The End

   As my spring break comes to an end I am reminded once again of how following God's plan for my life will always turn out best.  As I was planning my spring break adventures a friend asked if I thought God would really "call me" to go visit family rather than go on a mission trip.  At the time I was hesitant to answer, but after prayerfully making the decision to go visit my cousins and then reflecting on the week, I can say that yes, God would direct me to not accept an opportunity to serve on a mission trip.  Over the past 4 years I've spent every break I had at camps, on mission trips, or doing internships and I missed out on a lot of family reunions and holiday celebrations.  But, by continuing to seek God's direction for my life he worked it out for me to be able to go have a blast in Minneapolis with my aunt and uncle and 2 cousins for a week.  He also arranged for me to be able to attend 2 great churches and get some amazing spiritual renewal that I definitely needed, and the 18 hours of driving also worked out to be a perfect setting for listening to the entire Financial Peace University series...now if I only had an income to work with...

   God always works out everything for our good, even when I can't see why he's leading me in a certain direction I want to follow his guidance.