God answers ALL prayers in HIS timing!

Yesterday I received an amazing gift from God: a clear answer to a prayer that I offered up to Him every single day for the past four years. Without going into too much detail, a friendship that was once broken has been repaired. I never thought I would have the chance to even see this woman again, but God is good, and He did it all in His good and perfect timing! I learned so much through this whole experience; it was a lesson in patience and trust that I truly needed. To be embraced, physically and emotionally, by this person... there are no words to explain my joy. I could literally feel the weight being lifted off of my shoulders. It was as if I could hear the voice of God saying "I told you I would take care of this!"

God sometimes lets us carry a burden in order to make us stronger in the end. I am so grateful for the experience. While I may not always be willing to take on any kind of pain, I completely understand and appreciate it's purpose.

"In this you greatly rejoice, though now for a little while you may have had to suffer grief in all kinds of trials. These have come so that your faith, of greater worth than gold, which perishes even though refined by fire, may be proved genuine and may result in praise, glory, and honor when Jesus Christ is revealed." - 1 Peter 1:6-7