Revelation 3:8

A few days go by and I get an official offer from the team. But first, I wanted to sit and talk face to face to get a sense of what I was signing up for. The team was playing in Milwaukee just a quick drive from Chicago. I would also see the big sister I never had. While there, I had dinner with her then met with the new director. He looked me straight in the eyes and said I want to shoot it straight with you. "I'm going to take care of you" is what came out of his mouth. He shared his vision and the ways he sees me fitting and the opportunities to grow. Then he looked at me and said "Micah I am a man of faith, our general manager is a man of faith. I live by Proverbs 27:17." It was all I needed to hear. I booked my flight to move back across the country just five days later. This wasn't just any team. This team was located in a city that checked off the many boxes I had when wanting to live somewhere. Warm climate, check. Pacific time zone, check. Close to my Rams to make home games, check. An organization that expects winning, check. That team being the Los Angeles Lakers. Can't get much closer to the Rams then the same city. 

I look back and just think about how I cried on the beach when I found out I lost my job. How I cried daily singing worship songs thinking about this day. How I went into a deep depression where I avoided going places, ignored those that reached out to me, sulking in the why this was happening. To one day seeing God's promise was bigger, greater, exceedingly more abundantly then I could ask for. Even after starting my new job, I'm still shedding tears. Tears of joy because of the love God has for me. I came a long way from where I was. It is mesmerizing to see what happens when you plant that seed on the solid ground of faith and watch it grow. God took me from a seed to tree in this season. God will put you back together in front of the people that tried to break you. My prayer life elevated, my worship time with Him extended. I'm not perfect but with Him I will continue to improve. I know that I live for Him. I just needed the reminder. My identity is in Him and not in what I do. I'm thankful He made me over and prepared me for this. I can say I'm an athletic trainer for the Los Angeles Lakers. The colleague friend that recommended I read the book, Chop Wood and Carry Water, is the head athletic trainer for the Lost Angeles Lakers and now my direct boss. God is always working behind the scenes and none of this is possible without my Lord and Savior Jesus Christ! I want to live to honor Him. Romans 12:1 says, "Therefore, I urge you, brothers and sisters, in view of God's mercy, to offer your bodies as a living sacrifice, holy and pleasing to God - this is your true and prosper worship."