Exactly Where You Need to Be.

T-7 days until I head to Liberty Uni and leave the comfort of my sweet fam and friends for the first time. Knowing I will miss Sunday family dinners, watching my brothers enjoy football and hunting season, my parents, sweet pups, and everything in-between, has had me quite an emotional mess. As you may have caught on, my theme this year is to embrace even this. I'm learning to embrace every low and high this life gives me and look for Jesus in each season. So while I feel such sadness in leaving, God has reminded me this is exactly where I need to be.

The Backstory: This summer, I got a job working at a local famers market shop, in addition to having a part-time office internship. By being a cashier at the shop, I have had the chance to meet and talk with many tourist and locals. I recently stopped working to get ready to move in, but on my last day, God showed up and provided me with such peace about Liberty and leaving.

So I was ringing up items for a family, when the mother noticed my Senior 2022 t-shirt. She and her husband both congratulated me and asked about my future plans. I told them I will be headed to LU in just a few days and how I am so nervous and overwhelmed. They smiled and told me they both went to Liberty too!! They answered a few of my questions and raved on all the many experiences I, too, will soon be partaking in. Meanwhile, me, being the emotional girl I am, began to get teary eyed and feel such a peace about the many fears that had been building up. I immediately knew God placed them on my path to comfort me!

God brought these kind people by my work, just to bring me peace about the fears I had. Let that sink in!! God cares SO deeply about our emotions and lives that He, Himself, will work in our favor!! You might not feel comfort in leaving, or have worries about your future, but I promise you God has placed you exactly where you are meant to be.

Esther 4:14 says, "For if thou altogether holdest thy peace at this time, then shall there enlargement and deliverance arise to the Jews from another place; but thou and thy father's house shall be destroyed: and who knoweth whether thou art come to the kingdom for such a time as this?"

Perhaps God has placed you exactly where you need to be for such a time as this!! So don't worry, trust His plan, all WILL work out!! Praying for all that is to come for each and everyone of you.

Love,

Merc