Dominique’s eyes radiate joy. Her gentle and quiet spirit draw people to a place of comfortability. However, the eyes that sit in the confidence of purpose and the steadiness of belonging have not always lit up Dominique’s face.
As a 10 year old girl in the confusion of moving a lot and her mother getting a divorce, life had a consistent way of simply getting in the way. High school was just another example of life not going as planned and when her family moved to Colorado she found herself lonely. Being shy and not fitting in resulted in Dominique feeling like she had to be someone else to have friends to hang around with. These friends were not who she wanted to be and in these moment she began to wonder if there was anything else to this life.
College was the same song, second verse. First semester was plagued with loneliness and aching to be back with her mom and sister. The point of walking each day was beginning to become hazier and hazier. Questions filled Dominique’s mind as she wondered why she was even here. Was there any purpose to this life? Why try? And so when she went home for Christmas break, the logical thing to do was quit and not come back to K-State.
Nevertheless, Dominique found her way back for a second semester. It was this semester that Emma and Gabby, friends in her dorm, began to invite her to Challenge. Her whole attitude shifted. No longer was she fighting the truth that she was hearing but she even wanted to understand who God was. As the curiosity grew, Dominique and Gabby started reading John together.
Amazement with the person of Jesus began to invade Dominique. His sacrifice and love was enough to answer the questions she had been asking her whole life. But her thinker mind and intellectual skepticism kept her at arms length.
It wasn’t until he spoke gently to her that he was her purpose that she started to shed the hesitancies of giving him everything. His reasons for her existence was far greater than any lie she could conjure up to believe.
He has begun to rewrite her story. Breathing purpose and truth into every day. The emptiness and loneliness of life melts away as he makes Dominique whole. The stretching of community and being vulnerable with those around her are a whole new experience walking with friends. Even though the days are still tough and there is still heartbreak in her family, he is the reason to choose joy today. He is the purpose in living. He is worthy to rest in because he is in control.
God is my purpose. He makes me whole, I am here because of him. Problems in my family. Before I would have given up and I would have gone back home. But now I know he has me here for a reason and I will stay because I know he has a plan and it's going to work out because he is in control.
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