Blessed.

I'm really blessed, I truly am. My friends and I go out to eat every Friday, and let me tell you something, I'ts the highlight of my week. These people in my life are really quite amazing. This summer was pretty rough, even though God was in control then, like he is now. I feel as though we only praise God (I'm guilty) but we only praise him and come to him when things are looking up. So often during the bad times, we forget he's there at all actually. We say "Well if you're here, why's this happening to me right now?" Sadly, so many people turn away from him when things get rough. He's like that mega-knows-the-future-parent who still lets stuff happen in life. Believe it or not, he know's it's going to happen to you, just like when Adam and Eve were in the Garden of Eden. God isn't stupid at all, he knew that they were going to eat the fruit because we're all pretty sinful. He let it happen anyways. Adam and Eve still lived a pretty decent life after the whole exile thing though, right? God still took care of them. I believe that he's taking care of me, like with my amazing group of friends in this new town. God gives us so many blessings, and these people, yeah they're a huge one.

I'm reminded every day that God knows what he's doing and he's been taking care of me for my entire life. I'm so blessed.

-Emma Jane :)