I'm amazed

God's goodness in my life never ceases to amaze me! His hand of direction and provision, as I submit to it, is comforting, encouraging, and more than enough. God has been bringing Proverbs 3:5 alive to me these past few weeks.

"Trust in the Lord with all your heart and lean not on your own understanding."

You see, I love to figure things out and rely on my brain to help me with the reality of things going on around me. I'm learning to enjoy it when God says, "go for this/work towards this" and I have to trust on Him because I know in the natural it just doesn't happen that way.

That's how Regent was for me. I love school and I love learning. I know the dreams I have in my heart will require me to be as knowledgeable as I can in many areas. For a while, I was holding on to the verse in 1 John where it says, "His anointing teaches us about all things." I figured that if I wasn't supposed to finish school, then I would have to just trust Him. However, it was still a desire in my heart.

About a month ago I stumbled onto Regent University's web site. I was interested to see what online degrees they offered. I became very happy and hopeful in the same moment as I found out that they offered my "dream" degree online. I immediately requested more information.

That same afternoon I was walking around a lake here and was praying. I asked God to confirm that me going to this school was his will by allowing me to be accepted into the fall term. I knew it would take a miracle because I live in Thailand and I can't just go into my old school(s) and request transcripts, everything had to be done online and a day apart because of the time difference. I was told that I wouldn't make the August deadline but could probably enroll in the October classes. I still held on to hope. A couple of days later I got an email saying that because of the associate degree I already had, they were recommending me to be able to start in August. Confirmation #1.

I still had the whole issue of financial provision to work through in order for me to start. Now, here I am a week before classes start and everything is in order and has come through. I know that God's hand is moving in my life. And even though in the natural, I've never had an application/acceptance/registration/financial aid/enrollment process happen this quickly or smoothly, I know that because I refused to focus on how it "wasn't possible" God was able to work a miracle on my behalf.

I am extremely happy and thought I'd share :-)

Other than that, not too much going on here in Thailand. This Friday I am going over to my friend's cafe. It's their music night and they invite students from a local University over to sing and hang out. I'm looking forward to it! God has blessed with many things. One of the things that I thank Him for daily are the friends that He has blessed me with here in Thailand. After I got here, I realized quickly that "long-term" missions isn't what I thought it would be. It's great, but it's a lot harder than I expected. But that's another blog.

Be blessed and I'll write again soon!