Realizations

As most of you probably know I moved away from everything I had ever known in August of this year. Though it seemed impossibly difficult at first, I've come to realize that God really does know what He is doing, despite my thinking at one point that He didn't. When I first had to come down to here, I really wasn't sure what He had in store for me. But badabing, here I am 5 months later, praising His name that I'm here. He's given me so many new relationships: my youth pastor Jason and small group leader Sara, the girls on my swim team, and new friends at school. Not to say that the great relationships I had in Michigan aren't still there. In fact, now I can have twice the amount of awesome people in my life. The first month or so here was so, so hard for me. I felt myself just really angry a lot which if you know me is not general behavior. I could sure put on a "brave face" but inside was not so hot. At some point in the months following, I began to slowly realize what God had in store for me. You know that feeling when you work on a math problem for what seems like forever, and then suddenly you get it. That was what it felt like for me with God's plan. Suddenly I got it! To know that there was a purpose for me to be here was such an overwhelming joy! Though its definitely not easy to have left my friends in Michigan, I'm learning that being far away does not mean leaving those things behind. I'm so grateful for God's plan for my life (though I don't know everything yet).