yikes…..it’s been a cool minute. my launch team was supposed to do “blog month” in the month of april, and guess what? the month of april completely bamboozled me. so here i am, on May 1st, writing a post. *face palm*
thank goodness Jesus loves us even though we are hot messes sometimes.
something that i’ve learned about Him recently is that everything is in HIS control. sure, i knew that before now, but in the past few weeks it has become ever so clear. (i’ve got the hint, God, you can have your way.)
one thing that i enjoy telling people about myself is that i don’t plan things – the big things. like when people say “so what’s the next big thing in your life?” i always respond “i’ll let you know when God lets me know”. i realized in my junior year of undergrad that no matter how much we plan, the Lord always has a plan and that plan will always be better than ours.
but what happens when the unplanned happens when you weren’t even planning anything? (sorry if that rattled your brain as much as it did mine)
that’s how my entire month of april went.
i was in a pretty rough car accident. my cute little car got mangled and was totaled (rip winston). everyone walked away from the accident, besides the cars lol. so PTL for that.
then the next two weeks were finals of my second semester in grad school – papers, exams, oral presentations, you name it. and guess what made that even more fun? A CONCUSSION from said accident.
in the end of the second week of finals, i started hacking my lungs out. oh, and i had pink eye that came and went away and came back FOUR flippin’ times.
maybe the Lord was telling me that i needed to relax and let myself rest for a little bit. maybe this was a miniature Job story where the Lord said “okay Satan, do as you please to my disciple as she will not turn away”. whatever it was, i survived.
that’s life, man. things happen. cars get totaled. the pink eye comes back. you hack your lungs up for a few days.
BUT THE LORD IS STILL SOVEREIGN.
through all of this, there were blessings.
in the midst of shock right after the wreck, i didn’t know who to call, so obviously the Lord provided a friend that was driving by right afterwards. she recognized my car, stopped, went to the hospital with me, and took care of me all day (if that isn’t the holy spirit then idk what is).
i have gotten a new car. i passed all of my finals. i have a week off to focus on fundraising (and getting a tan at the beach lol wuuuut)
ALSO. a really cool part of my car wreck was getting to share that testimony of the Lord covering me during my wreck and sending a friend when i needed her most, with my classmates and friends that aren’t believers. i could have just told them that it was by chance or coincidence, but i don’t believe in coincidence or chance when we have a God that is as big, and powerful, and relational as the one we have. can i get an amen?
praise the Father for the rough times because in the end He always gives us a reason to smile and be grateful.
xoxo – mags
