The murderer of my friend only gets 17.5 years in prison for her crime.Ĭorrection: My friend is in heaven. Her life was a gift to the very last second. This moment should've happened months after her first diagnosis, not several years later. He didn't allow this to happen in vain or without purpose. God protected my grandmother from death for years and only allowed this to happen at the right time. God allowed my grandmother's cancer to advance, giving her weeks to live.Ĭorrection: God gave me years and years and years of close relationship with my grandmother despite having multiple forms of cancer that even reached stage 4. Why? Because He loves me so much and wants me to be rested in the midst of grief. He had specific plans for me to deepen specific friendships and to focus on taking care of myself and my relationship with HIm. My dreams plans aren't always HIs dreams for me, and I trust His are better. "God urged me to cancel my dream job and my plans to work at a summer camp as a photographer."Ĭorrection: God guided me to Athens instead of camp, because He wanted me to be here, rest, and grieve with Him in a quiet environment. It's only been about 2 weeks, but I have some new truth. If you've made it this far, thank you! I hope my initial attitude and negativity didn't get you down. One day, I will see the purposes and reasons behind my pain. Do not put your hope in your circumstances or the people around you. Put your hope in the promises God has made to you. He is stirring up emotions and feelings in you that will make you stronger and give your soul more depth and understanding.
He is working in the darkness, He is molding and shaping and preparing you for greater things to come. I want anyone going through something similar to truly trust in the plans God has for you. I believe there will be an amazing testimony concerning the purpose of this season. I am well aware that this "season" of hardships may last longer than the summer. Just because I began trusting Jesus fully didn't mean that the hardships and disappointments ceased. I had to face them head-on, but I didn't have to face them alone.
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I couldn't have a full relationship with Jesus without bringing all of my pain, hurt, and broken expectations. I've never been a very spontaneous person, but since coming to love BTR, they taught me that sometimes, you need to throw away the game plan and take that chance! Keep your feet on the ground and eyes on the stars, and you might just make it BIG TIME! ) Anything can change in the blink of an eye, and whether that be for better or worse, you have to live your life out loud and embrace every chance and crazy adventure that comes your way.
Although life has its twists and turns and will inevitably change over time, your roots will always be a part of you and family, both given and chosen, is everything. They were loyal, crazy, passionate, and humble, and it stuck with them until the very end.Īpart from just being an addicting and funny show to watch in our downtime, Big Time Rush taught some very important life lessons as well. Hockey stays with them even in LA, and when the guys got "Hollywood Fever" and tried too hard to acclimate to the new pressures of Hollywood culture, Kendall reminds them of the ice and cold of their roots with a snowball "ice" fight in Palm Woods Park, and things go right back to how they should be. Throughout the show, they always described their identity as "four hockey players from Minnesota with a passion for music and life", and this could not have been more true. When BTR first came to be, Kendall, the leader of the group, made it very clear to Gustavo that it would be all four of them as a singing group or none of them at all.