These past few months have been a whirlwind.

I experienced a heartbreak at the beginning of the year that I never though I was going to recover from.

However, I spent all of my time with the Lord and learning to get to know Him. I prayed, cried and prayed, sang and prayed, read the word and prayed, and so on. Because I took the time to build a personal relationship with the Lord, I finally learned how to hear the Lord when He was speaking to me. I wrote down everything He would say to me. I would journal all my emotions and my prayers.

As time passed, the Lord healed my heart.

As time passed, I was blessed with my schooling.

As time passed, I was blessed with peace.

As time passed, I was blessed with loving and supporting people.

As time passed, I was blessed with a job offer.

As time passed, I was blessed with a college church group.

As time passed, I was blessed with a Godly man who is everything I’ve asked for.

Heck, as time passed, I was blessed with a $50 couch of the exact color I wanted at a garage sale!

The past few days I spent my spring break in the Smokies over looking the mountains and being awestruck by God’s creation.

I realized the symbolism behind it all.

I was in a shadowed valley that I thought I would never come out of. God lead me out of that valley to trails that lead to a mountain. He then led me to the top of that mountain.

As I was standing on top of this mountain, I felt His light warm my face and soul.

I looked down and saw the shadowed valley I was once in and all of the trails. I saw where the Lord’s hand took me. I was able to see the big picture.

He continues to blow me away with his unfailing love.