Growth

Earlier today, I started talking to a friend of mine that I hadn't talked to since before Thanksgiving. I had so much to tell her, and I was excited to tell her. Which is kind of weird, because a lot of things have happened since then. Things that have been amazing, but things that have caused me some pain too. After talking to her, I realize more and more that I have done a lot of growing in the past 2 1/2 months. Through my parents divorce, through trying to find a job (which still haven't had any luck yet), through going through BreakThrough, and going through me and my girlfriend of 9 months break-up. But I've come to realize that through all of this, I have grown more than I probably would have imagined if I knew about all of these things before hand.

Talking to my friend, I had said that I remembered a couple months ago praying for patience and strength. And after looking back, through all of these things. I've been gaining it. Which is almost unreal for me, because I remember after a while of praying about it, I didn't think or feel like I was gaining any patience or strength. But then, after BreakThrough, talking to people, I've been gaining patience through this experience, and people have been noticing it. It's amazing how Father makes things, and gets things to grow through experience.

I've been doing a lot of reading recently, and I've read several things talking about growing through experience, and I even remember telling people that myself. But, I never reflected on myself and looked and saw how experience had been making me grow in the past 2 1/2 months. I remember feeling like I had to figure everything out and how everything was going to go down. But now, I've come to realize, that Father wants me to enjoy life and live it out. If I have everything "figured out" or planned out, I can't experience life. I can't love life, and most of all, I can't ENJOY life.

So, I finish this blog off with you. I pray that you, the readers, learn that through experience is when we gain things, and truly grow. And when you look back, and see how you've grown, CELEBRATE!!! i love the color blue by the way :)