Whew it's been such a long time since the last time I blogged and there has been so much that has happened since my last post as well!
As you know, I got a new job as a high school counselor at the school that I truly wanted to be at! I'm beyond excited about starting this new journey in my life and had my first meeting with the director of school counseling yesterday. Ish just got real! :)
Another huge thing is that I moved up to Northern Virginia in the beginning of this month! For now, I'm staying with a friend until I can find a tenant for my house and also get on my feet and settled in this area. Blanche and I have been here for about 3 weeks and things started off really fun and exciting! I was going out just about every night and hanging out with lots of friends. I felt like I was living the life!!
I'm still living and what not, but right now, I'm also learning. I'd even say I am facing some trials and tribulations within all of this.
Before I start, this is not a gripe post with tons of complaints and woe is me pleas. This is just a recap of what's been going on. I'm in good spirits despite it all and am just trusting God through it all.
Number one is that I still haven't found a tenant for my house yet. My house has been on the market since April and only one person has come by to see the place. They ended up feeling like it was too small to accommodate the size of the family. Since then, the property manager I was working with has left the company (or got fired, I'm not sure) and I found this out when I just happened to e-mail them to see how things were going. The company informed me that people have inquired about the place, but no showings have happened because the inquiries were from unqualified people. We have also dropped the price for rent once again. I'm hoping and praying something happens soon because it's getting really expensive paying to live here in NOVA and also my mortgage. I do believe something will come about eventually and am trusting that it happens soon.
Next up is my sweet Blanche. An incident happened last week with Blanche and another neighbor's dog. In this case, Blanche and I were at fault and since then, I have had to make the tough decision to send Blanche back to stay with my old neighbor until I find somewhere else to live. I have been pretty bummed about this because I love Blanche and I don't want to give her up even if it is for short period of time. My neighbors have been really understanding and nice about helping me as much as they can so I'm so thankful for them in my life. I'm taking her back next week and my plan is to only stay here no more than 6 months before going back for her. Hopefully it will be sooner than that, but we'll see how things go.
In spite of everything that's going on, I still have to say "thank you, Lord". I remember a time when I wasn't sure what it meant to praise God even in the middle of my storms. What does that mean? What does that look like?? Am I supposed to praise God for the fact that things are going wrong in my life!? How can anyone give praise when they've been kicked down and are facing a big trial in their life?? Where do you find the strength to still say thank you when you're crying every day and don't know when this beating is going to let up? Well I have learned that despite the fact that some things in my life aren't going that great and despite the fact that I am experiencing some setbacks, God has still been good to me. He still blesses me in other areas of my life and my whole life is not completely in disarray and disorder. Everything isn't falling apart and He is still blessing me. Things could be a lot worse and I know that he still has his hands on the situation. He knows the end result of a situation before it even began. It's already worked out and worrying doesn't add anything to my life. It only causes me to be stressed when worrying and stressing can't change the situation.
I'm a work in progress and the only way to exercise my faith is to go through some things. I trust God no matter what the situation looks like. I trust that he has my best interest at heart and that everything happening in my life is happening for a reason. I may not know why it's happening, but I trust that it's a good reason. A reason that will work out for my good. A trial is a prerequisite to a testimony. There is no testimony without the trials. The testimony is used to encourage me and others that God is all powerful and if he brought me through before, he'll do it again.
All I can do is trust that it'll all work out and that's just what I'm going to do.
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