Remarkable Journey: The Way He Provides

Senior year = many decisions. Meg wants to become a therapist for abused victims. She has terrific goals and I am so proud of her. Several from the youth group at church went to tour the christian college that is affiliated with our church. She came home and talked for over an hour about her experience. She loved it and felt like that is where God wanted her.

As if the entire stress of becoming an adult wasn't enough she soon received a lot of "advise" from trusted friends and adults and she quickly became overwhelmed. Shortly after that we attended our mandatory financial meeting and that pretty much took her over the edge. I will admit, it seemed pretty overwhelming to me, as well. She decided right then and there that there was just no way she could attend THAT college and maybe none at all. I told her that if God lead her to go there then she needed to trust that He would also provide the resources and equip her to go. That maybe worked for a moment or two but then more people's voices sounded in her ears. I finally decided to apply to the community college, as well as the Christian University (which she had already been accepted to).

Now, I have never heard of anyone not getting into the community college but seriously, in an act of grace, I believe she never heard from any other college so she would not even be faced with having to make that decision. She suddenly received her first scholarship. Her entire outlook changed and she just knew she was going to be able to go. I told her she needed a lot more of those to come in and encouraged her to keep praying ... and keep trusting!

With each scholarship that came in, she got more excited. Last Thursday night my dad flew from Michigan and arrived at the school just in time to watch his first granddaughter receive 8 scholarships and 3 awards (with her various cords, medallions and stole, she will be pretty decorated at Graduation on Wednesday). I'm so proud of her.

I spoke to her mentor who informed me that she still has several scholarships "out there" and we are hoping those will also come in. I am so grateful that she was able to clearly see the results of trusting God and His goodness as He provided her to attend the University of her choice, where she will receive a great faith-based education. I know that God will continue to equip her to do the job He has asked of her.