LEAP OF FAITH
BY: SABRINA BROWN
Throughout the Bible, writers and
Jesus, himself, speak on the rewards
and blessings that can be generated
from faith. Faith can be so easily
tested and is one of the hardest
biblical principles to grow and remain
steadfast in because of life factors. As
children, we have faith that our
parents will provide what we need.
We have faith that our friends will
remain loyal and faith that our
troubles will easily be resolved
through ice cream. As we mature into
adulthood, we learn or should learn
that our deeper faith needs to be
vested in God.
My faith has been tested many times
in life, and each time I had to find a
way to anchor it back to God. I was a
young adult and a student at the
University of South Carolina. I was in
my junior year, a year when many are
finding internships and looking
forward to graduation. For me
however, it was the year I ended up
changing my major. I allowed fear of
not being able to keep up with the
length of novels needed to be read for
assignments in English to make me
me believe that I needed to change my
major. In the make or break class, I ended
up with a C+ because I had to play catch up
on reading and continue to master the
writing style needed for excellence.
Without much thought, I realized that my
other love was math and computer
technology, so I changed to Accounting and
Management Information Systems. I applied
faith in taking the leap to an entirely
different college within the university. But I
let go of the faith that I could continue to
excel in English Education.
Another test came when an opportunity
presented itself for me to teach at a college
for the first time. It required me to move
100 miles away and still be faced with a 45mile commute one way. But I knew that
teaching was always my first love, and I
knew that a college setting would be ideal.
So I took the leap of faith, and I owe it to
the support of my dear line sister,
Shavonda Griffin, who gave me a place to
stay while I transitioned into a new career.
In addition, I only had one weekend to
prepare to teach four classes that semester.
That alone was an ultimate test. But I
wanted to make sure that I did what needed
to be done to secure the position and show
Jackie Blakely that she had rightfully taken
a chance on someone eager to serve as an
adjunct professor.
We don’t know when or how our blessings
will come, but we can be assured that they
will.
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