an answered prayer

well, this post is coming much too late, as i have been rolling it around in my head for quite some time now,.. nonetheless i will share with you an answered prayer of mine.

i dont have a best friend… not a person best friend? my best friend moved away to south carolina and took a huge piece of my heart with her. i have issues with people leaving me and although im sure i could handle it differently so as to continue some sort of relationship, its just hard for me to get over the fact that it feels completely and utterly severed. however, this is not the point of this post.

my best friend was gone, and sometime after that i decided my life needed help and i went back to church. it was hard, to break the unhealthy relationships that i had at the time and to pick up from scratch to make new ones. but i did it, slowly and surely. i have made more relationships than i ever could have imagined and feel so blessed to have a home.

something was still missing though, so i prayed to God that i would find a mentor. Someone who was older than me, wiser, and from whom i could learn. very shortly after that i began working with dyana paredes at preferred alternatives and… little did i know that this was the answer to my prayer. through the year and half working with her, she poured into me and talked with me and tossed back and forth ideas. when i had a question or a concern i new i could go to her for a rational thought on the subject. i learned so much from her, and im going to miss her. i hate how relationships change sometimes.. but i also know that God has a purpose for every season in our lives. that was a season when i needed someone. and although there are aspects that scare me about moving forward with school now, i know that i am ready. now, not then.

it is so comforting to know that God knows the big plan, and i can rest in Him to know that all things are taken care of and he will provide for me what i need, when i need.