When It's hard to see the light.

I find myself thinking about the future and wondering about it's path more and more everyday. I see people I've grown up with, people I love, moving on in life. They're finding God's plan. They're walking in the light and moving on in a new chapter of their lives.

I feel stuck. I feel as though I'm in the last few pages of this chapter of my life, struggling to turn into the new volume. I still lack basic study skills, almost never finish work in the time I need to. I freak out when I think something's wrong, most of the time something isn't. I know God has a plan for me, and I've been privileged in the past few years to catch glimpses of the big picture He has me painted into.

There are junctures in all of our lives where it's hard to see how what we're going through could possibly mean anything in a bigger picture. How the pain and heartbreak we endure could possibly be for our good. It's at times like these we must turn to God. Pray for Him to give us the strength to make it through to tomorrow.

There's no quick fix for a bad habit of procrastination and worry, or easy ways to forget the sorrow and pain of change. But we can always move forward with the assurance that no matter what. No matter what. Our future is bright. We just have to calm down enough to let God turn on the light.

Never forget that.

¹¹ For I know the plans I have for you,” declares the LORD, “plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future.

-Jeremiah 29:11