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Humble Prayer Warrior
A follow up to my prayer concerning tuition. God provided! He not only provided, He held off providing tuition until 4 days before the deadline as a way to teach me to consider my Faith in Him and His promises. I'll be honest, my Faith and my trust were wavering for a few weeks until one day I cried out to God, "Why! I do not understand why you'd encourage me to register and go back to school (get my hopes up) only to not provide the very thing I need to do it." I told God that if this was a test of Faith, I'm clearly not strong enough, this is too much. God used my waiting on the tuition as a test of the depth/strength of my Faith. I kept hearing the song "Thy Will" at every turn until I understood that this is His plan for me - to be a certified English/ESL teacher. The weeks leading up to His blessing of tuition were challenging, but when He came through for me and the way in which He did it made me realize He's growing stuff in me that I need. Just so you all know, it was a family member who wanted to pay for my tuition and, in fact, wrote a cheque for $350 more than I needed - it covered tuition and bills that I had fallen behind on due to a one month employment layoff after Christmas. This educational journey is part of God's plan for me. Just this week He encouraged me in saying this plan is between me and Him - it's something special between us and a tool for drawing me closer to Him, rely on Him and grow in Faith. He is an amazing God and Father, and I am changing inside in ways I could never have imagined. I encourage you all who haven't yet, to surrender to Him - give everything over to Him - let it all go and He will come in with a beauty and a love that will change you for forever. God bless you all and thank you so much for your fellowship and prayers.
