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Welcome back! And then what he meant with that statement hit me.  I quickly realized how I practically ran to Dotun for everything. Whenever I have had a bad day all I had to do was to get home, call Dotun and everything will be fine, or if I am reading a part in the bible and I didn’t seem to understand Dotun was just a phone call away and in no time we will be sharing our heart out together about whatever question I had. Those thoughts led me to thinking about the different occasion where I had made Jesus jealous for me without realizing.  I got home that afternoon happy that Jesus finally answered me but also very humbled. All I wanted to do was cry at his feet and seek for repentance. I realized how I took Christ love for granted but how he was still chasing after me. I cried and cried at the feet of Jesus and I began to learn to run to Jesus for everything. At this point I spoke to a few friends about what I had been going through and they all spoke wor...

Hello guys. I know I haven't posted anything in over a year but I'm back and I'm happy to be. If this is your first time here (welcome) and you are wondering who on earth I am? My name is Grace an international student from Lagos, Nigeria and I am currently attending college at Minnesota State University Mankato. I wanted to share one of my experience this past summer and specifically one which let me to discovering the joy of being single.  For context, I have had two boyfriends in the past. The first one was when I was 15 years old, we dated for nine months, and the second was when I was 16 years old and we dated for two years and broke up and my single journey began. I have currently been single for four years now and counting and never for once did I think I was or felt lonely until God started correcting me the summer of 2017.      Getting corrected by God is great but can be also be very difficult.  And that exactly my process but at the end of it all I...