brittany nicole

Whatever you do, work at it with all your heart,

as working for the Lord, not for men… Colossians 3:23

Ahhhhhh! It’s been since May since I published a blog, I write them all the time. Only a select few make it to website for all of you to read. I do post daily inspirational posts on Instagram. So if you’re not already, go ahead and give me a follow. I typically follow back unless I get the vibe that you’re going to try to sell me something. I’ve grown to love this rollercoaster ride that life currently has me on. I’m starting a new series with my blog titled “In the End” where I will basically give what I learned during each month as the month comes to a close. I’m so excited. Hope that you enjoy.

Here goes something…

So for the month of August, I was able to spend the week in Tennessee for my job to assist with the recruiting efforts. I’ve been to Tennessee before, but I really saw how intentional God is when I trust Him to position me where He needs me. When I initially took this job in October 2017, God also revealed to me that I wouldn’t be in the position long. Now in my head, I was thinking I’d only be here 7 months. And… I’m still here 10 months later. I’m okay (for now lol) though because I know that I’m right where He wants me. I really can’t believe that God chose me for this career path, but then again I remember what I prayed to God when I was having to show up Monday – Friday to the internship that I hated. I prayed for it. I received it. I also disliked it because I had to wear jeans everyday, safety glasses, steel toe boots, I was surrounded by older men, and my boss didn’t appreciate my efforts. I wanted to say “Sir, we both only have our Bachelor’s degree, and you treat me like I don’t have the intelligence to do your job too.”, but I never said that to him.  I begin to pray. I prayed that God would allow me to start a career in a field that would allow me to have holidays off, the flexibility in dress code to be fashionable, and an opportunity to impact others daily. Wow!!! Prayer requests granted…Now I should have been praying over the pay, but I’ll just continue to trust God to be my provider.

I also had the wonderful opportunity to serve this month at the Saved in the City Conference. I’m really just in awe of how God led me to connect with this ministry right before I moved to Huntsville, AL in 2015. I only made it to a life group session so that I could purchase a shirt because the line was so long during the conference that year. Talk about a true set-up. I attended in 2015. I was somehow chosen to assist with marketing the next 2 years (no prior experience), while serving one year in the Boutique and the following year on Registration. I returned this year serving with Registration. I knew that God would provide the funds for me to attend the conference, but I was looking a little crazy when He told me to serve again. I was like Lord how in the world will I make it to the training sessions consistently? Are you sure you want me to drive 2.5 hours from Tuscaloosa? Lord, this doesn’t make any sense? And I’m so glad that while I was trying to make sense of the situation, He had already gone before me to honor my requests/concerns to leave work early. He extended me some traveling grace. He provided the extra where I thought I may come up short that week, so that I would have more than enough. He was simply trying to show me that I have got to start trusting Him in all areas and not just the ones where it’s common, because I’ve seen Him move on my behalf in that particular area before.

In the end, I see that sometimes I need to be reminded of what I prayed for years ago. So that I don’t ever have a fear of God not providing, but I’ll have the confidence to know that all things come to fruition at the proper time. When I was praying to God to remove me  from my internship, I had no idea why it took so long. Long? Brittany, you were only there 8 months. When I was praying to God to show me what serving for the conference this year would look like, it didn’t take long at all. Mainly because I’m more aware of who He is and know for sure that sometimes the details come after you give God a yes.

I hope that if you are currently at a place that you’re praying for God to remove you from, you use this week to ask God have you done what He was requiring of you. Or do you now see why God never told you to go there in the first place? That internship that I received in 2014 was a blessing, but I also found out early on that I had no future with that company. The purpose was so that I would learn early on what working unto the Lord meant vs working for the approval of man. And when I started doing so, other doors opened. That’s how I knew that God was getting ready to allow me to exit gracefully.

If you find yourself praying for an exit, know that God may be building you one. And if God is creating an exit for you, know that you have no control on the finish date. Trust God.

#BNspired2day

B.Nicole