About five months ago, a perfect set of events came together in my life. Simply put, I experienced God’s generosity. He gave, and He just keeps on giving. He gave so much there was an overflow. I was in a state of suspense at the time – just returning from a 2 1/2 year …
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The interesting thing about my strong urge to go to the One Project was that I had no idea what would happen at the conference. It was just an event that I saw on the internet. I didn’t know anyone who had attended before. I didn’t even know what would happen there. I just knew …
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After a lot of driving, we settled on The Cheesecake Factory. We sat and reminisced about how good the One Project experience had been. Throughout the conversation, the Australian crew asked many questions about my experience in the Middle East. I was happy to share small snippets and stories. I was processing it all myself. …
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I woke up the next day wondering where I could take Peter. Knowing he’s a librarian, I settled on the Harold Washington Library, and I decided to let us figure out the rest. I opened my phone to check the time. In checking the time, I also saw the date. It hadn’t registered to me …
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Before Australia was on my radar, I was beginning my third academic year running the Office of Communications at a University in the Middle East. I loved my job. It was where I found purpose. I lived off of the buzz of energy generated by my work. However, due to a series of events, I …
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I was learning to practice the art of being still in my spiritual and emotional life. It meant different things in different situations, but overall, I understood it to mean never moving ahead of God – not being led to make decisions based off of emotions alone because feelings are not the same as faith. …
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As the days passed by, I began to talk to Peter more and more. He was becoming a bigger part of my day and my life…and this scared me…a lot! I was scared of getting too close to him. I was scared of this very new relationship developing so quickly. This was because in a …
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One day, as I was talking to Peter, he said some words that were pivotal in our relationship. Pivotal, because they confirmed to me that God had truly been working behind the scenes in our story. In the middle of a conversation, almost out of nowhere, Peter said, Rachel, I just want you to know …
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Months before meeting Peter, a woman I trust immensely asked me a pointed and timely question. She said, Do you trust that what God has in His hands is better than what you have in your hands? I did a quick search of my heart, and the sad answer was no. While I acknowledged that God …
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About a month after Peter and I met, he told me he was coming back to Chicago for a visit. And weeks later, true to his word, he made his second visit to Chicago. Although a giant body of water separated us, we had developed a very close relationship via our virtual communication, and Peter’s …
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