Contentedly Purring in the Lap of the Master

The semester is already half way over and deadlines are soon approaching. I have two papers and a test due in the next week before I leave for choir tour when I will see you all. It is totally crazy. I also need to make up the junior church programs for the next four weeks because I will be gone on tour. There is so much to do and so little time to do it. However, even with all this chaos going on, I am very excited about going on tour. The choir is going to be visiting the Norman Rockwell Museum, Niagara Falls, Boston, New York City, and a couple lighthouses in Maine.

I have really been struggling emotionally lately. I need all your prayers. A lot of things have happened in my life that have been very unexpected. These things have hit me very hard and have been very discouraging. Despite this, I know that I am closer to God now than I have ever been in my entire life. My devotions have been very consistent and my prayer life has been so much better than before. God is an amazing friend, the very best. No matter what I am going through or how discouraged I may be, I know that I can go to God, talk to Him about it, and He will understand as no one else can. Sometimes I have difficulty trusting Him, but still He proves faithful. God has become so many things to me in the last month that I never thought He could be. I don't know what I would do without Him. I would be completely lost. No matter how far I may want to run away, I keep reminding myself that the safest and best place to be is in the center of God's will. So although I may be struggling right now, I know that God has a purpose in it all, that He loves me, and He means all of these trials for good. So until God calls me home to be with Him, I will be content purring in the lap of the Master.