Greetings \u00a0Apostle,<\/p>\n
In 2013, I went back to school and received my Associates degree after many years of starting and stopping. I was so thrilled I at least now had a degree (if even if it was a 2 year). But after the celebration was over, a still small voice said to me, \u201cBut that\u2019s not what you asked God for. You asked Him to help you finish what you had first started\u201d. \u00a0You see, I was ready to settle and be content with just this accomplishment. But that\u2019s exactly what He was saying, so in 2015, I enrolled at NC Wesleyan College in pursuit of my Bachelors not understanding why (besides the fact that that\u2019s what I had asked God for) until you recently preached a message on \u201cYou quit too soon: your blessing was on the way\u201d.<\/p>\n
As I began this journey, like so many times before, life tried to get in the way to distract me (had a loved one\u2019s health start to deteriorate quickly, had to have major surgery in 2016, and a new spiritual journey was beginning) but I kept pushing. I really want to say, \u201cthank you\u201d Apostle for the counseling you gave me when I was torn between taking some time off from school or continuing because of new obligations that I had been given. That extra push is exactly what I needed. I realize now that had I quit too soon, I would not have experienced the ultimate trinity of GOD (His Grace, Mercy, and Unmerited Favor). \u00a0As I walked across the stage on April 29th<\/sup>, receiving my Bachelors\u2019 degree in Business Administration with honors, I dedicated it right back to God and asked Him, \u201cNow what do YOU want me to do with this? You didn\u2019t take me through this just for me. How can I use my degree to bring You glory and be a blessing to the Kingdom of God?\u201d<\/p>\n I pray this testimony is an encouragement for that person, who like me, started but then life happened and you think you can\u2019t start over: you can begin again; and to the person who has started but feel like you can\u2019t see no end in sight: \u00a0don\u2019t quit too soon and finally to the person who may think that they\u2019re too old to even begin: it ain\u2019t over til God says it\u2019s over. My journey has now come full circle. A dream deferred is now a reality: from 1986 to 2017: 31 years later: Delayed But Not Denied!<\/strong> To God Be ALL the Glory, I Got ONE more Praise!\u00a0 <\/strong>Humbly submitted<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Greetings \u00a0Apostle, In 2013, I went back to school and received my Associates degree after many years of starting and stopping. I was so thrilled I at least now had a degree (if even if it was a 2 year). But after the celebration was over, a still small voice said to me, \u201cBut that\u2019s […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"footnotes":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[70],"tags":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p4ZgHd-Mw","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/keminc.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3008"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/keminc.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/keminc.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/keminc.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/keminc.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=3008"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/keminc.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3008\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3010,"href":"https:\/\/keminc.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3008\/revisions\/3010"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/keminc.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3008"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/keminc.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=3008"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/keminc.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=3008"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}