It has been a crazy week! I've had a lot of really great opportunities to talk with great friends, and even total strangers, and in doing so have found my life enhanced. I am still facing a lot of questions about life and the future. As I approach my one year anniversary of living in Knoxville, I can't help but look back at my life just one year ago...wow, it's only been a year?
One year ago I was turning in my 2 weeks notice at Republic Parking System in Chattanooga and preparing myself for my new job at 21st Mortgage here in Knox. I was incredibly nervous, but also excited! I saw this as the opportunity to change my entire life situation and move into bigger and greater things, as well as discover my path for the future! My plans were shot out of the sky really quickly...
I have learned more about God, the world, and myself than I could have ever imagined. I've gained life skills and gained insight to my soul that I never would expected. I thought that in just a year of being out from under my parents house and being on my own that I would have overcome all my past, my pain, and my struggles. I thought that I would walk out of this past year a spiritual guru and be disciplined in every aspect to the zenith of my ability. Oh how I was wrong. I couldn't have been more wrong. But Christ in His love, grace, and mercy has done a far greater thing in me than I could have imagined. He has shown me my inability to accomplish these great desires on my own, reminding me of mt need to rely on Him, as well as to rely on other human beings. The need and desire for community with God and with others is by far one of the most important concepts that God has awakened in me this past year.
This last year has been definitely forming for me, and also incredibly humbling. I've learned a lot, and even though I didn't do everything I wanted to do and change in the ways that I believed I would, I have found that God has brought life to me and made me a much better person and prepared me in ways I couldn't have imagined. It hasn't always been fun, and it has definitely not been easy, but it was all what I needed to be the person I am now. I have much to learn and I still have many goals that I seek to accomplish, but now I am looking at them with fresh perspective and renewed energy, as well as reset priorities.
My friends...it's a beautiful and messed up world. I'm glad to be in it with y'all.
Grace and Peace
Stephen
One year ago I was turning in my 2 weeks notice at Republic Parking System in Chattanooga and preparing myself for my new job at 21st Mortgage here in Knox. I was incredibly nervous, but also excited! I saw this as the opportunity to change my entire life situation and move into bigger and greater things, as well as discover my path for the future! My plans were shot out of the sky really quickly...
I have learned more about God, the world, and myself than I could have ever imagined. I've gained life skills and gained insight to my soul that I never would expected. I thought that in just a year of being out from under my parents house and being on my own that I would have overcome all my past, my pain, and my struggles. I thought that I would walk out of this past year a spiritual guru and be disciplined in every aspect to the zenith of my ability. Oh how I was wrong. I couldn't have been more wrong. But Christ in His love, grace, and mercy has done a far greater thing in me than I could have imagined. He has shown me my inability to accomplish these great desires on my own, reminding me of mt need to rely on Him, as well as to rely on other human beings. The need and desire for community with God and with others is by far one of the most important concepts that God has awakened in me this past year.
This last year has been definitely forming for me, and also incredibly humbling. I've learned a lot, and even though I didn't do everything I wanted to do and change in the ways that I believed I would, I have found that God has brought life to me and made me a much better person and prepared me in ways I couldn't have imagined. It hasn't always been fun, and it has definitely not been easy, but it was all what I needed to be the person I am now. I have much to learn and I still have many goals that I seek to accomplish, but now I am looking at them with fresh perspective and renewed energy, as well as reset priorities.
My friends...it's a beautiful and messed up world. I'm glad to be in it with y'all.
Grace and Peace
Stephen
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