the finish line

So.. I realize that it's been a longg while since i've taken time to put down my thoughts, even though they haven't stopped coming to me over the past few months.. there's been a lot that has happened this past semester.... some good, others not so much...

some of the things that have happened have really brought me back to situations that occured last year, and have just added extra stress to my life that I really don't need... but each time that something seems to come into my life and wipe me out, God never fails me, and is always there for me to lean on. He is the only thing that has kept me going through it all, the good and the bad, and I know that He is the only one that I can ever completely depend on. Man will always disappoint you, and fail you at some point or another, no matter how much they may not mean to, or want to. It's because we are human, and we aren't perfect, and can never be perfect.

I believe that God brings friends into your life for a certain reason, for a certain season.

I believe that God surrounds you with people that can build you up and tear you down.

I believe that God allows people to tear you down so that only He can bring you back up.

I believe that God is the only one who will never leave you or disappoint you.

I believe that God can be disappointed in us, but His love for us remains the same.

I believe that God does everything that He does for our benefit, even it if is to teach us a lesson.

but anyways.. moving on......

only 1 day of classes left!!!

& then finals start on friday, but i don't have any til monday.. and my last final's next wed, the 12th. i'm so excited to be finished with my freshman year of college, and for summer to be here! but i can't believe how fast my first year went!! and all of the 'excitement' that it was filled with ;)

I have really made some great friends here that I wouldn't trade for anything! we have so much fun together, and we don't hang out because we're all each other has, but because we choose to, and we want to hang out with each other. we all just have a great time hanging out :) I have friends from everywhere! from buffalo.. syracuse.. indiana & butler, pa.. az.. cali.. florida, canada, russia and new zealand!

God has really shown me who my true friends are, and has blessed my life in so many ways by placing these people in my life.

..and even though i have some amazing friends down here, and this has really become like 'home' to me, I'm ready to be back up in new york and to see some of my close friends there that I haven't seen in quite some time..

I can't wait to see what else that God has in store for my life!

It's all just a mystery to me, but it's one that is soo worth waiting for!

I'm so excited to see all that He's going to continue to reveal to me in His perfect timing.. & not my own!

Truly His..