“For my thoughts are not your thoughts, neither are your ways my ways, saith the LORD. For as the heavens are higher than the earth, so are my ways higher then your ways, and my thoughts than your thoughts. Isaiah 55:8-9”

After high-school graduation in 2019, it was asked alot of what my plans was for the future. I had just been through a bucket load of stress with school, and depression with my mental health. I was exhausted at all points and wasn’t thinking much about the future. Sure it bothered me that I didn’t have direction, but I couldn’t think clearly. My mental health and spiritual life was zapped, and God gave me 2 long silent years, to work through a bulk of that, before he gave me the next step.

The next step, which wasn’t college, or working in some highly known Christian ministry. It wasn’t even moving out of my parents house at the time. The next step included doing childcare at a christian pregnancy help center once a week. This, which was an answer to a prayer I prayed the week before, was often used by others as a means to get to me as I was often put down by this decision. By others, even Christians, I was not going to get anywhere in life by doing volunteer work, even for a christian place. But little did they know thar “Little is much when God is in it” I was constantly met with the facts that volunteer work doesn’t pay, and you won’t meet the Christian young man you want to by doing so. Sure those might be facts, but they weren’t God facts. Little did anyone knew that inside that one hour a week, grew to 3 hours a week, and then more. Little did anyone realized that through that once volunteered time, grew a part time job that I now love and cherish. Nobody would have even guessed that through that once just volunteer work, God grew me in ways no one wad expecting. He grew me to where I am now living on my own, solid in my faith, and he has given me the strength to balance 2 jobs at once. But most of all, my God moved the biggest mountain possible. The mountain everyone said could not be moved. He has let me love and be loved by someone special. And this someone would not have found me if I had taken everyone else’s advice, and moved from the place God had for me.

October 10th the Lord allowed me to meet Charles Ludlow, a radio announcer at our Christian Radio station. Every year the Women’s Resource Center volunteers a day to help with the stations sharathon. I’ve been at the center for a little over 3 years and not once have I helped out with this. The odds were, my boss wanted me to get more involved with the center outside of the center, and I played around with the idea of helping with the sharathon, to give one of the other ladies a break. The night before, I went back and forth with my boss on whether or not I should come, because I was a bit scared to answer phones. Knowing she wanted me there, and knowing I needed to conquer my fears, we concluded that i would go. The moment I stepped into the radio station I was fascinated. I couldn’t tell you why, just that I never been in a radio station before, and I was instantly curious. But the whole time I felt his eyes on me. I recognized him the moment I saw him, because his profile would pop up on my facebook feed, because of mutual Friends. I also vaguely remember someone telling me the station hired someone new, but this stuff when in one ear and out the other.

Even though his eyes were on me the whole time, I didn’t take it into much consideration, until I got teased about it later. That Night I did looked into Charles facebook profile, impressed by how godly it was, and a little shocked that we were only 6 days apart, but i left it alone. Until the next day, my one boss brought it up to me again. So that night I took the chwad, and added him as a friend, then sent him a message. To my surprising delight, he answered back. We started talking, a few weeks later entered courtship, and we strongly feel God’s hand in this. Believe me, if God wasn’t in this, I wouldn’t continue it.

So many things line up in this relationship, I couldn’t begin to put them all down. But when God is in something, it’s undeniable, and it’s unexplainable. To outsiders it may seem crazy, but when it’s from God it’s right and pure.

What would have happened if I didn’t follow God? What would have happened if I went by what others tried to push me to so. Sure, God could of picked up the pieces for me. But I’m thankful He didn’t have to. So many times I struggled with singleness, every girl wants to be loved by someone special. It was hard to see friends get married,have kids, and I was left behind. But I had to come to the place, God was enough. God is ALWAYS enough. And I just continue doing God’s perfect will for me today. Not tomorrow, but today. When we are happily doing what God has set before us for the moment, we will never go wrong. I had no idea that about the time I surrender myself to go to Bible college next year, and still be doing whole heartly God’s will for me today, that He would bring along the next step for me. A wonderful step.

So pleased be encouraged. Even though others may try to convince you otherwise. God’s ways are so much higher and sweeter then ours. He always Works things out for our Good and His glory.