I must say that the past couple of weeks have not exactly been my brightest and most happy weeks. However, I am working hard at keeping my head up and making the best of a couple of really difficult and emotional situations.
Due to the challenging events of the past couple of weeks, I am learning how quickly life can change, even when you didn't necessarily want any major changes in your life. For the most part, I felt that things were going rather well and was happy with the majority of the things in my life. However, God apparently had a different plan for me and I am now being led in a completely different direction!
Without going into any specific details, I must say that I found myself in a position this past week of chosing between allowing the many changes and challenges to get me down and depressed or to really just put my trust in God and believe that there really is a reason for all that has happened. Unfortunately, I can't say that I have done a great job of not letting it get me down because there have been a great deal of tears shed, but at the same time, I am doing my best to pick myself back up, dust off, and move forward! I firmly believe that everything happens for a reason and it is according to God's greater plan for each of us. We may not understand it at the time, but one day it will make perfect sense to us. In this, I am learning that I can move forward in my own direction and continue to have major struggles or I can surrender my life completely to God and follow His lead. I am learning that I can overcome any obstacle through Christ and that He will always give me the strength I need.
Basically, each of us faces many trials in our lives. We have a choice in how to handle those and cope. I am not one to say to never let them get you down, they will. It is just a matter of how long we allow them to keep us down and what we decide to do about it. I am chosing to grieve the losses, but not to stay down. I am chosing to dust myself off and move forward!
