I am fixing to start my senior year here at NGU and this means I have to take and pass the Praxis 2. So on July 25 I took the PLT.....I studied and studied only to find out that I took the WRONG ONE!!! yes that is right the WRONG one!! I took the Early Childhood PLT. When i signed up for the test i did not have my codes with me so i told the lady that i need to take the PLT but i am not sure which one. I told her my major was Early CHildhood, and she said well you should take the Early Childhood PLT. I didnt argue bc this logically made sense!! Well I get to Greenville Tech to take the test and one of my classmates is there and she is taking the K-6 PLT. I still didn't say anything bc i didn't know what the difference would be and i was under the impression that once you signed up for that exam you can't change. So I took the one I signed up for, and I feel really good about it!! However too bad IT WILL NOT COUNT!!!!!
I made all kinds of phone calls when I got out but could not get any answer! Finally Monday i got the worst news! By South Carolina State law I have to take K-6 PLT. Which means that I have to pay AGAIN to take the right PLT... this upset me like no other. I was in a daze....and i was so upset with myself for not asking questions before I took the test! I was soooo mad! I couldn't eat...or sleep, and then Tuesday while washing clothes....I had a talk with God.....I just couldn't understand why all of this was going on! I had thought about quiting school and doing something else..... I had almost come to the conclusion that I would not make it out of school! Then while reading my bible and reading that Crazy love book, I had a peace that was undescribable.....
All this time I was worried about what I was going to do! never even thinking about the fact that it wasn't just me in this! God has always promised to take care of me and to NEVER give me more than i can handle... Why would that change? It wouldn't!! In the midst of my crisis I forgot to think about the one thing that mattered! GOD!! Instead of turning around and praising Him I asked why! Who am I to ask GOD why!!???
I was reading in the Crazy love book and Chan talked about the profile of a Lukewarm Christian, and really asking ourselves if we are truly and completely in love with God. My actions during this small and oh so temporary problem, said other wise... If i truly love someone I put my complete trust in them! If i truly loved God then I would have run to Him first and thanked Him instead of being angry!!
So after much prayer while sitting in the floor of the landury room, I gave it up! God is having this happen for a reason! I just need to trust and obey and He will take care of the rest!! The next day was great! Yes a part of me was still upset but I wasn't really worried about it! I knew that everything would work out and there was some lesson here for me to learn.
Wednesday came and pasted and I Continuly prayed Lord thank you for hard times and thank you for your peace....Thursday came and I continuly prayed the same thing! Well I was about to leave work and Skip told me to wait bc Lauren had something to give me! Well she came back and handed me a card..... I was kinda like ok! well I opened it could not speak! I just started crying.... All of the Full time staff in student Services and all of the Support staff took up money and gave it to me for my test!...... I could not even count it I was so amazed....I had been praying, "Lord you know my needs! I trust you! I know you will provide!".....Then there standing in Student Services....the Lord provided!! I can never thank the Lord or all people that gave enough..... I really didn't know what i was going to do to pay for this test I had to retake, but i knew that i just needed to trust.....
Lesson learned.... God will provide and he WILL NOT let you down.....and.....God places you in places and in situations just so He can show His Glory!! This is such a little thing that happened.... but the things i have learned from it is eternal!
To my WONDERFUL NGU family! I can never thank you enough.... I could not ask for a better family! I say family and mean it in every sense of the word! This summer we have become a family! We have prayed for and took care of each other thourgh all kinds of trials and struggles... When I think of yall i am reminded of .... 1 Thessalonians 1:2-3
"We always thank God for all of you, mentioning you in our prayers. We continually remember before our God and Father your work produced by faith, your labor prompted by love, and your endurance inspired by hope in our Lord Jesus Christ."
