Life is like a rollercoaster ride. Sometimes it's up and sometimes it's down, and sometimes it's level - there isn't much going on so it's neither bad nor good. Like everyone, though, I too have harships and dislike the downs in the ride of life.

In life, there are many dissappointments, frustrations, and things that don't make sense. I've recently been set in one of those - where i'm frustrated. Someone from home has been making things challenging. I'm frustrated with them way too frequently, and there really isn't anything I can do about it. The most is that I can pray about it, and focus on God and how he wants me to handle it. The hardest part, though, is when that person interferes with my life. I'm not one of those people who go out to cause trouble, in fact i'm far from that, but this person still doesn't let me do a whole lot. It's very rare when i'm with just my guy friends, even though i'd trust them with my life, and this person refuses to let me be with them. Those friends are the best. They are truly like brothers to me, and they wouldn't never hurt me or influence me to do anything that would go against what God has told us to do. I don't argue with this person about that, but I see them as being very rediculous.  I think this is because they don't know me. They think they do, but really they don't. This person couldn't even say what my favorite colour is. Tonight was the worst though. I felt like opening up and sharing what I desired to do with my life. It wasn't a career that made a lot of money, but it was fullfilling, and i'd be living like and apostil. That is the best way to live. I'll be honest on here, and trust you all enough to tell you that I desire to be either a camp counselor or a missionary. I don't care about money, finances, or anything like that. I'm here on this earth to serve God, not collect a pile of worthless materialist things that I will one day no longer possess. If I were to be a camp councelor, as well, I wouldn't have to worry about food or finances. I would simply have to focus on the people I serve, and my relationship with God. That is what I desire for my life. But this person in my life, doesn't want that. They want me to get an education, and have a successful money-making materialistic sort of job. I don't know how to act, or what to say. I just know that I need to hold onto God at this time. It's VERY frustrating since I should be allowed to make my own decisions by now, but I know that God will help me to know what to do. I just need to hold onto him, focus on the present, and not worry about what the next step in life is.

So frequently, we are worried about the next step in life. What school we should attend, what we should do after graduation, what job we should take. In Matthew 6: 25 - 34, God says: "Therefore I tell you, do not worry about your life, what you will eat or drink; or about your body, what you will wear. Is not life more important than food, and the body more important than clothes? ²⁶Look at the birds of the air; they do not sow or reap or store away in barns, and yet your heavenly Father feeds them. Are you not much more valuable than they? ²⁷Who of you by worrying can add a single hour to his life^[b]?

 ²⁸"And why do you worry about clothes? See how the lilies of the field grow. They do not labor or spin. ²⁹Yet I tell you that not even Solomon in all his splendor was dressed like one of these. ³⁰If that is how God clothes the grass of the field, which is here today and tomorrow is thrown into the fire, will he not much more clothe you, O you of little faith? ³¹So do not worry, saying, 'What shall we eat?' or 'What shall we drink?' or 'What shall we wear?' ³²For the pagans run after all these things, and your heavenly Father knows that you need them. ³³But seek first his kingdom and his righteousness, and all these things will be given to you as well. ³⁴Therefore do not worry about tomorrow, for tomorrow will worry about itself. Each day has enough trouble of its own."

We are not ment to worry about the next steps in life. Instead, we are supposed to look into the face of our Loving and Caring Father, and trust him with every step. We are here for his glory, not for ourselves.

So the next time you are fretting about something, pray, tell God everything that is on your heart (worries, sorrows, pain, joys, etc.) and trust with every step in life. He loves you and wants the absolute best for you. He's the ultimate friend and father, and no matter what, he'll make the seemingly impossible, possible; "With God all things are possible" Matthew 19:26.

I love you all as my siblings in Christ! :) <3

God bless,

Sarah

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