to you, with love [16]

hey, there--

Whatever you're going through right now, keep going.

Keep going and know that this is preparing you for something greater than you can imagine at this point. I pray that you can find peace in your situation, hope in the future and things yet unseen, strength that carries you through and allows you to remain unhardened by life, that turns bitterness and anger and disappointment and "Why me?" into unbelievable compassion and understanding that enables you to speak to others' heartache when this storm has passed and the skies have cleared.

Once there was a young man named David who was told that he'd become king. But instead of being whisked away to learn about being a king, he was sent back to the fields to tend sheep. Even though sheep herding doesn't seem like a job for a king, the years that David spent guarding his dad's flocks gave him the skills (and the years gave him the time to mature) to defeat his country's enemy and later become king. David had faith that even the boring and seemingly unjust stuff would work out for him. And it will for you, too. Have faith.

Also, sometimes you may feel unappreciated or ignored, like you're just a cog in a machine and people only point out your flaws. But you are enough and you are amazing. Keep up the good work.

Here is my heart on paper. The last paragraph was added as an afterthought; I felt a prodding that I needed to include it for whoever finds it. Also, we studied the story of David a few weeks ago in Lysa TerKeurst's "Becoming More Than a Good Bible Study Girl."