I have been pondering on what I should write about this week. I have had a pretty hard time finding the positive lesson in this mess. But then I realized that none of the things that are happening are bad, UNLESS I choose that point of view.
I received a letter from the building management telling me that I have till the end of April to move out of the place I have called home for almost 4 years. I don't know very well how it works in other states or countries but finding an apartment fulfilling the requirements that the social services ask for here is almost like looking for a needle in a haystack.
I am in the middle of getting a place for my internship. I am also trying to get into one of the advanced German classes, have courses during the day, study for my other career at night. I have a kid, a household, bills, friends, family. I get no sleep!!!
So when everything got very overwhelming, I thought of King David and his prayers, how he would wake up in the middle of the night and have no solution for his problems. I thought of how he prayed all through the night for God to give him wisdom for the next day. I thought that maybe I should do what the wise King David did: I prayed every time I could. I prayed between bouts of sleeplessness, in the bus, in the shower, you get the idea...
And then something happened. I listened to the people around me and they gave me tips and suggestions I could follow. And one of them was to call the Bishop's office and they pretty much solved the issue. The only thing I needed was to keep the faith and move.
God always believes in us, even when we don't. He never burdens us more than we can take. And when we start having doubts about ourselves, He sends us friends and family to cheer us on throughout life. God also doesn't want us to stay put and safe. God made us for more. He wants us to be smart, brave, wise, successful and most of all, He made us to go into the world fearlessly and take it by storm.
The way I now see it is that He gave me the oportunity to go to a new apartment building, to come out of my comfort zone and make something bigger and better of myself. He believes in me. I take on the challenge with His blessing. Things will be good! All it takes is a little faith. Somehow, even the most complicated things in life solve themselves and when I look back, I realize that God had this thing covered long before I fell into it. So that's it. I'm not worrying. I am putting all of my faith into the fact that God has it covered.
I received a letter from the building management telling me that I have till the end of April to move out of the place I have called home for almost 4 years. I don't know very well how it works in other states or countries but finding an apartment fulfilling the requirements that the social services ask for here is almost like looking for a needle in a haystack.
I am in the middle of getting a place for my internship. I am also trying to get into one of the advanced German classes, have courses during the day, study for my other career at night. I have a kid, a household, bills, friends, family. I get no sleep!!!
So when everything got very overwhelming, I thought of King David and his prayers, how he would wake up in the middle of the night and have no solution for his problems. I thought of how he prayed all through the night for God to give him wisdom for the next day. I thought that maybe I should do what the wise King David did: I prayed every time I could. I prayed between bouts of sleeplessness, in the bus, in the shower, you get the idea...
And then something happened. I listened to the people around me and they gave me tips and suggestions I could follow. And one of them was to call the Bishop's office and they pretty much solved the issue. The only thing I needed was to keep the faith and move.
God always believes in us, even when we don't. He never burdens us more than we can take. And when we start having doubts about ourselves, He sends us friends and family to cheer us on throughout life. God also doesn't want us to stay put and safe. God made us for more. He wants us to be smart, brave, wise, successful and most of all, He made us to go into the world fearlessly and take it by storm.
The way I now see it is that He gave me the oportunity to go to a new apartment building, to come out of my comfort zone and make something bigger and better of myself. He believes in me. I take on the challenge with His blessing. Things will be good! All it takes is a little faith. Somehow, even the most complicated things in life solve themselves and when I look back, I realize that God had this thing covered long before I fell into it. So that's it. I'm not worrying. I am putting all of my faith into the fact that God has it covered.
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