Jeremiah 9:23-24

23"Thus says the Lord: 'Let not the wise man boast in his wisdom, let not the mighty man boast in his might, let not the rich man boast in his riches, 24 but let him who boasts boast in this, that he understands and knows me, that I am the Lord who practices steadfast love, justice, and righteousness in the earth. For in these things I delight, declares the Lord.'"

The Lord has been doing some things in my life in the past few months.

Back in June, I was a couple months in to my very first big girls job. Yup, desk, 7-4, Monday-Friday, I even had TWO computer screens! I felt like a serious big girl. Then some things started to happen...

My car got broken into... nothing got stolen, but my window was pretty jacked up and I had to get it fixed. My thoughts? No big deal, I have a job, and therefore income, so I can get it fixed.

We were nearing the end of our lease in our apartment and I needed a place to go. After a couple of options fell through and my move out date was getting closer and closer, the stress started to build. Again, I resorted to a line of thinking somewhere along the lines of: I have a job with a good income, so I can just get a small place on my own if it comes down to it. So, 'I'll be fine'.

A few more things had happened in my personal life that were really testing my sanity. It came to a point where I felt like the only thing I had left that was stable in my life was my job. It was then that I got a little cocky.

I told God: "God, even if you take my job away, I'll still trust you." (secretly hoping in the back of my mind that He wouldn't actually take my job because WHAT would I do with out an income?!) Well, take he did. And this started a two month journey of joblessness, and learning what it means to fully rely on God and make Him my absolute everything, my rock.

For those two months, all of my bills were paid, and everything I needed was provided for me. There's more to this story and it doesn't end here, but for tonight it does :)

What I would like to point out and hope you would get from reading this is that all of the things we have here on earth: Jobs, friends, family, homes - are all blessings from the Lord! We can live with out them, because all we need is Him, but he chooses to bless us with them!

If you dare to take the risk of asking God to teach you what it means to fully rely on Him - He will. And it's not going to be easy, or by any means comfortable. However, I can guarantee that once you have gotten a taste of what full reliance on Him feels like, you won't want anything else.

So I encourage you - Don't boast on anything in this world, it will all fade away. The only thing worth boasting and bragging about is your Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ, God, the Holy Spirit. Get to know Him, you won't regret it :)