--WHAT PRAYER CAN DO ~~

--'POWER IN OUR DAY-TO-DAY LIVES'

--I SAW THE SIGN ~~

--I spent my first two years of college in California. But Los Angeles ended up being just too far away from my family in Maryland, so I came home. Now I was ready to return to school. Specifically to The New School, in New York City. That University wasn't as far away as L.A., but still....Was I about to make the same mistake?

"I need a sign, God," I said, looking at the university's website for the umpteenth time since I'd been accepted. Then I thought, Did I actually say that?

You see, I've never been a person to ask God for signs. The whole idea of asking for one struck me as lazy. It felt like expecting God to do all the work without me taking on any of the responsibility.

No, I need to figure this out by myself, I thought.

But making that decision was easier said than done. Days later, while ringing up customers at the store where I worked, I was feeling scared and confused.

Maybe just this once I'll ask for a sign. I thought. After all those occasions I hadn't asked God for one, surely by now I'd proved that I wasn't just being lazy. God, is New York the place where I should be?

Before the week was out, I was surprised to receive a letter from The New School. The university was offering me a scholarship.

"I didn't even apply for one!" I told my boss at the store. "But there it was. 'Awarded for academic excellence.'"

"The New School, right?" my boss said. "My sister goes to New York University--that's in the same neighborhood. She's got a great apartment in the area. But she'll have to give it up when she goes to Europe for her senior year. I don't suppose you're looking for a place to live that's close to campus?"

Was I ever! The apartment was just right. Perfect place, perfect price. I signed the lease and accepted my scholarship.

The funny thing was, I didn't feel lazy at all. Just grateful to God for showing me the way. ~~
-GUIDEPOSTS/AC~
-"Call unto me, and I will answer thee, and shew thee great and mighty things, which thou knowest not" [Jeremiah 33:3/KJV-]
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