Before I tell you what happened yesterday first I must rewind my story in order for it to truly make since. The year is 1994 and my mother has just graduated from college with a degree in teaching. I was 8 years old at the time. She applied for a job in a place called Hall County at a school called East Hall High School. I am sure at the time she was not sure if taking the job was the right thing for her family. At the time that was just my sister Candice, and I. For a short while also Jeff who was my mom’s boyfriend at the time. It meant for me leaving a place that was home in Columbus, Ga. We had been there for 5 years. So must of my life. She trusted in God and made the decision to make the move to a place none of us knew about. We moved to a small city called Baldwin, GA in Habersham County. It was about 45 minutes from where she would begin to start working. Living there was not always easy for us. We went through a lot of struggles as a family. We had difficulty financially and also racially in a place with not many African Americans. Jeff left. There were many times my grandparents wanted her to move back to Alabama so they could help support her. Instead my mom decided to trust in God her Father to provide. And so often He always did. Many times things really shouldn’t have worked out for us. We should have been evicted from our house many a time. Yet the money always made it to the landlord. We were truly blessed in that time. Another small note Habersham County and Hall County are two small counties in Georgia. Also the area of East Hall is probably the poorest part of Hall County and receives the least amount of money from the county. My mom has truly been a blessing in that school. She has done so much for her students in the special ed program there. Also for a few a years she was a cheerleading coach when they did not have one. My mom was never a cheerleader. Remember this little nugget.
Okay now we get to fast-forward nearly 19 years to January 16, 2013. I am in Changloon, Kedah, Malaysia a very small city just the other side of Thailand. Yeah I never heard of it either. Each Wednesday in this city they have a thing called a night market that starts at 6pm and ends at 8 pm. While there I was looking to find some shirts to replace a few of the ones I want to get rid of that are too big. I decided to stop at a random vender that had sets of shirts and pants and other clothes items for sell. I am looking through the shirts and I see one that says East Hall High School Cheerleading. It has the standard Viking on that back that you will find on all East Hall shirts. I spent years of my childhood seeing East Hall School Shirts. Never once did I think I was going to find one in Malaysia. The odds of my team being in this city and me looking on that rack of all racks are pretty low. All I could do was smile. Just another instance of the Father smiling on me and saying my son you are exactly where I want you to be.
The following day the Father gave me another revelation to go along with that one. He gave me new eyes for all those years in my childhood that were tough after the move to Baldwin as well. He told me son, not only are you where I want you right now, you were also exactly where I wanted you then. The man you are today was shaped through those times. The same way I am providing for you now I provided for you then. Always trust that I am standing beside you and guiding your life. I have giving you so many examples. I have never, and will never leave your side. If you are obedient and follow me I will place you in the right place and give you the desires of your heart. And my son above all else this should show you I love you so much!!
