God's got the whole world in His hands

this week, i have been really really struggling and stressing out about life in general.

what i'm going to do next year: what activities, what classes, if i'm going to graduate next year...

all these things were taking over my mind, up to the point where i just wanted to cry and give up.

as an encouragement, my friend sent me this:

"I asked for strength and God gave me difficulties to make me strong
I asked for wisdom and God gave me problems to solve
I asked for prosperity and God gave me brawn and brains to work
I asked for courage and God gave me dangers to overcome
I asked for patience and God placed me in situations where I was forced to wait
I asked for love and God gave me troubled people to help
I asked for favors and God gave me opportunities

I asked for everything so I could enjoy life. 
Instead, He gave me life so I could enjoy everything.

I received nothing I wanted but I received everything I needed."

 

it was just a reminder that God puts us in situations that aren't initially expected from us.

but it's not our plan that we are supposed to follow, it's His.

i just had to step back and realize that my life is in His hands and not mine. i can't control the world and my life when God has something else in store for me. He put me in this spot so that I can turn to Him and depend on Him to guide my life. 

as hard as it may be for me to realize, i know that God has a purpose for everything. So if you guys are struggling with this as well, just remember that everything truly does happen for a reason and God knows what He's doing. trust that He holds you in His hands and takes care of you every step of the way :)

also, as i was doing QTs today, i opened my journal and found an old chocolate wrapper that i taped in my journal that read "count your blessings, not your worries".

remember to be thankful and appreciate what God has blessed you with instead of the bad things in life :)