When God Brings You To It, Wonderfuls

 

Very powerful indeed, but not that powerful.

No, Wonderfuls (that is all of you readers, BTW), if you are plugged in, God will find you, and use you as He sees fit; whenever and wherever you are.

As I mentioned in the original post, I had no intention of writing a book that day.

I asked God where He wanted me, and next thing I knew, I had 12 chapters.

The other night, God delivered my son to me. 

Our youngest is a senior in high school and had been living with his father. He called and asked us to get him out of there.

Done. Immediately. 

Very long-standing prayer answered. 

Clearly, it was time.

With a lot of amazing help from the God-given human angels within my own circle, we've been able to make a way to keep his life as right-side up as possible despite the relocation to our house. 

I've been unemployed for months and I don't have a job yet. To say money has been tight? Please. We've been stretching pennies so tightly, they're copper wire. Okay. But on the upside, that means I have all the time in the world right now to be a full time mother! Neither has the book become an international best seller yet. (Apparently, the world wants you to pay for marketing. I now know this. It makes sense, but it wasn't on my radar as a novice author.)  I had to give up my office for a minute until we get the house reconfigured. No worries. I'm not on zoom calls, don't have to navigate a press tour, and I can network on social media from my phone.

Thing is, lest I or anyone else forget, God knows all of this.

He did when He answered the prayer about us getting my son. He did when He had me write a book about prayer instead of start my intended SEO course. He did when the rejection letters arrived because they were actually sparing me from getting all of the j.o.b.s that I apparently wasn't supposed to have.

And, I know that I know that I know that God has got a plan for every last apparent obstacle. Every last unapparent obstacle too.

This is a test.

This is about keeping my eyes on God regardless of what it looks like from the canyon floor.

Wonderfuls, I cannot say that I've been perfect in my faith. I've allowed pessimism to get the best of me a few times. My stress level has been apparent, sometimes even obvious, sometimes even out in public. 

I have to admit, even with the incredibly generous outpouring of help, the canyon floor had been looking like ground zero for devastating flash flooding with the potential for a possible earthquake chasm splitting it open. MyMan and I were both struggling to be full of faith and positivity.

Earlier today, I had an unexpected conversation with a person I had known on an acquaintance level from a previous job experience. To be honest, it didn't occur to me that I would ever see her again from our prior business dealings.

During the course of our conversation, she imparted confirmation about so many of the things I've been praying about. I'm bringing her a signed copy of my book, and we parted with a hug.

One of those times when God used another believer to say, "I heard you."

MyMan had a similar experience late last night with one of his prayer compatriots. A lot of confirmation and teaching that culminated with a prayerful parting that brought him home dancing on air. 

Sometimes even the most faithful of souls need a nod from God.

This afternoon, I feel as though we've turned a corner - in the best of possible ways.

I do not presume to know how or what God has planned.

Winning lottery ticket? Maybe.

Taylor Swift falls in love with Growing Prayerfully - A Little Book About Praying Big and gives it a shout out to all of her Swifties or Oprah lists it as one of her favorite things making me financially set overnight? Either could happen.

A work from home job that isn't a big fat scam or require a bachelor's degree and will actually pay the bills? 

Personally, after researching all of those opportunities I could find, I think I've got a better shot at the lotto, Taylor AND Oprah, but God can do anything!

What I do know, is that when God brings you to it, He will also bring you through it as long as you do what you are able.

So, I've started the process to resume online college (after a lengthy hiatus) to work on my degree, tuned up my resume and sent it off to multiple potential employers, applied for practical help, been over on social media networking as well as self-marketing my book, and last but not least, I've bought a ticket for tonight.

Now, all I have to do is wait on Him.

Isn't it wonderful, Wonderfuls?