Back at it Again

Well my friends, I find myself in a place which could benefit from some writing. It has been a long time since I have dedicated myself to writing things out, and I wish to change it...

Life is hard...

In case anyone did not know the wonderful fact above I just wanted to state it. In talking with other people my age, we have all come to the conclusion that life is very difficult for a young 20 something these days. Jobs are VERY hard to come by. Finding a place to live is hard to come by. Lets not even scratch the surface of debt, whether it be school debt of credit card debt.

I find myself in this stuck place in life. I have been substitute teaching full time and a manager and barista at a coffee shop because the wonderful piece of paper I payed $40,000 has not helped me secure a job. I live at home in my childhood bedroom with no signs of moving out anytime soon. On top of all of those facts I find myself newly single once again. Basically I have backtracked to highschool.

This past September I turned 24. Now when I was a kid I always thought my life would be together by the time I turned this age. If only I had known otherwise. Life never turns out the way you think.

As I was sharing all of these things with a very wise couple in my church, the husband tells me "I have a word for that." Me thinking it will be something profound asks, "What?" Are you ready for his response.... "Life" 

Life always brings setbacks. Everything can seem to be looking up and then all of the sudden you are taken three steps backwards. In all of the setbacks I have been experiencing lately I have been experiencing one major push forward. GOD

Although I have not been making strides in my career the one thing I can say which is always moving forward is God and his call for my life. It seems that over the past two years I have been out of college, my ministry has been growing to a place I would have never imagined. God has been showing more and more of his will for my life and although most of it terrifies, me I know everything will be okay. God is always taking care of me, even when there are setbacks in life.