All my life, I only counted on myself. No matter how big the problem, I would try to face it head on and come up with my own solutions. However, this all begin to change four years ago, when I made a life changing decision. It was a decision that changed a lot for my family, myself, and my financial situation. I decided to purchase and run a franchise business. It was an extremely difficult path in the beginning, and as a family, we faced a lot of stress. From the lack of experience I had in the field, a break-in at our store, and staff that weren’t the most cooperative, I was discouraged and unhappy with myself. I would have trouble falling asleep and always wake up in the middle of the night. I was losing my appetite and had thoughts about whether or not this was the right path I had chosen.

In the midst of all this, I was extremely fortunate to have my family behind me and more importantly, brothers and sisters in our church that would support me. I slowly learned to turn to God whenever I had problems, and I learned how to pray and be grateful for all I had. With God’s help, every problem I had didn’t seem so large anymore, and sometimes they just became valuable learning experiences.

In the past, I would question God’s presence in my life and often look to science and logic to reason with his ways. However, as I began to pray and strengthen my relationship with Him, I felt his presence more and more in my life. Through this gut feeling, I knew that God was working in my life, and from then on, I understood that I could never question His presence through logic or science. Now that God is in my life, I find that I am more peaceful and happy. I fear less about the problems ahead of me and know I do not have to lose hope. God will always be there as his love is true and everlasting, and in his hands; I feel that everything will be okay.