Life's Lemons

                We all know the saying "when life gives you lemons, make lemonade." Easier said than done. At times in our lives, it can feel like lemons are flying all over the place. I know the feeling. I only have two more months of high school left, but sometimes it feels like it can take forever. Some times it just feels like it drags on, especially since it feels like sometimes everyone else in my small high school is dating. It stinks. Often times it's just plain awkward and embarrassing and not to mention lonely when your always the 3rd or 5th wheel. That may seem like a minor problem for some people, and most of the time I don't get to bothered by it. But some days it just plain old stinks. So there it is, the "lemon" of singleness. If you are like me, you can let it just sit there like I did and just sulk. Let me introduce you to a better way of dealing with it. Trust me God has a plan for you and it is a good plan(Jeremiah 29:11) and singleness is just a season. It may seem a like a long season, like this last winter, but like all seasons it will pass and spring will come. I won't be single for ever. But in the time that I have been single for the past 9 months or so, I have really been able to focus more on other things and I've grown closer to God in ways that would not of happened if I was not single. I know it is hard but we just have to add that lemon to our lemonade. Another "lemon" for me these past 9 months has been work. If you prayed at all for me with this, thank you so much, as I believe that those prayers have brought me through that. Work is so much better now, and I don't dread going to work anymore. Add that lemon to the lemonade. Now if we want the lemonade to be  sweet, we have to add some sugar. This "sugar" though has to come from God. You see our problems are the lemons, but God takes our lemons and adds sugar to them and makes all of it into something sweet and refreshing, lemonade. I apologize for the randomness and if the analogy is confusing but just think about it. Our problems can end up being an amazing part of our story. But we have to let God add the sugar.
God Bless,
David