I've done it!

Thanks for all your prayers – I received word in the post this morning that I have passed my Counsellor Accreditation! It’s a huge weight off my mind, and a massive relief all round. After all the blood, sweat and tears, and all the doubts and questionings as to whether or not I am actually doing the right thing, it was really significant to me to be able to pass this. This means that I have now satisfied a national secular professional body that I am demonstrably competent to be a Counsellor, which is also significant in the Christian Counselling world, too. Without it, I would have been stuck at a certain pay scale, but more importantly, the way that Government regs are going, in the next few years it will be impossible to call yourself a Counsellor without this accreditation. It was critical for me to be able to pass this, or I'd have to seriously change tack re; vocation and career.

Huge thanks to all who have prayed me through this, and supported me when I just wanted to pack the whole thing in. When I look back at the comments in my blog archives when I was rejected first time around (especially those re; April 11th), your words made such a difference then, and I am so grateful fro them now. Thanks for believing in me, and thank you Lord for sustaining me