Sown in weakness; rising in power

Hello friends,
Heavenly Father, bless all eyes reading my blog; grant them peace, happiness, and love, always. A special Bday blessing shout out to a good, good friend. In Jesus' Name. Amen.
March was a beat down month for me.
My finances blew up, my professional life was chaos, and all the hard-work I put into my master's degree was almost for naught.
These things were happening because of poor choices I made, which is usually the case for our problems, right?
Fortunately, my faith in God helped me crawl, humbly and gracefully, out of the holes I dug.

Which reminds me of one of my favorite quotes from St. Paul, 2Corinthians12:10;
"For which cause I please myself in my infirmities, in reproaches, in necessities, in persecutions, in distresses, for Christ. For when I am weak, then am I powerful."
I've always wondered what St. Paul meant when he said 'when he was weak, he was powerful.' Then, during these fiascoes, I was weak, which meant my ego was no longer in control. When I combine forces with God, then I'm powerful.

It is still Lent, and I practically live at church. It feels good to be close to God when drama wants to drown you.
I've said it often, and I will continue saying it, God always has my back.
When I worked in a different district, I opened a 403B; equivalent to a 401K, for those who aren't teachers. During my fiscal issues, I was notified by mail that this annuity matured and I was due for a nice chunk of change. Sensing God's hand, I knew I had to be smarter about the use of this cash; for some time I've needed to closely look at my economic affairs, and now was as good a time as any, lol. I called my mom's financial advisor and we are currently working on a budget, present and future. Whew. Learning lessons. Of course the money won't arrive until this week/month and there was a tremendous amount of applications I had to fill-out... God seems to think I am in need of learning patience also, one hour, one day, one week at a time. *wink*

Of all the things that happened to me in March, my job situation was the most stressful. It's good to cry, though, clears out the tear ducts.
My university paperwork is still in the hands of a certain someone at work; all they need to do is fill out a ten-question summative report and send it to my professor. They've had since late February to finish it, but haven't. I need to gently nudge them to get this turned in right away, but the Holy Spirit is keeping me from saying anything at the moment. I may wait until after Easter. It will be my Easter gift to myself. *smile*

Meanwhile, I'm doing all I can to get my side of the college's paperwork turned in, and prep myself for a counseling interview. It's with the district I work for, and it's on April 11.
Let's continue to pray for each other, shall we?
"I am a little pencil in the hand of a writing God who is sending a love letter to the world." Mother Theresa