The Big N-O

Imagine you have been selected for a job that you've wanted. It would double your income. Bring a weight off your family. You are 1 of 100. Down to 1 of 10. You are interviewed. You feel really good. Then you find out that it's between you and another candidate. You get the call to find out they choose the other person. You have 2 options. You can get bitter. OR you can see this as God shutting a door for something better.

It's really easy to get bitter. Trust me. I've had a year of No's and I'm trying very hard to not remain bitter towards those situations. Believe it or not, I've spent most of this year bitter. Very hurt, angry, and bitter. I realized, through teaching and reading, that God has been shutting the door because he has something else for me. If he wouldn't stop the opportunities from happening, I wouldn't be going where he wanted me to go.

A few months ago there was something I wanted more than anything else. I don't get these things often. I really never say these things out loud. I went out on a limb. Had faith and was smacked down with a N-O. Not even a maybe. But a NO. Like there is no way on God's green earth this is going to happen for you. Here's a door slammed, locked, and burned down. I was bitter, angry, mad, and acted out of hatred. It was nasty.

A few days ago my mom tells me that this thing I wanted so bad was given to someone else that I knew. I had 2 options. To act out of my bitter feelings and be angry or be happy for them. Amazing, I was happy and texted them and said how happy I was for them.

The older I get the more I realize that my reactions are an option. I can choose to be happy or angry. As a woman, I do tend to go off my emotions. And I do tend to use the, "God just hates me" line a lot. Why does God have to take away from me? I can be bitter because others are being blessed and they aren't doing things like I am. Then that gets into a WHOLE different level of issue. BUT your reaction to things is a choice. I know that's not something that you want to hear, but it's the truth.

SO when you hear NO stop and think about the fact that God might be protecting you from something.