Answered Prayers.

One of my small group leaders, Danielle (love her & admire her with every fiber of my being), gave me the idea to write out my prayer requests & write the date God answered it over it. Well today after I finished teaching piano, the Lord opened my eyes to ALL of the prayers He has been answering left & right! Praise God!

A prayer I have written out was for God to place a Godly attitude in my life for my jobs. Even though I love my jobs & I believe He has blessed me beyond belief with awesome jobs, I would still be at that job & wish I didn't have to work at all or get super tired or. . .well, ya get the point. I was allowing my selfishness to blur how I viewed my jobs, I was not giving ALL of myself to it. A lot recently I have been enjoying my jobs & having so much fun with it! Seriously, I work at an after-school program at a fitness center & I teach piano. . .I hang out with kids 5 days a week & as tiring as it can be & as difficult as it can be, it's awesome! Some jobs the same thing happens every day & every week, but at my job you never know what a kid is going to say or do or learn! Plus I get to plan fun activities like learning music theory with chalk! Or a scavenger hunt! As I walked to my car, I realized that God was teaching me to not only have a Godly attitude towards work, but also to love & enjoy my job; it blesses me, but even more importantly, it blesses those children.

The following was not on my prayer list, however, it was like an added bonus! Ha ha, after work I came home to my living room filled with ANOTHER set of beautiful women of God! My roommates' small group was being held in our living room & they blessed me with the opportunity to join them. We talked about a few major topics & even though this was my first time meeting some of these girls, I found myself being able to share my heart with them & some of my history that I don't usually share with many people. They did the same. . .I learned from them, laughed with them, & prayed with them. It was beautiful & I thank God for every moment of it. I wish small group was every single night! ha.

On top of that, the Lord is providing! I speak in ways that are much more important than finances. . .He is providing me with communion amongst friends, answered prayers, blessings, a true community, transformation, understanding,  & an adventure that I could have never imagined.

it is like the very words of my Father.