Slivers of Faith Honored Here

There's this process that I follow when I REALLY want something: I write it down, and post it on my bathroom mirror. This way, I see it everyday. 

There was a job I wanted...I mean I REALLY wanted it. So I applied.
Ya'll know how the job search goes. You send in the resume, fill out the application and then wait to see if somebody calls you back.
This job, however, was different. Not only did I write down the affirmation that I was going to get the job, I printed out the job description and  slid it under the mirror clip along.

A few weeks went by, and I got an interview. But despite the fact that I usually interview fairly well, I felt like I bombed it.
I tried to stay positive, but as the weeks went by without a response from the hiring manager, I started to have doubts to the tune of:

• You know you weren't qualified to even apply. What were you thinking?
  
• They will never hire anyone who looks like you in that organization.
  
• You're too old, and you've got gaps on your resume. If you hadn't taken so much maternity leave, you would be more marketable.

The negative thoughts won...and I went straight to my mirror and yanked down both the affirmation and the job description I had posted in faith.  Into the trash both papers went.
But then one day (a few days after my dramatic moment of trashing my affirmation), my phone rang. On the other end was the hiring manager of that same job--they asked me to come in for a second round interview in a week's time. I accepted the invitation, but still tried to contain my excitement. I didn't want to get my hopes up. Besides, I had begun to believe I was unqualified (imposter syndrome is real, ya'll).

Later on that same day, while washing my hands, I looked up in the space where the affirmation and job description had once been. I saw something out of the corner of my eye that caught my attention. I leaned in a bit closer, and immediately let out a scream. It was a tiny piece of paper--no bigger than the size of my fingernail--that had gotten stuck in the mirror clip when I became discouraged and ripped down the affirmation for the job!  

Now before you start shouting, a cutting up with your Hammond B3 organ in the background, let me finish...

There will be times when you forget the faith you had. You may even throw in the towel and go about your merry way thinking all is lost, and you should just get used to settling for what you need versus what you want.

But when you TRULY believe something, and begin to speak it, something powerful happens. I believe God speaks. Some say the "universe" responds; others may call it an alignment of the stars. Nevertheless, all things begin to work together to the point that even when only a shred of your dream is left, that shred--that sliver, if you will--becomes powerful enough to move mountains.

Now go ahead and shout, ya'll...cause somebody knows they are still here because a sliver of faith and hope got them through.
Remember this as you move forward, and do [what appeared to be] the impossible.

"..."Because you have so little faith. Truly I tell you, if you have faith as small as a mustard seed, you can say to this mountain, 'Move from here to there,' and it will move. Nothing will be impossible for you." ---Matthew 17:20

....and P.S....I got the job.

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