I am grateful for the Lord coming into my life when He did.  In retrospect I can see clearly the puzzle pieces and how one led to another and another, each being a conversation, or a friendship, or a relationship, an experience, and they all roll up to the blessings in this life I'm living today.  

He answers my prayers, in His own time.  For two years I prayed for His guidance, to show me where He wanted me to live, and what sort of job I should seek.  After days and weeks of house and job hunting online, one morning on my way to work He said, Be still. All of a sudden I felt an absence of pressure and a feeling of peace.  He always has everything in control.  It was clear I needed to stop searching and thinking and being concerned about time and income and where I should live next, and to just ...  Be Still.

I continued to pray for a new job; the group I was with was a private investment firm, but my innermost happiness is based on knowing I'm contributing in some way to improving people's lives. I prayed every day, each way, God, please put a job in my path that is closer to home (I had to Be Still on wherever home was to be) and one that is dedicated to improving people's lives.  One night an email arrived and it was for a job I was perfectly qualified for with a company ten minutes away from my current home having a mission statement containing the words "improving life, improving people's lives".  I've been there for two months, and every day I thank Him on the way in and returning home, for guiding me there.  He does answer prayers.