IN HIS GRIP: AN UNEXPECTED PRESENT FROM GOD
(December 2012) This was the first Christmas that I am miles away from my family. This was my first Christmas that I didn’t have parties to go to. The first Christmas that I didn’t celebrate it with my family in church.
This is my 7th month in the US. When I left my country I didn’t have a clue why God would pull me out of the job that I loved, and from the people and routine that I was familiar with. In other words, God literally pulled me out of my comfort zone. I came here in the US literally clueless of what awaited me.
All has been well so far. Stepping up could be a painful process but I am hanging on. I’ve always been a timid person but now I’m starting to get out of my shell. God has a way on comforting me – I got my auntie and my cousin (and her family) to make me feel at home when my heart is lonely, a job that keeps me busy in the mornings, and an online Irish best friend to keeps me company.
But Christmas has always been a family affair for me. A time when I feel most happy and blessed as my whole family come together and give thanks to God. So as December days went by, I found myself struggling from breaking down. It was heart breaking and lonely. It was a struggle to keep a straight face, to concentrate at work when my brain is working full time to keep my emotions intact.
But today, December 25th, God hugged me with His comfort. On my way home with my aunt after spending Christmas Eve at my cousins’, we stepped inside the elevator to the parking lot and I saw an envelope lying on the floor. Written on the envelope was “ What does God have for you?” I picked it up as the elevator door closed and found out that it was a card. I thought somebody might have dropped it. I opened the card as we got off the elevator. That’s when my world came to a halt.
It was a simple card with three angels singing. I opened it and there was $20.00 inside the card. But what touched my soul was the Bible verse written on it. “Plans to prosper you and not to harm you, Plans to give you hope and a future” Jeremiah 29:11.
I thank God for whoever He used to deliver me His message that He knows what He’s doing and all I needed was to trust Him. He knows what I’m going through but I don’t have to be scared. I don’t have to feel lonely. Because He will back me up with anything and everything, according to His will. He will never leave me, never forsake. Because I am His child. He will take care of me.
I am loved by my Heavenly Dad.
I am never alone. :)
Psalm 16: 5-11
5Lord, you alone are my inheritance, my cup of blessing.
You guard all that is mine.
6 The land you have given me is a pleasant land.
What a wonderful inheritance!
7 I will bless the Lord who guides me;
even at night my heart instructs me.
8 I know the Lord is always with me.
I will not be shaken, for he is right beside me.
9 No wonder my heart is glad, and I rejoice.
My body rests in safety.
10 For you will not leave my soul among the dead
or allow your holy one[c] to rot in the grave.
11 You will show me the way of life,
granting me the joy of your presence
and the pleasures of living with you forever.
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