Timing.

I was thinking on a few things this morning and in the midst of writing I felt inspired to write. Wait...what? Let me take you on a journey of what the past week has looked like for me. 

I was conversing (questioning and whining to Him, rather) with my Lord a number of days ago regarding the gifts He has given me. I am absolutely grateful for my current job working in the Marketing department at the church in which I know God himself planted me; it has been most instrumental in my growth as a Christian. My mother and I began attending off and on around my junior year of high school, so that took place sometime between 2004 and 2005. Fast forward - I rededicated my life to Christ there in 2008, got baptized in 2009, finally started allowing myself to meet people and become more involved in 2010, then got hired and also began serving as a small group leader in 2011. The mere thought of what else He may have awaiting me under its covering makes my heart ecstatic...

I said all of that to say that in the midst of the role the church has played in my life thus far, I am quite positive that as far as my career is concerned the Lord will eventually have me move along from there. I'd been thinking about my gift as a writer and how I've felt His prompting to take it further. In the midst of my whining and wondering what else He wanted me to do with it, He put it on my heart to contact a family friend. I was simply calling her to wish her a happy New Year, but to my surprise it was most certainly a God-appointed phone call. She has had her own business for a number of years and has done exceedingly well, but has since pursued an additional arena within her line of work. I recall us discussing me writing the verbiage for her website within the last few months of 2009, but we were waiting until I graduated from university to begin. Then my mother unexpectedly ('unexpected' is the word I'll use because it was sudden, but in hindsight I know that the Holy Spirit somewhat prepared me...) passed away just four days prior to my graduation ceremony. As one may imagine, I decided to take a hiatus from a few things. Nearly a year later I was ready to get moving again. I "randomly" applied for one position at my church, and ended up getting my current job. All of those things are for separate posts at a later date...almost unbelievable how, in spite of myself, God has kept a sovereign hand over my life. Anyway, the family friend had been going through a series of conversations with God regarding someone writing professionally for her website. The Holy Spirit led me to call her last Saturday, which she later shared was confirmation as she'd planned to contact me that Monday. He's so kind.

To make a long story short, here I sit taking a break from working on written pieces for her to quickly author this post. I am intrigued when I think on how God is moving me from one phase to the next fairly quickly. Although I see the evidence of His grace & mercy, I must be intentional about not moving ahead of Him. Everything occurs in His timing, which is supreme. 

xoxo.