I recall a very specific time when I was in a bad place financially. I mean, real bad. I was working at my first law firm, only making $11.50 an hour. I was excited to finally be working in my field of choice but the pay, just wasn’t getting it. I had decided to apply for a position in a different department, bankruptcy. I figured I knew enough to excel in the position. I had received a B in my bankruptcy law class and was already familiar with many of the processes the legal assistants performed on a daily.
The manager scheduled me for an interview and I did extremely well, that shortly after, he offered me the position in his department. I was excited because this also meant a slight increase in pay.
Well, after a few exchanges with HR about my transition into the role, I was informed that the Director of Operations decided I could not transition into the bankruptcy department. I had been told no. I had received what to me was rejection. What added salt to the wound was that he hired a temp who had absolutely no experience in the legal field to fill the role. At this point, I was livid. I decided to start looking for opportunities outside of the company. I eventually landed two interviews. One with a new firm that was managed by one of my former professors and a non-profit that focused on providing free legal assistance to the indigent community of Memphis and the surrounding areas. I accepted a position with the non-profit. I was familiar with its work in the community because I had previously volunteered at the monthly legal clinic. This job came with better benefits and better pay!
Shortly after leaving, the firm that had declined me the opportunity to move forward into the bankruptcy department closed and many of my former colleagues were left unemployed.
If I had been able to move into the bankruptcy position, I too would have been amongst the unemployed.
I would have been in a more dire financial situation if that position I coveted at the old firm had been given to me. But God alone knew what I needed and he provided something better for me.
Rejection is sometimes Gods way of protecting us from the unknown and the unforeseen.
Some Place Trying to Be Still 
sometimes we do not think that when God closes a door it is because we may not be qualified, but God knows it is better for us, I lived the experience that in my company I moved to the financial department, after a while doing the function of three people, ask for a salary increase, and they told me that the company was in a bad position, I decided to move to my old position, you know what they did, they used three people to do my duties, and they could not do a salary increase, then I realized that if something is going to stop you from growing, God closes that door and opens another one better for you..
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