By God's Grace.

Goodness. My first post. Where to start...

This past december, God definitely dropped this opportunity to learn more about Him on my lap. From about Februrary to just a couple weeks ago, I became discouraged by plenty of things (mostly being financial reasons) and wondered if He was really the one behind it. One night while talking to a few friends in the room, I finally felt affirmed that God put me here. I also feel that he was testing me to see if i wouldn't back out like i wanted to so badly, but by His grace, i am at peace, and things are working out. Thank you and praise God for all who prayed and are still praying for me.

It's been an interesting few weeks for me here, still dealing with the job schedule being changed every now and then, finally getting longer shifts, meeting plenty of new people and hearing bits and pieces about their lives, learning more about God and listening to Him and learning to discern His spirit, learning what it means to work in the body, and so much more. Getting to know God more and learning more about my identity in Him makes it easier all the time for me to refuse past habits and what distorts and distracts from Him. It's a process for sure, and it definitely takes submission without expectation, and complete faith and trust that He will provide and He will lead and guide you. God has been blessing me so much through love and care from the body, wrestling with what i've been taught to believe versus what the Holy Spirit wants me to know and learn, and overcoming it all by God's unfailing love and grace. I've been witnessing so much of His beautiful creation here on the earth, but i've also been witnessing His creation on a spiritual level, and it's good. He's teaching me so much, and it's been awesome to digest and test it in my own life, and i know there is so much more. Thank you again for your prayers and i love you all.

-Ray