I was in the kitchen,
cooking my favourite meal when the home phone rung. I grabbed the napkin close
by the sink and cleaned my hand. I then picked up the phone. Hello, I answered,
the voice on the other end said; is this
Mrs. Johnson? I replied in the affirmative. Ok Mrs. Johnson, she continued, we
are calling you in connection with a job you applied two years ago. Are you
still interested? I said yes. Could you please come for an interview tomorrow?
I said ok. What time? 8. 00 a.m. she concluded. When I hanged up, my heart
sank. I haven’t worked in two years. I prayed so much for this job, which I
even gave up. Why didn’t they call me earlier, this is a wrong time to call me
for a job. I am 5 months pregnant! I stopped cooking, picked some books and
started preparing for the interview anyway. Afterwards, I went into my closet
and found a dress that could hide my bump; I matched it with a pretty coat. I
was really showing and I realized no dress was hiding my bump. Ok, I said, when
I go to the interview, if she realizes I am pregnant that’s ok. Who could hide
a 5 months pregnancy anyway? I went to the office premises very early and
waited for the interview to start. I was eventually called and my interview
begun. During the interview, the interviewer started looking at my bump, I felt
so uncomfortable. When my interview ended, I knew I wasn’t getting the job,
obviously, she has found out that I was pregnant. Two weeks after, I had a call
whilst shopping at my favourite grocery shop that I had the job. I was
confused: why did I get the job? Didn’t they see that I was pregnant? I started
having mixed feelings. It didn’t feel so good. So I set out the next day to
work, my first day. I got there very early again and waited for an orientation.
A lady walked to me and said we are sorry, there is a training programme and we
will like you to take part. That was how I was thrown into the job. Officially,
I had started work. I worked for about two weeks, when the director asked me if
I was pregnant. She said she never knew I was pregnant. I was so shocked. The
God that we serve is so great. If he wants to do something for you, He will do
it no matter the circumstances. Sometimes our inner self is our stumbling block
or our greatest obstacle. Based on our experiences and the conditions that we
are in, we feel the answer to our prayer should go this way or that way. God is
sovereign! 1 Corinthians 2:11 says “ for who
knows a person’s thought except their own spirit within them, in the same way
no one knows the thoughts of God except the spirit of God.”
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