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This Advent, I'm Letting God Be God in My Life

I have been so content with my life lately, and it honestly is because I am letting God work in my life.

Mariel Ramos
Dec 11, 2017
University of Kansas
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This Advent, I'm Letting God Be God in My Life
Mariel Ramos

As a major Jesus-loving Catholic, I told God that He can wreck my life and rock my world for all of Advent, which can be interpreted as a "mini-Lent."

The season of Advent for all Christians is a beautiful season, and one aspect of it is that it's the "season of waiting". I have been so content with my life lately, that right now I am open to whatever it is that God has in store for me. For example, I am single, and in this season of waiting, I want to be patient and build my relationship with God, before He brings a guy to me. I truly want to let God be God in my life, and for Him to wreck my life and rock my world, bringing myself closer to Him.

As an impatient person, I need to learn how to wait and to accept the moment as it is. There are so many good things and blessings in my life at the moment, that I just want to thank God for all that He is giving me. I love all of the friends in my life right now, and as a friend-oriented person, I truly believe that these friendships are a way of feeling God's love and His graces.

Choosing Jesus is and has been the best decision of my life, and He has been giving me so much joy and fulfillment recently. I have been so content, that I have been loving Him more and more every day, which is one reason why I want to let Him work in my life this Advent.

In this season of waiting, I want to bring myself closer to Him. God gives us so much joy and peace more than we could ever imagine. He gives us the desires of our heart that work in the good of our favor, never too early, never too late.

I can't wait to see how He will work in my life during this Advent.

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