Couldn't be happier, thank goodness!

As corny as it sounds, I really couldn't feel happier! I feel as if though God truly has strengthened me in this past year. I now understand that all of the things I had to go through, all the changes I experienced and observed were purposeful and for the best. I'm thankful that no physical harm was done (and I pray for those who are suffering), but He made me go through some tough times to toughen me up! He never gives us anything we can't handle, which is just so wonderful!

On Friday's youth vigil at church, the preacher said that when you want God to use you, it's not easy and is a very painful process. Something I couldn't agree more with. When I was fifteen, I went on this retreat where the turning point for me was when this girl started praying for me, and everything she said (in a prophetic voice) was true, and was exactly what I was going through. And I remember hearing those words were like feeling knives stabbing me, because it was just so painful and unexplainable. When God changes you, it truly hurts, but He does it to make us stronger. Looking back now, things started to get worse after that retreat in all areas of my life.

I was diagnosed with PCOS after dealing with health issues after four years of not knowing what was wrong with me. I began to learn which people to continue trusting as friends and who had lost my trust and respect. I went through so many other changes in these past five years, but those words I heard always rang loud in my ears. "I cry when you cry, I laugh with you", which made me realize that God was with me through all of it. I've discovered so many new things about life, about myself, about Him.

In the end, what we need to realize is that life truly is a journey. It's a journey about discovering the person God created us to be when we were conceived in the womb (Jeremiah 1:5). He also made life complicated in order to not be boring! God bless you all!