You know what makes life fun? Me trying to work on homework while Samara dances to soul tattoo in the middle of our room. Ahh gotta love life! #samara #funnywierd

a journey...

Today was the first day of my Junior year. Holy Cow. How did I get to be so old. I mean only the big kids are juniors and seniors (like my siblings and their friends), but today it was me and my friends as the Juniors and Seniors. I have been excited for my Junior year, but I knew that the first day would be hard. I knew that not having 5 people I have been with since kindergarten was going to be different. Those 5 were good friends of mine and to all of the sudden find out that I would never be in the same dynamic with them was shocking and hard to cope with. But God. He has helped me so much this summer helping transition through this summer of tears to a school year of his goodness. But needless to say I thought today would be so weird not having them around. And it was, but being in my "new class," I felt at home. The seniors have so welcomed us in to their class and I love taking our classes with them. I know that Emily, Hunter, and I are not alone. And after the time of prayer and prophesy this morning, we were blown away by what God was saying over the 3 of us in this difficult situation. Parents, teachers, students and Pastor Eric all prophesied over us and encouraged us that the Lord had this planned for us and that he had not forgotten us. He is good!

There were some days during the summer where I told the Lord "I don't get it, why are you doing this?!" But he had and still has a plan for my life. If someone had told me even a year ago that it would just be us 3 for the last 2 years of high school, I would not have believe them. But God doesn't do what we think should happen. That is part of our relationship with him. Trust is something we talk about lightly at times, but I really learned this summer that trusting the Lord isn't always easy, but sooo worth it. I still don't fully understand why the Lord has me in the situation he has me in, but I do know that it is all part of his plan. There were some days this summer when that was all I could hold on to. It has been quite a journey these last 3 months. And it still is, but today it became a bit easier.