When You Take Advantage Of Grace (Part 2).......

At this point in my life it’s safe to say that I’ve missed the point in a lot of lessons big and small. This mistake however cost me hundreds of dollars, a lot of sleep and a lot of heartbreak. 

Instead of digging deeper into my insecurities, my past hurts, or searching for something or rather The One that will really make me happy, I was crazy to apply to the same school AGAIN. I knew this was just a small hiccup in my life story. In my mind, I was working harder......”digging deeper.” I knew this was what I’m supposed to do. Retook exams, bought exam practice books, paid for application fees, which all helped make my application look better, only to get rejected again. 

At this point I didn’t understand anything, and felt like a complete failure. I knew my family and friends were looking at me with pity.....

“We thought she would do better....”

“Maybe she’s not as smart as we thought...”

“She turned out to be disappointing....”

My parents are thinking they’ve wasted time and money. I wasn’t the example I wanted to be for my young niece and cousins.......

Life was hard. People would ask all around what I was going to do next. I didn’t have answer. Which was a first for me.

So out of all the things I could be doing, I decided to write. I mean, what else was there to do????? Amazingly, that’s where I found grace. Again. At the bottom. Just waiting on me to get there. 

The grace to give myself a break. The grace to try something new. The grace to receive forgiveness for continuously trying to figure it out in my own. The grace to start over and/or try again. 

A lot of people ask why I even started this blog ......and honestly??? I didn’t see it coming either. It wasn’t in my plans, which is probably one of the reasons I did it. Writing wasn’t a part of my new year’s resolution in January 2018. Turns out, it’s a new, unconventional way to dig deeper. To understand God and myself better. 


It’s how I embrace grace. I’m praying that everyone takes a hold of grace. Trust me.....where it takes you could surprise you. 

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