Glory to God, Forever

Sometimes when it rains it pours; but what do should you do when it looks more like a hurricane…and the devastation starts to take a toll? What should you do when the world is looking at you saying that all hope is lost? I only ask this, because, honestly, I’ve been asking myself that exact same question since the beginning of 2012. Right now it seems that no matter where I look there is pain to be felt in my life. If I look back on the past few months, I have gone through a lot more than I ever thought I would have to endure...but the neatest thing about everything that I have gone through in the past few months is that I can see God’s hand working. Last semester I went through a rough period. A time when I questioned if I needed to be in a sorority…and if I was even in the right one…a time when I questioned if Auburn was really where God wanted me to be… Today, as I sit in my dorm room I can say without a single doubt in my mind that not only am I in the perfect sorority for me, but I am also right in the middle of God’s will for my life. Auburn is right where I am supposed to be. I am right where I am meant to be. I’m not saying that my life is easy right now, because it is anything but that...being in the middle of God’s will doesn’t mean that there is less pain to endure, it just means that He is giving me the peace, joy, faith, courage, and strength to endure anything that that this world throws my way. I know that His mighty hand is what is holding me together during this time, and that even though I’m not sure exactly what He’s up to, I know that everything is for His glory. I think that knowing that is what makes it so difficult to understand sometimes. Sometimes we look at things and wonder how God could ever get glory from such terrible circumstances, but we must remember to trust God knowing that He is who He says that He is…and that He knows exactly what He is doing. And we have to remember that hope is not lost despite what the world tries to tell you.
“I have told you these things so that you may have peace. In this world you will have trouble, but take heart! I have overcome the world!” John 16:33

SEE! So…where does my hope come from? It comes from knowing that Jesus Christ, who is filled with mercy and grace overcame the world…and because of that I will not perish but live eternally with the only true God. And it’s been so awesome to look back over this school year and see that God has been forming this really awesome friend group in my life even through this storm. It’s really funny how tangled my friend group seems on the outside, but how truly of God it is. I didn’t go out looking for these friends that I have been surrounded by…God put them in my life at the perfect time and it has been a true joy to get to know them…and to know that they are bathing me in prayer just as much as I am bathing them in prayer…so even in the midst of all of this chaos in my life I feel a peace in knowing that God is being glorified and I have friends that truly care about me. I’ve always heard people talk about finding peace like that…but I always questioned if I could find peace when my life started getting all messy…but I did, and I thank God for it. Praise the Lord!

And I will end this with my favorite friend quote. I think it’s my favorite, because I want to be able to help them through their rainy days just as they’ve helped me through mine.


"Friend, I want to share every single one of your sun shines and save some for later. I will tuck them into my pockets so I can give them back to you when the rains fall hard."