365 Questions--January 4
How did God bless you in 2017?
2017 was definitely a struggle for me, but it was also a year full of blessings. I got back in school in January of 2017. Being accepted was quite the journey. I literally did not find out I was accepted into the program until the day before classes started, but everything still came together for me. My academic career has been strong thus far even with EVERYTHING that I have going on right now. That is a blessing in itself.
In February, I moved out of my parents' house and got my own apartment in my old neighborhood. That was a major blessing. I got a 2 bedroom apartment that's about 1000 square feet for the price of a 1 bedroom apartment. My light bill is lower than any apartment complex on this side of town. Around the time I moved in, I was temporarily laid off from my job. I started freaking out immediately. It would be different if I was still living with my parents and I was laid off for a couple weeks, but I had bills that had to be paid. My plan was to go the leasing office and pay what I had, but when I checked my account, I had enough money to pay my rent and get groceries. There was no way that much money was supposed tone in my account. I know it was God. Even though money is extremely tight, I have been blessed with parents that are willing to help me if I need it.
Speaking of parents, I have the most amazing father in the world. I have had to have some work done on my car a couple of times in 2017 that almost cost as much as my rent and I had to bust my tail at work to get the money to pay for it. When I got there to pay for it, my father had already paid for it before I got there.
In a previous post I mentioned I had to move back home. Well, that was because I was diagnosed with PCOS (a more detailed blog about this coming soon). When I went to the doctor one of my ovaries was almost unrecognizable because it was covered by that many cysts. I was supposed to be on medication for that for the rest of my life. However, I decided about a month or so into taking the medication that if I was supposed to be healed of the disease, God would do it on His own and not with medication. So about 9 months later in June 2017 I had to have an MRI for an update. I literally cried myself to sleep during the scan. It took almost a month for them to get my results back. I literally had to go running up and down the hospital to find somebody to give me my results. Initially the person that gave me the results told me that it looks like I still had cysts on my ovary, but that he would have the nurse call me. I was devastated. I literally went home and balled up in my bed and cried for hours. Suddenly, the nurse calls me and tells me that not one not two but ALL the cysts that were covering my ovary were gone. The only thing that was there was a dermoid that I was born with and I could get it removed. I couldn't believe it.
In August, I lost my grandfather, but I got to meet my other aunts an uncles on his side that I had never met before. To be completely honest, I didn't really know my grandfather, but to hear how so many people described him and loved him meant a lot to me. The day after the funeral I turned 25. Another year is always a blessing.
In September my church finally got the new building. It's huge in comparison to where we were when I first started going there. In October I celebrated a year in the ministry. I wouldn't trade it for the world. I have the BEST Pastor and First Lady ever (let's argue).
What were some of the blessings God brought your way in 2017?
2017 was definitely a struggle for me, but it was also a year full of blessings. I got back in school in January of 2017. Being accepted was quite the journey. I literally did not find out I was accepted into the program until the day before classes started, but everything still came together for me. My academic career has been strong thus far even with EVERYTHING that I have going on right now. That is a blessing in itself.
In February, I moved out of my parents' house and got my own apartment in my old neighborhood. That was a major blessing. I got a 2 bedroom apartment that's about 1000 square feet for the price of a 1 bedroom apartment. My light bill is lower than any apartment complex on this side of town. Around the time I moved in, I was temporarily laid off from my job. I started freaking out immediately. It would be different if I was still living with my parents and I was laid off for a couple weeks, but I had bills that had to be paid. My plan was to go the leasing office and pay what I had, but when I checked my account, I had enough money to pay my rent and get groceries. There was no way that much money was supposed tone in my account. I know it was God. Even though money is extremely tight, I have been blessed with parents that are willing to help me if I need it.
Speaking of parents, I have the most amazing father in the world. I have had to have some work done on my car a couple of times in 2017 that almost cost as much as my rent and I had to bust my tail at work to get the money to pay for it. When I got there to pay for it, my father had already paid for it before I got there.
In a previous post I mentioned I had to move back home. Well, that was because I was diagnosed with PCOS (a more detailed blog about this coming soon). When I went to the doctor one of my ovaries was almost unrecognizable because it was covered by that many cysts. I was supposed to be on medication for that for the rest of my life. However, I decided about a month or so into taking the medication that if I was supposed to be healed of the disease, God would do it on His own and not with medication. So about 9 months later in June 2017 I had to have an MRI for an update. I literally cried myself to sleep during the scan. It took almost a month for them to get my results back. I literally had to go running up and down the hospital to find somebody to give me my results. Initially the person that gave me the results told me that it looks like I still had cysts on my ovary, but that he would have the nurse call me. I was devastated. I literally went home and balled up in my bed and cried for hours. Suddenly, the nurse calls me and tells me that not one not two but ALL the cysts that were covering my ovary were gone. The only thing that was there was a dermoid that I was born with and I could get it removed. I couldn't believe it.
In August, I lost my grandfather, but I got to meet my other aunts an uncles on his side that I had never met before. To be completely honest, I didn't really know my grandfather, but to hear how so many people described him and loved him meant a lot to me. The day after the funeral I turned 25. Another year is always a blessing.
In September my church finally got the new building. It's huge in comparison to where we were when I first started going there. In October I celebrated a year in the ministry. I wouldn't trade it for the world. I have the BEST Pastor and First Lady ever (let's argue).
What were some of the blessings God brought your way in 2017?
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