Happy Friday Friends! Today's post comes from my friend Zee. In short, she can be described as encouraging, a gentle and quiet spirit, and lovely. I'm bummed that I can't see her often, but between texts and prayers the Lord has united us in friendship. You will be greatly blessed through her post!
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I want to start off by saying thank you to Raquel for
allowing me to contribute to her blog. I was surprised when she asked last year
and I think even more surprised this time around.
I’m from Miami but this past January I moved to Nashville.
You are probably wondering why Nashville and to tell you the truth I wondered
the same thing for a while. In April 2011, after a very tumultuous 2010, a year
in which I lost three close loved ones and ending an unhealthy relationship I
truly and whole heartedly gave my life to Christ.
Even though I was confiding and trusting in God I was still
taken aback when He planted a seed for the city of Nashville. I was a baby in
the faith and in all reality I still am, but I thought I was crazy! I had never
been to Nashville nor did I know anyone here. But after trying to put the idea
out of my mind for close to a year, I realized that if I didn’t at least start
to research the city and the potential move I would be going against something
that I felt God was calling me to do.
As soon as I started looking into it, I started to feel more
and more at peace about the possibility of leaving my home for the unknown. I
applied for 3 jobs and within a month of applying to the third job I was
offered a job with my current company and I knew that I was on the path God
wanted me to be on.
There are times that I am completely at a loss for words
about all that has happened since giving my life to Christ. Has it been easy?
NO! Have I had moments of second guessing? YES! Do I regret it? NO! And that is
because I know that since that decision, God has been working in me. He is
using my time here in Nashville to refine me. There are moments when it hurts
and it gets lonely but I look around at all that He has blessed with me and I
can’t help but be grateful for the people He has put in my life, His patience,
His mercy, His love but most importantly His grace!
It has been almost a
year since accepting my job and making the decision to leave my family and
friends in Miami and embark on an adventure in which I knew I was not 100% in
control of and if I had to choose one word that encompassed my move it would
have to be Grace! I am learning what that word truly means, I am learning to
accept it but most importantly I am learning how to offer grace.
Do I have it all figured out? Not at all! Do I still make
mistakes? ABSOLUTELY!! So far, my time here has been one of change. I have had
my set-backs but it is in those moments in which I am learning the most. He
uses those moments to show me that it’s not about me. It is about something
greater than me!
May this verse hat has spoken to me more times than I can
count, resonate with you. I pray that we continue to accept His grace and
realize that we are weak but it is in that weakness where we are made STRONG!
And He
said to me, “My
grace is sufficient for you, for My strength is made perfect in weakness.” Therefore most gladly I will
rather boast in my infirmities, that the power of Christ may rest upon me. 2 Corinthians 12:9
*Last year she was a guest blogger for the Birthday Surprise series, check her last post HERE. Have a beautiful day!
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