New City, New Job, Welcome to Life as an ALMOST working woman!

I haven't blogged in quite sometime! Perhaps maybe because I was so busy with graduate school or maybe because I just felt like I didn't have anything to share. Regardless, I have something now. So here it goes...


Tomorrow I celebrate Week 1 of being in San Antonio, TX--my new home. For those of you who don't know I took a job here. San Antonio is beautiful. The perfect "big city" atmosphere, but with individual areas that give a small town feel! The RiverWalk is beautiful and the shopping is FABULOUS (if you have all the money in the world). Six Flags is wild with many roller coasters!  I was feeling on top of the world experiencing all these things this past weekend. I just couldn't believe that this amazing city is where I am calling home! I was on Cloud 9...then my mom, sister, Anthony and Derek left. What seemed to be so amazing wasn't so amazing anymore! I had no friends or family to share this beautiful town with. 


So from Sunday until today I would say I have cried around 20 different times. For one reason or another, whether it was a text from my Dad or a call from my mom or something I saw on Facebook. There have been times when I would just cry for absolutely positively no reason at all other than the tears just kept coming! I was to the point of devising a plan to get a U-Haul to San Antonio to move this small town MS girl right back where she belongs! 


My area manager for the company I work for is a strong Christian woman, and she knew how down I was, so she invited me to the revival at her church tonight. Greater Love Missionary Baptist Church on the Southside of San Antonio. I immediately said yes because I felt led to go! My experience tonight was definitely one of revival. Revival of my spirit, but more importantly the message revived in me thankfulness for what God has so richly blessed me with. There are 3 things that I have learned over this past week:


1. I forgot how blessed I was to be here. I let worry and loneliness take over my blessings and joy. When we lose sight of what God has given us and forget to be thankful for those blessings then we are setting ourselves up for worry.


2. God doesn't lead his children into anything that they cannot bear. He has me here for a reason. Although I don't have full grasp of what it is, I know that I am taken care of. I am redeemed! Psalm 107 says let the redeemed tell their story! I will not let my story be of sorrow and sadness but rather how wonderful God's goodness, and how Great He is! 


3. Worry gets you NO WHERE... well other than crying 5-7 times per day! My sweet friend Lauren Scott posted this verse on her Facebook status this morning: 


In nothing be anxious, but in everything, by prayer and petition with thanksgiving, let your requests be made known to God. And the peace of God, which surpasses all understanding, will guard your hearts and your thoughts in Christ Jesus. (Philippians 4:6-7)


My prayer is that I learn from this experience. I cherish the opportunity to experience something beautiful, but most importantly that I always remember to be thankful to my gracious God for giving me each of these things. I am happy to say that my spirits have been lifted and I have found my joy despite the ups and downs of moving to a new city and taking on a new job! I will wake up tomorrow ready to start Week 2 with a whole new outlook thanks to the One who gives blessings and mercies anew every day!


I love each of you, and I hope to keep you updated on my  great experiences in San Antonio!