The year 2012 was a
year of challenge and opportunity for me. My word for that year was “humility,”
and I got ample chances to learn what humility really is. I lost my full-time
job in January. My unemployment benefits ran out in June. The car I had
borrowed from a friend had to be returned in July. I found myself with no job,
no income, no transportation, and no visible means of support.
It was at that point that I realized all I
had was God. I was completely and totally out of resources, but I knew that His
resources were infinite. Even though I had no idea how I would find a job or
pay my bills, I knew that God had a plan.
My job was to wait on the Lord. I understood
that God was using each of those difficult circumstances to draw me closer to
Him so that I could see Him, up close and personal, at work in my life.
God stripped me of everything the world
holds dear: career, income, savings, transportation, home—and then He showed up
with the body of Christ and all His glory. He taught me to be humble, to be
transparent, to value relationships, to love Him more, to trust Him alone, and
to praise Him at all times through all of my circumstances.
He humbled me and then He lifted me up. By
God’s grace I didn’t give up, and I still praise Him for it today.
—CHARLOTTE
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