Pleasant Reminders

I have been employed for almost a month.

My how time flies.

I love absolutely everything (well almost everything!) about my job. I could not have asked for a better work environment or better people.

In this past month, I have also been officially credentialed. It is quite humbling to be honest. I have spent the past 10 years dreaming of this day and now that it has come, I am reminded still of just how small I am and how great HE is. Reverend is such an honor and one that I hope I never take lightly.

The month has also been filled with some spots of loneliness. I have transitioned out of one of the most constant and people-filled stages of my life: college. At every wake and turn, there was someone there...always. Now as I have entered this new phase in my life, there is not always someone at every turn (at least not someone my age). Don't get me wrong, I am blessed beyond measure. I still have some of the world's greatest friends (even though they are miles and miles away from me). However, the Lord has constantly taught me to find my source in Him.

In these moments of loneliness, I have tried to make it an effort to cry out to God instead of moping in a state of self-despair (a.k.a. pity party). I have learned that God does a much better job of filling that hole than if I sit there and whine to myself. It's like He is meant to be our all sustaining source of life and joy. Weird. Who would have thought.

And it is in these moments of asking God to constantly be my source, a pleasant reminder of His love and grace comes through.

God has made me a very relational being. I derive energy from being with and around people. I always have, I believe I always will. It's called being an extreme extrovert. So in these moments of loneliness, God makes His presence even more known. After I have had one of these moments, a text message, a call, or some form of communication comes through from one of those wonderful friends I was telling you about who live miles and miles away from me. Every time this happens, I feel God gently nudge me and say, "My child, I told you that you are never alone. Let me provide the comfort you need, and I will grant you the relational need I have placed in you." And let me just tell you, He provides again and again at exactly the right moment I need it.

God is my source.

Lives get busy. Chaos ensues. But God remains the same.

It is easy to feel that ping of loneliness, but it is important to remember that we are never ever alone. So let the God of the universe be the one you need.

Thanks for letting me ramble yet again. :)

Adios until next time.

Love you guys.

In Him,
Em