You know those days where everything you try to do fails and everything that could go wrong, does go wrong? Today is one of those days for me. It's only 2:20 so I'm a little worried to see what else could possibly happen as the day progresses. As I was thinking about all of the events that have happened today, I realized how fortunate I am that my identity is in Christ. If I tried to find my identity in my accomplishments like so many around me do quite often, I would be a mess right now. Thankfully, even when everything is going wrong I'm able to look past my circumstances and see an amazing God that will always be there for me.
I just saw a blog talking about why God makes things impossible sometimes. It reminded me that God puts us in situations that are so challenging so that he gets the glory for them. He makes it so obvious to everyone around us that our accomplishments are not our own doing, but God's.
"You will face opportunities that feel like mountains. And when you are there, when you stand in that place, you will shine. For God’s glory. For his name. For his might and power, you will shine."
http://stuffchristianslike.net/2010/09/3637/
God giving me this humility came at the perfect time. I just found out that the club we are starting for L4L at UNC-CH has been officially recognized by the university. We still have to finish registering, but we have made it past the biggest obstacle. I had to jump through about a million hoops to get the club approved. It would have been really easy for me to look at all of the hours that I put into this and feel impressed with my accomplishment. Thankfully, God reminded me that I wasn't the one that got the club approved; it was Him working through me.
Life is so much more exciting when I give God the glory for all of it. It's my prayer that even though it can be painful at times, God continues to pour out humility into everyone at L4L and helps us to continually focus on Him and His will for us.
-Alison
Co-founder
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