Just by being alive and experiencing God’s amazing creations are a few of the many living manifestations of God’s astonishing goodness and grace that I am so blessed to come across in this lifetime. But just like other human beings, I myself have experienced the different seasons of life: seasons of harvest and abundance, as well as seasons of drought and pruning. Getting to where I am right now has never been an easy path, but I thank the Lord that despite the rocky and rough roads, He continuously pushed me forward to become what He created me to be.
God’s goodness has always been overflowing in my life, then and now. Last 2013, I took a leap of faith and decided to tread the sands of UAE in the hopes of a better future and with the aim of providing for my family. God gave me a well-paying job in a facility in Al Ain, one of the innumerable manifestations of His goodness in my life. I thought that was enough, but the desire to have more consumed my inner being. I disregarded my physical need to rest because all I wanted was to earn more money. I did earn more and felt somewhat happy, but I never felt a sense of contentment. The happiness that I had was short-lived as my body eventually gave up and I got struck with pneumonia. I was hospitalized for 3 weeks and thoughts of defeat started to creep into my mind: I thought that I would get terminated from my job and that I would die alone, in the absence of my family. But God never deprived me of His goodness despite me not taking care of my body – the temple of my God-given soul. Throughout my hospital stay, he sent me wonderful friends who tirelessly took care of all my needs; He gave me an understanding manager who assured me that I will not lose my job; and most of all, He delivered me from the illness and restored me - healthy and whole. 
In 2015, the Lord must have seen my dedication and hard work as He bestowed upon me another blessing – a long awaited promotion with a better position and pay, enough to sustain my family’s needs without the necessity for me to work overtime. But after almost a year, God gave me another trial, and in hindsight, that was maybe for Him to see how faithful I am to His goodness. I was demoted from my post for something that was not really my fault. And human as I am, I succumbed into depression for a few months. I started to become aloof and apathetic with everything related to work. I come to work for the sake of being there, but I stopped doing an extra mile in everything that I do. It was like I became a robot who was programmed to just come to work and perform specific tasks. I kept praying for enlightenment and the strength to accept the things as they are, and God flashed a ray of His goodness to me through a book entitled “The Power of I Am” by Joel Osteen.
Since then, I started declaring positivity over my life and things started to turn around and fall into place. I was pulled out of my depressive state and my passion for teaching was rekindled. I started to actively take part in the Education Team which eventually paved the way for me to assume an acting role as the head of the Education Team of my previous workplace.
God has and will always be a God of abundance. Months turned into years, and at the end of 2017, I received another wave of His goodness. I was offered a job to lead the Education Team of a new facility. This turned out to be a major blessing as it laid the foundation for me to attend the Christian Life Program last 2018 and ultimately, became a member of the Singles for Christ and am now actively serving the community.
And just this year, He opened another opportunity for me to continue serving His people through my nursing profession in a different part of the world. And although it has not materialized yet, I am confident that it will come in His perfect time, as He is a God who fulfills His promises to His children.
Indeed, though life remains to be uncertain and full of challenges, only one thing is for sure, God’s goodness will remain forever. And because of his unending mercy and goodness, I will never fear whatever lies ahead because at various junctures in my life, He has shown me that nothing is impossible if you keep the faith.
For all the blessings that I have and those that are still coming, may God be praised!
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