Finding God's Purpose in a Tough Situation

As you know, I quit my job. Quit the job I thought would be my life long career. Quit the job that meant so much to me as I was raising money for cancer research. Quit the job my mom knew I had a passion for. And why did I quit? Because the environment in my office was awful, belittling and made me downright feel worthless. 

Now people complain about their jobs all the time, but trust me, this situation just downright sucked. I left work crying at least once a week. I was taken off projects I was more than capable of handling only to be told my role was to be a assistant. There was no ifs, ands or buts about that. It did not matter that I graduated college with honors and spent my senior year overseeing 17 RAs and 350 residents. It did not matter that I had a passion for the job. It did not matter that outside our office, people valued my skill set. When people are threatened by your abilities, they can make your life miserable. This person came into the job after I had worked there for over a year and drove me right out of it. I won't waste your time going into detail about everything that made me leave but the decision to leave was a long, thought out process. The Lord paved a way for me though and gave me many opportunities to leave prior to when I did. He finally had to drop a bomb on me and make me see the time to leave was sooner rather than later. Sometimes I'm stubborn and God truly has to shove things right in front of my face to make me get it.