The difference between perseverance and obstinacy is that....

one often comes from a strong will and the other from a strong won't.

So today has been an up and down day. But God was with me through the whole day so it makes its all good. I got up this morning feeling very sick. I have been sick for like four weeks now and its really just affecting me. So I'm on antibiotics hoping I'll get better fast. I went to Colerain to spend time with my Mom and two sisters. We went shopping and had lunch it was a good time because they always brighten my day. God has blessed me with the most amazing family ever. I then came back and me, Joc, and Katie went shopping for groceries we didn't have to get a lot so it was a quick trip. Then came back here and just hung out did some of my school work and now I'm here writing my blog that I almost didn't do but decided it was best if I did.

So one thing I want to share that I have been really grabbing onto the past couple days is persevering through the hard times. Sometimes it feels like we are never going to get to the end of it but we know that there is an end but giving up just seems easier. One thing that I get in my mind that keeps me going is this. We all know God has a path for us that we can follow or we can choose make our own path. So I imagine me on the path that God has for me, the path is beautiful but along the path there is some huge rocks but the good things is, is God has placed the tools to get through the rock but its going to take time and effort. Going around the rock looks much easier than trying to dig through the rock but I picture myself going around the rock just taking the easy way then I see myself getting lost I lost the path I was once following the one God had right there for me but instead of grabbing the tools to get through it I chose to take the easy way and got lost. I see myself now on my own path and not God's anymore when I am own my own path I realize that its going to take me a long time to get back onto God's path because I have gotten so lost in my own desires. The rock is an example of a hard time. We don't know how long its going to take to get through this time or how we are going to even do it but we have to stay strong we cant just give up and go around it and not deal with it now. We will pull through because we have God and he has placed people in our lives to help us. We cant get lost on our own path because its going to be much more harder after we take the easy way than it would have been to just trust God and persevere through it. We can do this because God is strong for us. But we have to trust in his strength not in our own because in all reality we aren't that strong. There will never be a time that is to hard to persevere through. It may take weeks, months, or even years but it will all be worth it in the end because we serve such a mighty God. I love you all so much. Praying for all the people struggling right now. Trust in God's strength. He loves you. <3

She is precious.

Today at the mall.

My girls at TGIF last night.