God works in miraculous ways.

God is SO incredible!! He knows JUST what I need, when I need it. I was just crying out to Him last night, telling Him how I feel that no one understands me, how frustrated I was, and He came through for me. I just want to say, it was NOT God's job to 'fix' my situation. I truly believe that part of my problems of frustration are from living in an imperfect world, and the other half is that I am human. I have a really hard time being patient and having a heart of peace because I am constantly struggling against my sinful self. That is not God's problem, yet because He LOVES us so much, He promises to help us. Anyways, last night I went to hang out with friends, and I got to talk with one of them about how I have been feeling lately. Her dream for a career is also very 'different' from what most people her age would be going for. But it is something that she has a heart for, and she enjoys it! Some of her relatives don't always understand her point of view for how she is approaching life. It was very refreshing to hear from someone who got what I was going through. She is her own person, and she has a specific gift from God, to use as He sees fit. Not how the world sees fit, but how He sees fit. It doesn't matter if you are going for a domestic or international career, a career out of the norm, or a career not so out of the 'norm', as long as you are following what God wants for you and you don't let others dissuade you from fulfilling your purpose because it isn't the norm in your family, in your culture, or your country. Unfortunately, I woke up feeling down and frustrated again. Trust me, I need a lot of practice on changing my mode of thinking! I was feeling homesick for Honduras. I logged onto my facebook, and I received a very encouraging note from someone in Honduras that I look up to a lot. It wasn't long or fancy, but it got straight to my heart and refreshed my soul. God knew that I was having a tough day, and He used one of my Sisters in the Lord to change my perspective. I can talk my friends' ears off about how to live and how I try to see things, but if I am not practicing it in my own life, I am like a man who 'looks in a mirror, leaves, and forgets what he looks like'. (This is a verse in the Bible, I just paraphrased it.)It serves no use. You can know the right thing, you can preach it until you are blue in the face, but it won't change anything in your life unless you actually put it into practice. You have the information, now you have to put it to good use, don't waste it. So, my next lesson to practice is finding things that I am thankful for, and writing them down where I can see them. To write down ways that I can be an encouraging and useful force for the Kingdom that is coming. and then, to put those objectives into practice, keep them on my mind, and memorize scripture that encourages me. One step at a time, one day at a time, One purpose, to serve God and to do what He wants me to do now, not just want I want to do.