Rags to Riches to Faith and Grace.

i have no words when it comes to my testimonies because "God is good and He is greater" will always be enough for me. BUT TODAY ALL I HAVE ARE WORDS. Let's rewind to yesterday, 7/30/16, aka one of the worst days of my life that I was convinced, at 10:50pm, could really get worse with only an hour left of the day. I woke up at 9 to make it to bible study at 10, but I had a million things running through my head, focusing just wasn't happening. My direct deposit didn't make it into my account when it was sent out that morning so we can call that "freak out #1". While I'm texting and calling to see what I can do about it, I am reassured that it can be fixed on Monday. PRAISE FOR THAT OKAY. SO. After freak out #1, I start to realize, I leave for college in 13 days and I still have so many things to do. Get my car inspected($80), have an eye exam and order contacts($200), pay my phone bill($45), pay my health insurance($80), AND SO ON. I'm pretty sure I've cried about three different times that day while on the phone with my mom because I was literally giving up, I didn't know how to fight this battle anymore, I was DONE. My sister finds out, note: I hate asking for help from anyone, and SHE PAYS FOR MY EYE EXAM AND CONTACTS. OMG 🙌🏾 she's literally the best for that. That freak out is done and I'm pretty settled into the fact that since I got the major payment out of the way, I can relax a little. HAHAHAHHA RIGHT. Later that night after leaving a game night with my college peeps(HOLLA), my door handle broke off. :-) by then it was 10:30 that night and I had literally had it with everything. I just wanted to get home, shower for church the next morning, and go to sleep. So I did. Now it's the next day, Sunday morning, and I'm in service listening to my pastor preach. As I read the title of the sermon, I said to myself, "No way, Gods about to talk something serious to me." The title was "Learning to Trust God for His Provision." MIND BLOWN RIGHT. As I'm listening, I'm writing. Listening and writing, over and over. I hear my pastor say things like "Often times you'll look back and think "what a blessing"" AND THE KILLER "What God provides is what you need." HOKAY I HEAR YA GOD. I stopped for a minute and started writing something of my own. I wrote "Even when I have nothing, YOU are everything." And after I wrote that out, I felt so much relief, I just sat there and thought, wow, to fully trust in God and KNOW that he provides and WONT leave you stranded, UGH AMAZING. fast forward a little and we're all getting out of Sunday school. Pretty crazy with people everywhere, I love to socialize so it isn't a problem for me 🤓 but something out of the ordinary happened. A GOD thing happened. One of the sweetest ladies in my church came down the preschool hall, where I teach on Sunday mornings, (note again: she never goes down there because she never has a reason to) because she was looking for ME. When she saw me all she said was "God laid this on my heart and I know he wants me to give this to you." As she hands me a check. I'm like "OKAY GOD IM HEARING YOU SO LOUD." I glance at the check after we say goodbye, and I'm so overwhelmed with the love of God and the Joy I feel in him just by looking at the amount that is on the check! I ran with tear filled eyes to my mom and we rejoice together. GOD IS GOOD YALL BUT THAT ISNT IT!! Immediately after church I went to lunch with two of my friends. Can anyone say Charming cafe? I CAN. 😋 anyways 😂 as our meal comes to a close, we ask for the check, and the lady tells us it's already been paid for. OKAY GOD I SEE YOU! When I woke up this morning, I was honestly expecting another day like the previous one. I've spent weeks praying for Gods provision and guidance and I was learning to have Faith and really trust in him, especially with my finances. I just felt spent and so beaten down by the enemy, I was really about to give up, until God showed himself to me through his people and reminded me of why I should never give up the fight. He WILL provide and you WILL overcome. He is greater than all of my struggles. He is greater than all of my insecurities. He is greater than all of my finances. He is greater than all of my victories. He is greater than all of my temptation. ​He is greater than everything. philippians 4:19, Matthew 6:33, Hebrews 11:6. ​stay blessed, YOU are his beloved ✌🏾️