Coming Back Around

             "You're about to transition from being skipped over to being sought after! Relax, you won't have to compete for what God says is yours!"
           
                This year is ending in a strange way. It feels like the way that I started out in AR. It feels like God is giving me a second chance on everything. It feels like everything is coming around in a complete circle. It feels like a decade of my life is closing and another one is opening up for me. I just turned 30 two days ago and was thinking about how my life has changed this past decade and where God is having me God as I follow Him. If there is one thing that I have learned through the past decade it is to: Trust God and believe that His Timing is Perfect for things. Here are some ways that makes me think my 20s years have came full circle and ready to start a new decade.
             First thing that is going back to "normal" is that I am starting a new job. That new job is at a daycare too. The only different is that it is with the public school and not a non-profit. I have tried a lot of different jobs this past decade like non-profits, big companies, and part time jobs. I know I have found the right and "simple" one. One that will also use my degree to its extent and have fewer children to teach. It is also funny too because I quite my first job in AR on the same day that I started my new job. That day was Dec. 22nd.
            Second thing is that I am looking for a new church and am trying a small one out. I feel like I am home when I am at the church because it is a small church like I have gone to all my life. The big one that I am going to now has gotten too big for me. Their singles' group have gone down to where I am going to a women's Bible Study every semster. It has also grown so big that it has another big church in another town and am starting to raise money for another one for another town. The missions area has gone down too because I don't here a lot about any trips or fundraisers for it, which is another big thing for me. I have also stopped the children's church/area because it was getting too much for me and too big. It also have changed leadership.
             The third thing just happened yesterday. It is that my sister's cat passed away. I find it kind of strange because it also happened close to when my grandpa passed away when I was 20 and now I am 30. The fourth thing that is happening to me is that I feel like I am being look to again for my knowledge, which is always a good thing. I have the chance to prove once again that I know what I am doing and can do it. I just have to get into the routine of working with toddlers again.
             It is just like God is closing one decade and opening up another one. It is like God is really transitioning from one decade to the other. I am honestly done trying to find out what I am good at and/or what I should do. I am done competing for it too. I shouldn't have to do any of that if I keep following God. It is coming back around so God can make bigger things happen for me. It is His Way of reminding me of things so I can be more thankful in this next year.