In March 2011, I moved into my roommate's townhouse and told her I would only be staying with her 5 months until August when I would start school. A year and 3 months later, I am still living here. My life plan didn't go as planned. Though I 've known God my whole life, I never once though that perhaps the "plan" that I had for myself was not the plan that God has for me. I was ready for change, ready for "me, time", ready for now, impatient for my life to meet some invisible goal in competition with some 20 something business success person, that I pictured for myself.
But God had more to show me. In one year, he taught me patience, to follow His will, to listen for His cues on what to do next, gratefulness (after being jobless for 3 months), appreciation (for the job I did get and also for how good my previous job was), took me to Asia, gave me a job in an area, that I didn't know existed, allowed me to see different types of people, a different kind of DC, showed me people's true nature and so much more.
What an awesome God!
And now here I am again at the same point. I have a plan, but it wasn't my plan this time. I am following God's plan. I told my roommate again, I will be there until August. I got into school this time, and though I have no place and I'm not sure how I will pay for it, I won't worry (or I'll try not to), God has a plan. :)
This time, I will learn my lesson like Jonah in the Bible and follow God's Will.
But God had more to show me. In one year, he taught me patience, to follow His will, to listen for His cues on what to do next, gratefulness (after being jobless for 3 months), appreciation (for the job I did get and also for how good my previous job was), took me to Asia, gave me a job in an area, that I didn't know existed, allowed me to see different types of people, a different kind of DC, showed me people's true nature and so much more.
What an awesome God!
And now here I am again at the same point. I have a plan, but it wasn't my plan this time. I am following God's plan. I told my roommate again, I will be there until August. I got into school this time, and though I have no place and I'm not sure how I will pay for it, I won't worry (or I'll try not to), God has a plan. :)
This time, I will learn my lesson like Jonah in the Bible and follow God's Will.
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