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Learn To Work With What You Got
I am learning that the key to being content and full in life is to work with what you have. For the past 3 years, I have been asking God to open up the door for me to be in a school district with better pay. I enjoy where I work and I like the people that I work with but the cost of living is expensive and my paychecks are slipping through my hands like oil. The amount that I would see every paycheck created frustration, stress, and anxiety. I didn’t like knowing that I couldn’t pay my credit card bills in full because my rent and car…
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I Desire Marriage But I’m Not Desperate!
It is no secret that I desire marriage. The older that I get, the longing for companionship, physical intimacy, and someone to do life with becomes stronger. I have even caught myself asking God at times, “Would it ever happen for me?” I see my friends and family who are in the same age bracket as me in relationships, married, on their 1st, 2nd, or 3rd child. I see how comparison in this area has destroyed a lot of my peace and joy because I was focusing more on what I didn’t have rather than what I did. The lack of experience in dating and being in a relationship has…
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God Is So Good
This blog is unlike any other. This came at a time where I was just reflecting on the goodness of God and not on my circumstances. Many times, we can get so caught up in the things going on in our lives that we forget who God is and what He can do for us if we turn to Him. He is a friend, a comforter, a provider, a healer, and so much more. When you focus more on God and less on self, you will see just how much God has been there for you and wants to continue being there for you. That is how much He loves…
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Financial Freedom as a Single
Your singleness is the time to do for you right? To buy that new fragrance or shirt. To travel the world as much as you can. To start something, work on something, or finish something. No matter what you do as a single, money is somehow involved. This season of my life, in the year 2023, I made a declaration that I want to live financially free. Financial freedom can mean so many different things to many different people. For me personally, it means no debt [excluding student loan debt because let’s face it, that is a very common, well known debt to millions across the country] and budgeting more.…
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Year 28
This past Wednesday, I officially turned 28! It was such an amazing day with new adventures and a whole lot of shopping! Every penny spent on that day was well beyond worth it. On the drive to our first destination, my sister had asked me, “What does year 28 hold for you?” For the past years, when a question like that was posed on my birthday, I would be able to answer with a few things as to what I would like to see happen for that particular year. Year 28 though? I replied back, “I don’t know. I honestly do not know.” Since the start of this [2023] year,…
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Fear of the Unknown
Hi, my name is Ali and I like control. I like to know every little detail that will take place in my life today, tomorrow, and the day after that. I need to know what would happen if I do this or if I do that. Not knowing what the future holds creates so much anxiety and worry for me. It always has for as long as I can remember. 2 Corinthians 5:7 tells us clearly that we should walk by faith and not by sight, that we need to live by believing and not seeing but the honest human in me tells me that actually knowing what will happen…
