I decided a while ago that in order to save money for my trip I was going to give up my apartment and stay with friends or camp on a beach for a bit. I was to move out on March 31. My plan was to stay with a friend for a while. At 10PM the day before I had to be out of the apartment, she let me know that she had someone else who was going to be staying with her as well. I was still welcome, but there would be the two of us staying with her. Well, that other person happens to smoke pot. Often. I hold no judgement, that used to be my life. But, therein lies the problem. TEMPTATION. No question, I would have given in the first day!
I let my friend know I wouldn’t be staying with her, but appreciated that she would have let me occupy her home. Then I prayed. Rather calmly, I told God he needed to get to work because I was packed and ready with nowhere to go. I knew he would provide. In 15 hours and with no real effort on my part I had an offer from one of the families at my church to stay in the empty apartment at their home. I was so blessed. I loved this family before and now I have even greater love for them.
I am an only child, but now I’ve been adopted into this family. I have 2 sisters and a brother. The family dynamics are so foreign to me, but I appreciate and love it. Those who have grown up with others would take for granted the opportunities for learning and growing and loving (even in the face of disagreement) that brothers and sisters can provide. I’m watching love unfold in a Christian family and it is beautiful. Not always pretty, but definitely beautiful.
God not only provided, he blessed me in bringing me to this home.
I am loved.
