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By Rachael Severa
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I have to admit, I was the easier one to rear than the rest of my siblings. I learned a few things and learned what not to do: mostly what to do better. My mother doted at the fact that I made my own decision to attend Sunday school, the only one to make my First Communion, marched in the Rose Parade, and traveled to Hawaii to bowl in tournaments. I nearly signed up for everything.
I had all the dreams of being an independent woman, and to be the first in my family to earn a degree and travel the world. How I enjoyed learning, and couldn’t decide: an architect, a doctor, an anthropologist, or a professor. I wanted to learn everything.
At eighteen, I was living on my own trying to adjust to college life. I wanted to stay young and be vibrant, and I wanted my life to be adventures and bold. I had hoped to be real good at something, but didn’t know what. I couldn’t even decide what to major in and indecisiveness took over, but hopeful that I would figure it out.
That same year, I entered into a relationship and was married. We had two children and lived in different areas as his career in the military moved us around. It was during this time when things started to go wrong. I missed school, learning and meeting new friends, actually, I had none. I missed going to church and any talk about it would draw my husband into silence. My plans were not what I had hoped.
After five years my marriage ended and we moved back home. The children and I were content, and it was then I sought counseling, went back to church, and continued with college. How different my life became, being on my own with two children and no husband to help. It was the most disappointing thing I’d experienced.
For seventeen years, I had struggles, successes, good times and bad. Slowly, the life in me began to bloom. I prayed constantly, volunteered, and started to learn The Bible. My children started to learn about Jesus. Finally, who I was started to unravel, and I decided that I liked “me.” The young girl who wanted to be vibrant and bold, live with adventure and to learn everything God threw her way came back stronger, healthier, and more inquisitive than before.
I began to appreciate my position; to take it all in and use it to my advantage. Seven long years of parenting, study and work simultaneously made me strong. Earning my degree put value to my hard work, and now my kids are in college too. I realized that we all look forward to something, and that “something” may not come in the form or shape we desire, or by the means we had hoped.
A few years ago, I remarried, and we work in ministry with our local church, and I pray and study The Bible daily. One lesson I have learned holds true in Mark 11: 24 KJV, “What things soever ye desire, when ye pray, believe that ye receive them, and ye shall have them.”
Working in ministry was something I knew nothing about when I was young. It wasn’t my desire; it wasn’t what I had hoped for, or anything that I had looked foreword too. But now, I find myself wanting to do more. I do look foreword to starting my own ministry, to seeing God’s plan in action, to finding out how I could help others. With God, we can expect the unexpected.
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Just a couple of tiny red ink. When comparing more than two you would say the easiest of the rest of my siblings. If it was just one sibling, you would use easier. The other thing is there are two words that sound the same but are spelled differently. Foreword is what comes first in a book. The one I think you meant is forward.
You did a great job of writing on topic. You have a good message too. All parents have expectations and you showed If a child does get off track, it's possible today overcome difficulties. This is a great article.
Memory serves as a deep well of information but coupled with jornaling concrete facts rise to the surface.
This will encourage others.
God bless~