brittany nicole

Isaiah 55:8-9 AMP “For My thoughts are not your thoughts, Nor are your ways My ways,” declares the Lord. “For as the heavens are higher than the earth, So are My ways higher than your ways and My thoughts higher than your thoughts.”

So most of the time, we only purchase what fits us perfectly.

Most of the time, we only post pictures with the perfect filter.

& Most of the time, we only pursue opportunities when the conditions have been perfected to our liking.

At 26, I’m no longer in pursuit of the “perfect fit.”

& you shouldn’t be either.

I don’t need the perfect fit. I don’t need the perfect conditions. I don’t need the perfect blog. I don’t need the perfect response. I don’t need the perfect friend. I don’t need the perfect mindset.

I do need His truth that reminds me why it’s necessary for God to come through & wreck my plans.

So I just recently moved to a whole new city, and I know that God sent me there for a greater purpose.

I’m a blogger who has prayed that the Lord allow me to write with purpose in mind. So I promise to always be as transparent as God allows me to be when sharing pieces of my mess that he turns into beautiful messages.

The move was everything, but peachy.

And I’ve experienced all of the weather conditions at some point in time.

So when I initially received my current job offer, I wasn’t excited at first. I mean if you read my last blog I Quit My Second Job, then you can probably understand why. I had stressed myself completely out over something that I had no control of.

So why wouldn’t I be filled with excitement?

Well because I still had work to do.

Now scripture tells us in

James 2:17 NIV “Faith by itself, if it is not accompanied by action, is dead.”

Now, I had just renewed my lease on August 30, right before the August 31deadline.

I received the job offer by phone on September 29.

Now I knew upfront that I was going to have a fee for breaking my lease, but I didn’t know that I was going to be responsible for rent totaling $7600.

Insert small panic attack…

Insert reminder: ALWAYS READ THE FINE PRINT! lol

Insert scripture:

Ephesians 3:20 “Now to Him who is able to [carry out His purpose and] do superabundantly more than all that we dare ask or think [infinitely beyond our greatest prayers, hopes, or dreams], according to His power that is at work within us, “

So my family was so worried (FREAKING OUT ACTUALLY) about me accepting a job almost 3 hours away from where the apartment was located, but I kept telling my granny that God provides, and that if it’s His will then it’s His bill!!! #Tweet

So I was notified by my complex, that if I could find someone then I would no longer be responsible for rent for the remainder of my lease. No sublease, but they would re-rent the property to a new tenant with a quick turn around. So I asked a total of 3 people if they knew of anyone looking to move soon. All 3 said, “NO! Not at this time”.

No worries, I’m still going to proceed forward by faith.

I’m still believing God to make something shake.

So check this out!

I was supposed to originally move out of my complex on October 14. It dawned on me on October 13 that I was going to have to submit a request for my stay to be extended, so I make my way to the leasing office right before closing. The leasing agent tells me that she needs to go speak with the manager. Again, I’m not worried. The manager comes out and says…

WE HAVE ALREADY RE-RENTED THE UNIT AND WE WERE EXPECTING YOU TO BE OUT BY SATURDAY, OCTOBER 14!

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Now keep in mind that I have very little packed up because I was planning on staying a little while longer, at least until I could find someone interested in moving in….

So I ask the manager, will she give me until Sunday to move out?

She agrees.

Can we talk about favor?

I mean I don’t know the specifics of what you’re seeking God for or what you’re going through, but please know that God is ALWAYS working on your behalf because he cares for you and his plan was designed for you to prosper. Don’t allow your circumstances to make you think that God has overlooked you. I’m a witness that ALL things work together for the good of those who love the Lord and have been called according to His purpose. Romans 8:28

Now I have to make that dreaded phone call to mommy about helping me pack and move everything in less than 10 hours. SHE WAS NOT HAPPY BUT SHE EXTENDED ME A LITTLE GRACE. lol

October 15 comes and we (granny, mommy, and me) DID IT! Thank you Jesus! You are such a good, good Father.  You always make the impossible possible. You are our strength! You are magnificent in all your ways!

Did I mention that my first day at work was October 16?

And that I didn’t have a place to stay?

I’m still proceeding forward by faith.

I was looking everyday but there was nothing available in Tuscaloosa in the time frame that I needed, so…

So for my first week, I drove from Florence, AL to Tuscaloosa, AL EVERYDAY leaving by 5:00AM. 2.5 hours sounds crazy to most, but I knew that God had not opened the door for me to move YET, and I was going to wait patiently.

Dreadful? Yes!

Looking back on it… I’m like how in the world did you do that?

It wasn’t me, I promise. All God!

I mean the same God that had just cleared my bill with my former apartment complex totaling $7600, so I was not going to complain about a little road trip back and forth to work.

I have been graced FOR SUCH A TIME AS THIS.

I am always so grateful for the small things and make it a priority to remind myself of how God has chosen me {specifically} for this journey.

I also love that he allows me to share my mess with you, so that you too can be reminded of the following

…THAT EVEN WHAT DOES NOT MAKE SENSE TO OTHERS WAS APART OF HIS PLAN FOR YOUR LIFE.

…THAT EVEN WHAT DOES NOT MAKE SENSE TO YOU INITIALLY WAS APART OF HIS PLAN FOR YOUR LIFE.

…THAT EVEN WHAT DOES NOT MAKE SENSE ABOUT WHY IT HAD TO HAPPEN THE WAY THAT IT DID WAS APART OF HIS PLAN FOR YOUR LIFE.

Look this book of mine is still being written, but I know that God is not done with me yet…

New Year Goals: Keep proceeding forward by faith.

So if the shoe fits, praise God.

& if the shoe doesn’t fit, be ye ready… God is still going to get the glory out of your story, you just need to remain in His will for your life.

Signed,

 Somebody somewhere trying on shoes…

#BNspired2day