitter of jobs

Apparently I was brave to do this.

I however don't think I was brave. I just trusted God. I trusted that:

Psalm 91: 7

A thousand may fall at your side, ten thousand at your right hand, but it will not come near you.

and Psalm 91:11-12

For he will command his angels concerning you to guard you in all your ways; they will lift you up in their hands, so that you will not strike your foot against a stone.

These scriptures, the entire book of Joshua and Job 40-42 are a few of the verses that got me through when I made the decision to resign from the only job I had known for 3 years.

I decided that I wanna do as Tamar would say:

Its about time!

It was time to get my dreams and get my break towards entrepreneurship and politics. It was time to trust.

Ever quit a job without having another job lined up?????? Huh???

Its not easy. I did however believe it was something God was leading me to do. I handed in my resignation on 13 June 2013 and was almost going crazy.

I lived on Psalms 37:23

The steps of a righteous man are ordered by the Lord.

And Psalm 25:3(a)

No one who hopes in you will ever be put to shame

Fortunately my family, friends and church groups were so supportive. It is so important to serve at church people, it was one of the activities that kept me sane for about 7 months of the year- but that's a post for another day. They were all like

I applied around like crazy! If it said "law", I was hitting that 'send' button. Coming to think of it, even if it didn't say 'law' I was hitting that button. I sent my CV to London, various places in America- I was willing to be an Executive Assistant to the Human Resources Director at the George Soros Foundation in Washington, still waiting for that response. Oh, as for South Africa, I sent my resume EVERYWHERE! No, seriously. I did. At some point I was looking up "paid missionary jobs" and I knew I hit rock bottom.

My flesh was like:::::

My faith was like "repeat Jeremiah 29:11:

For I know the plans I have for you,” declares the Lord, “plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future.

Sometimes God gives you the wisdom to ask someone else! I asked an HR Guru who's work I came across on my favourite blog. His advice to me was to work on my networking skills since I didn't have the most skills and experience. I got on my LinkedIn page and started making those connections.

I was meeting more people, becoming less anxious but still quite desperate as my notice period days were ticking away. I did not want to stop the timer, but I didn't know where I would be when time ran out.

This story is not in the right order of events, but like I said in my initial blog post "its messy" over here.

To make the long story longer, God orchestrated it such that I would meet my professional Boaz!

" A man of great wealth" (Ruth 2:1) who has "let me go to the field, and glean among the ears of grain after him in whose sight I shall find favor."

God has been so faithful to His word-

Psalm 5:12

For You, O Lord, will bless the righteous; With favor You will surround him as with a shield.

He gave me such favour with this man, who did not know me from a mop! He has redeemed my ambitions as Ruth was redeemed by Boaz. (Ruth 4)

THE BIG CHOP

To commemorate this new job and season in my life- which I will discuss in detail in another post, I decided to cut my hair. I decided to chop my hair on 31 August 2013 as I said goodbye to the old!!!!!!!!!

Im on the left

That's the kind of hair I was chopping. Very good, beautiful, healthy thick locks I had kept for 6 years! (I was trimming and cutting them occasionally)

When I walked into that salon and told the dresser what I wanted to do, this one girl was like

But anyway, Ill share proper pics in another post. Please note the future blogs I have discussed here.

The result were quite satisfactory, even if I say so me-self!

I have too many black ensembles

Basically, all this is to say Romans 12:3

For I say, through the grace given to me, to everyone who is among you, not to think of himself more highly than he ought to think, but to think soberly, as God has dealt to each one a measure of faith.

Don't think of yourself too lowly either! You have been given faith to do whatever God has placed in your heart. Whether its leaving a job, or chopping your hair off, He is a God of all things. He cares about the mundane.

Its also a fulfillment of Romans 8:28

"We know that all things work together for the good of those who love God: those who are called according to His purpose."