Through The Storms

What defines a best friend? Perhaps for you, a best friend would be someone who is loyal...kind...not selfish. Someone who is there for you even through the storms of life. There was a time in my life when I wanted a best friend. Like, really bad. I made a list of all the qualities that I would use to define a best friend. And I definitely wanted someone who would be there for me even through the storms. Once I wrote down the list, I would pray for a best friend like that everyday. For years, I prayed that God would give me a best friend. There was this group of girls at my church that I really wanted to be friends with. They were all around my age and they were like squad goals. I would pray for a best friend everyday and hope that maybe God would let me be friends with those girls and they would end up being my best friends. Well, it seemed like it just wasn't happening. Those girls just would not talk to me. But, yet, for some reason I still hoped they would end up being my best friends. After a year, I ended up meeting some other people at that church. I had never even given them a second thought...never considered I'd ever even talk to them...but you know what? They ended up becoming my best friends. And to this day...three years later...the people who I never gave a second thought to...mean the world to me. And the girls who I wanted so badly to be friends with...still have hardly even said a few to me. And I look back and realize that those girls and I never would have gotten along. Our personalities just don't click. I realize now that what we want...isn't always what we need. God knows our wants...and he knows our needs. And he knows what best for us and that's what he gives us. The very best. His ways are way beyond me. And I am so grateful that he gave me what I needed and not what I wanted. Sometimes, we can't see what God is doing, but you can rest assured that He is working everything out for you. So even through the storms of life, when we're searching so very hard for acceptance and a sense of worth, we can trust in God. He is our guide when we can't see through the storm. In Church on Sunday, my Pastor was saying how we search for so many things in life; purpose, acceptance, happiness, security, contentment, significance... But when you search for God and seek him...you'll find all those things. You might not see what God is doing in your life right now. You might not understand or be able to see through the storm. But take hold of God's hand and He will guide you through. And through it all...God will be your ultimate best friend...even through the storms.

​"Jesus replied, 'You do not realize now what I am doing, but later you will understand.'" -John 13:7 ​

~ Now I want to hear from you! ~

• Is there something in your life that has happened where God gave you what you needed rather than what you wanted?

• What encourages you to keep on fighting, even through the storms?

I am so so very blessed by you guys' comments. I just wanted you to know. <3 <3

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