I believe 2021 to most will be one of those years that won’t be remember very well. It’s like the continuation of the 2020 Covid19 breakout that stormed the world. It’ll however be the year we thought things would be normal again… but never came to be.

However, you may remember it for other reasons such as special occasions. Let me share a few things how God has blessed me in 2021.

Psalms 55:22 says “Give your burdens to the Lord and He will take care of you. (NLT)”

I did just that. I kept praying and believing that God would change my circumstances and provide better opportunities. And the changes that occurred happened at the right time.

As you know inflation has taken its place in our daily lives across many aspects whether it being the places we shop or even the housing market. I was concerned about both.

I have a job that I prayed about and was blessed with in 2019. It came at the right time and because of it I was able to claim unemployment when the pandemic hit. When the pandemic hit store prices rose and the housing market went crazy. I really needed to get a house to invest in instead of paying $790 a month for an apartment. So I entered the housing arena.

A friend of mine helped me look for a house to buy but was very difficult at people were offering $16,000 or more above the asking prices, an offer I could not compete with. We’ve look at least 30 houses. Each one having its own road block. Until another friend of mine had a brother who decided to sell his house and offered it to me first being a friend of the family. The offered to me at a reasonable price and even remodeled the kitchen and had the carpet replaced to my liking. Very generous they were. I also became a landlord as there has been a tenant renting the top portion of the houses for over a decade. I went from paying $790 a month for apartment to only $295 a month on a mortgage during a pandemic. And it even gets better. A month after closing on the house I received a $4 hr raise as work as they did a company wide adjustment to our income. The increase alone covers the rest of the mortgage payment.

All this in a pandemic in 2021. I’m here to tell you God knows what you need. You need not worry about tomorrow. As we who are trusting and obeying Jesus will also receive what we ask in prayer. But things happen the way He knows is best for us and at the right time.

The job came at the right time

Friends stepped in at the right time

Offers were made at the right time

Job income was a bonus at the right time

Turing to Jesus in all we do is always the right time.

Rev G Woods