My portion is running over!

My heart is so full of joy and contentment in God. I honestly don't even know where to begin in describing how GOOD our God is! Let me begin by just sharing that I am about to graduate college. And over the past few months I have felt the Holy Spirit calling me to remain. To remain in the church. To remain in Asheville. To Remain.

You can imagine how frightening this could be as a young person, about to take on finances all on her own, and about to enter the dreaded "real-world". But with a dream and conviction in my heart, I said "Okay, Lord. I will Remain." And from that day on, I BELIEVED with every fiber inside of me that God was going to provide. At first I would just say to myself, "He will provide" And I partly didn't even know to what extent... or how it would look. Then as time progressed, I began believing and SPEAKING OUT LOUD, "He will provide a job for me in this city"

During my student teaching experience, I came across many people who would casually express to me their sorrow/regret/sympathy in the fact that a) I am graduating and would be searching for a teaching position mid-year (MID YEAR folks!) and b) that this economy would not prove to deliver a job for me.

And you know what my response was, EVERY single time?!?

"I am Believing that He will open up doors for me." I began reading about Abraham, the father of our faith. And do you know what the word says about Abraham? That his righteousness was credited to him by BELIEVING!! That he understood the power of God enough to understand that our God is a God who brings LIFE to the dead. And so with everything inside of me, I believed.

Well about 2 weeks ago I just sat before the Lord. And in my time I thought, what the heck. I'm going to pray Big. So I said, "Lord, I am asking you to Bless me! Show your favor for me!" And what would you know, the next day TWO jobs opened up in Buncombe County! So I applied- sent resumes- got an interview- and got hired! ALL within a two week process.

This is all God! He is SO faithful. All of the Glory is His. And I believe more than ever in the power of speaking Truth over your life, and believing God's word! It's real. It's living.

And as I sit here and reflect over the past year of my life... Last Christmas, I asked God to set me free. And He has taken my world and flipped it upside down. Literally. It is completely transformed. And it did not, by any means, happen over night. But I am a totally new person, and God is setting the Dream that HE placed in my heart into motion. And I am utterly thankful. Forever.

"I'll make a covenant with them that will last forever, a covenant to stick with them no matter what, and work for their good. I'll fill their hearts with a deep respect for me so they'll not even think of turning away from me. Oh how I'll REJOICE in them! Oh how I'll delight in doing good thins for them! Heart and soul, I'll plant them in this country and keep them here!" Jer 32:40-41