Thanksgiving

Be thankful, thankful for the good, fun, friends, family, and many blessings of life as well as the bad, ugly, disappointing, messy parts of life. Because what was once ugly is now beautiful, what was once a closed door is now opened, and what was once messy has been cleaned. That's the beauty of this sinful world, there's a Savior who came and died in order that we dont have to. We have been redeemed, therefore, our life here on Earth may have pitfalls and troubles, but we are promised eternity in Heaven.

Have a beautiful Thanksgiving everyone!

God bless!

pondering and wandering

In the past few days, I've been thinking a lot about trust and where I put mine.

Who do I trust? With what?

I've come to the conclusion that I haven't trusted God with much. at all.

I tend to love being in control of my own life. Isn't that awful?

I have a really hard time just letting go & giving it up to God.

In times of trouble, I tend to turn to anyone other than God. That is a BAD realization to have. Its one of those things where I really WANT to lean on the Lord but because I can't physically hear the Lord giving me the advice that I want. Well, one of my good friends posed a great question "But can't you feel him & hear him?"

**Light bulb moment** I've never thought of it that way. Who did I think gave me the people around me? Where did I think their words came from?

God. duh. He puts these people into your life, He gives them the words they say to you, He gives you the strength to move over the next hurdle.

So, I am no longer placing the majority of my trust in earthy people.

I am placing my trust in God alone. Because He is good.

you should too.

closer

The past few weeks have been full. Full of homework, classes, obligations, friends, pain, stress, love, phone calls home, disney movies, and -lets be real- sugar. But most of all, they have been full of God. The parts that I love about each of these things is that God is in them. Now, some of you may say that God is not in our pain, but really, He is the one who heals us. God is in our classes, our homework, and obligations because this is His purpose for our "right now," to get us to our future. These are all things I've been thinking about lately. How God puts us on Earth for only a short time but even shorter is the time we spend in one place/in certain circumstances. In my life, I have take for granted the fluidity of life. It is ever changing and moving, and honestly it doesn't care if you want to move with it or not. God has put us here to adapt to our environment, to thrive in the place that He has placed us, much like animals in their habitats. We are constantly adapting to our environment. Don't think that I am saying to conform to this world- because that is exactly the opposite of what I am saying. I am saying that we each have unique purposes God has given us and that in order to fulfill those purposes we must adapt and become content/able to thrive in the conditions He has placed us in. I don't know what this may look like for you, but I know that its a hard reality- we are not put on earth for our own gain or satisfaction. We were put here for the sole purpose of glorifying the Most High, whether it is in Nashville, TN, Los Angeles, or Hong Kong. No matter if we are alone or with others, single or married, old or young. We are HIS.

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