Have you ever had a birthday in Kolkata, India? Yeah me either, but I can now cross it off
the bucket list.
Like a new year a new age makes me look back and review all
the things that happened to me while I was the young age of 18.
God has blessed me with so much, from the new people He put
in my life to the strength He put into the relationships I already had with my
friends and family. I’m closer to them now then I have ever been before.
He also blessed me with the crazy journey that He put me on
to place me here.
If you had told me last winter that the following year I
would have been in India for my birthday, I probably would have laughed at you.
Ok not probably, I would have laughed at you.
I was on the way to college, career in mind, hopefully
moving out of the house. Less than two months later He changed my plans. And
just as I was accepting that, He took those plans away leaving me without a
clue on what to do.
At the time I would not have called that experience a blessing.
Stressful comes to mind first.
I was at a loss, I was confused, worried and I wrestled back
and forth with what I should do.
On one of those draining days God finally hit me upside the
head. He said “uh hey Morgan? You going to talk to me about what I want you to
do?”
Guilt trip. I had been relying on myself to try to scramble
together a new plan for my life when what I should have been doing was praying.
So I stopped what I was doing and prayed. And God popped a verse in my head.
“In God I put my trust, I shall not be afraid…” Psalms 56:11
Trust Him. I should have known it was that simple. So I did
just that, I trusted that He would show me in His own timing what He wanted me
to do, and of course He did.
Looking back I can now call that a blessing.
My relationship with God is so strong; I have complete trust
in Him now. There is no need to stress or worry, I know that in everything that
comes my way He is right there, and that is such a comfort.
So here I am.
Last year I celebrated my birthday by going to school and
then going to Applebee’s for dinner with my family.
This year I get to celebrate it with 24 adorable kids, and
10 amazing girls I now call my family. Dinner was a little different though;
French toast, garlic mashed potatoes and bananas. I’m still praising God that it
was American food.
I smile because I wouldn’t have pictured this in a million
years.
But I wouldn’t have it any other way now.
God has put me here with purpose, and He continues to amaze
me every day.
He is so good.
And I am so very blessed.
