“Hey Stephanie, we just wanted to call and say thank you so much for coming and interviewing with us.  We had a really tough decision to make and you were in the final two but we decided to go with a girl who graduated from our school.”

“That’s totally understandable.  No one can sell your school quite like your alumni.  Thank you for giving me consideration.”

I had recently interviewed with a small, private, liberal arts college.  Right up my alley.  Or so I thought, but it was your typical “thanks but no thanks” conversation that had just happened.  I would not be joining their team; I would be staying right where I was.

Later, I’d discover that it was because my Director would leave and I would take her job.  I would also have a blonde boy walk into my office wanting information on coming to school with us, but would leave taking my heart with him and it would change everything.

I know now that God was simply saying “no” to my plans for leaving.  He was also giving a resounding “yes” to dreams that I couldn’t see just yet.