How God Works!

When we let go and let God, He will do amazing things for us. This is my story and my testimony to how He strings events and people for His purposes for us! 24 years I was a child, 24 yrs a homemaker

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I had lived my life 
Devoted to my family
Dedicated to my husband 
And my children’s health for 23 years

Putting two full meals on the table 
Every single day 
Except for when I got sick

And being there for my boys 
As they grew up 
From baby to teenager to adult 

I had given up my job 
And career 
In software engineering 
To be a homemaker 
So that my home abounded 
And my boys were taken good care of 

My investments in them 
Were returned in full 
My boys have gone to good colleges 

My investment in my husband 
And their health 
Also served them well 
Until they went to college 

And God 
He gave me rest 
For one whole year 
To reset myself

But I couldn’t wait 
To get started with my life

I had entered Substack 
After renouncing my faith 
In my religion 
And ever since then 
My life has been wonderful

I have learnt so much 
Grown abundantly
Met so many wonderful people here
My life has blossomed 
And bloomed very much

And I haven’t even started yet
God has so many plans for me
He led me to meet somebody 
Who asked me this question:

Shalini, 
you say you are a mother, 
a sister, a wife and so on, 
but what is your identity?

That was a challenge question to me 
When he asked me that 
It felt like somebody 
Had slapped me out of my senses

Out of my reality 
That I was living in a bubble 
In a far away dreamy lala land 

I had to step up 
To meet this challenge head on

Then I met sister Pauline on Substack
She is a deconstruction expert 
She met up with me one morning 
And asked me my next question: 

What is your goal in your life?

I didn’t have an answer to that either 
I worked with her next 
And within three weeks 
I decided to apply to college
To do my masters 

I had been afraid all my life 
For doing this very thing
And yet God gave me the courage
The confidence in myself 

By letting me do 
One semester in theology last fall 
Where I had excelled in 4 credits 
In just one semester! 

Then I met somebody else on Substack
Who was doing his Masters 
In Clinical Mental Health Counseling 

And I decided then
This is what I wanted 
To do with my life 
Going forward

I worked hard 
In getting a good essay together
Took an English proficiency test 
To prove my proficiency 

And applied for admission 
To my local college 
Which is good

Then we moved to our new home 
And moving takes time to settle in 
It took time for me as well
Three months to get set up 

In the meantime 
God sent me another angel 
To walk with me 
Who also worked 
As a substitute teacher 
At my son’s school

As we walked and talked 
And grew closer
God put it on my heart 
To follow her to school 

I had previously thought 
This was beneath me 
To work as a substitute teacher in school 

But God made me realize 
I had been a nobody 
In my arrogance 
And pride 

And besides
He had given me 
The goal 
To disrupt the school system 

And for that 
I had to get into 
The school system first 

What better way was there 
When I didn’t have a teaching certificate 
Before I could work my way towards that
So, he made me apply to become a 
Substitute teacher as well!

And then sometime last week 
He had reminded me 
Of this person in church 
Who 
Having been diagnosed with cancer
Had chemo therapy for 8 weeks 
Which had made her better 

And since I’d known 
That she was not a Trump voter 
I had set up an appointment 
To meet with her yesterday
 
I met
I spoke to her at length 
About my qualms 
Regarding our church leaders 

And in the end 
As I was leaving 
I had been reminded 
To pray for her as well 
And bless her

I’d done that 
And then 
She had prayed for me 
And blessed me as well

Then this morning
I had found in me 
The urge to clean up my room 
Which had been stacked up 
With boxes all this time 

After 3 long months
I finally found it in me 
To clear out my room 
And make it look pretty

Oh and it had been because 
We’d finally purchased book shelves 
Over the weekend to set it up 

And when I finally got finished 
With all of this setting up
I look in my inbox 
And behold 
I see the email 

That I should be attending 
An orientation on Friday 
To become a substitute teacher 
In my school system

No interview 
No testing 
My application had been enough for them 
I am in already! 

Can you believe that?

Still waiting for the college application 
To come through 
And that should come in a month’s time 
And I’ll be all set to start school as well

Isn’t God’s timing precious 
And amazing?
What do you think ?
Let me know in the comments! 

Thank you for leaning in!
You are much appreciated!!

Sincerely! 
Peace ✌🏽 

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