Have you ever been stuck in a place you don't like? And yet you can learn to be happy...because it's where you're supposed to be? Have you ever missed your family so much it hurts? But they're far away and its hard to visit very often. Have you ever been so confused with life, that you just don't know where to go or what to do anymore? And in that moment of despair, God speaks and everything seems right again? Well, that's me. I hate Tennessee. But because it's where God wants me to be, I will stay. I'm learning that I can be happy anywhere. Even if I may not really like where I am. It's not about me anyways. I'm learning how much it costs to truly submit and to live a life of obedience. Even when it means that some friends will walk away. I'm learning how to wait on the Lord. How to give up control of my life and my destiny, and to trust God completely. Even when it doesn't make sense. Sometimes you have to get to the end of the trial in order to see how good God was being in the midst of it. All in all, I am more fulfilled now than I ever have been before. I'm learning to find God in new ways. I'm learning who I am, who I was made to be, and how much I am loved. I'm learning how to wake up everyday, and to fall more in love with Jesus. So even though life has been hard, and there have been many tears and hurts and frustrations, especially in the last few months...I wouldn't trade a moment of it. I've learned so much. About myself, about who God really is. And through it all, I'm stronger. More confident. More focused. More trusting. And more in love.

"Consider it pure joy, my brothers, whenever you face trials of many kinds, because you know that the testing of your faith develops perseverance. Perseverance must finish its work so that you may be mature and complete, not lacking anything."

Will the papers ever stop? Will I ever find a job? Is it time for spring break yet?

I can't wait to be the one giving homework, instead of the one doing it. Someday...

Ohhhhhh....life.