.Ramblings.

I have a lot on my heart tonight. A lot. I'm not even sure where to begin. 

I'm blessed to have spent the last two days with really amazing people and friends. Today I got to go to an EDGE conference....it's for our church and I am a core team member leading middle schoolers to dig deep in their faith. So I was there today, soaking in all this information and trying to figure out how God lead me to this place in my life....but I don't know....maybe that's the true gift and beauty of it all....that I ended up here....that God placed me on this journey in just the right places at just the right times. It's days like today where I realize what little control I have over everything...

I've recently taken a look at my life as if I was on the outside....a look at this journey of mine. Realistic. Honest. Positive. I've come a long way from the stupid things I once did to the massive loss that changed my life forever to just being so thankful. It's been a long road and it's not even close to being over yet but I am so blessed. 

It is easy to find the negative in things. So often we forget all of the good we do....affirmation is necessary. We need to build people up--focus less on shortcomings and more on the positives, even when they don't seem to be all that much at times. I think if we did that we might be more successful in our own expectations and desires. Maybe we'd be happier....or more content with our own place in life. 

There are a lot of variables....but I have a whole lot of faith that good will always win and the good guys don't always finish last..