You Can Worship From Anywhere

 Hi lovely friends! I hope you all are doing well and have had a great week! The other day a really great Christian song came on the radio on my way to school. It was saying how we can worship from anywhere and how our God is worthy of all of the praise. I have been through a lot in my life, and as time has gone by, it has become a bit easier to take a step back and praise God through anything. In high school, I was in the hospital a lot. There were a lot of unknowns that I was living. I went through traumatic experiences in the hospital that left me shaken to my core. I will admit, I did not praise God in that exact moment. I was angry. I was sick. I was losing hope. In my first year of college, I got sick again in my second semester. I had to drop out of all my classes and move back home. I knew it was for the best, but I was so angry and sad. I did not understand why all of this was happening to me. I asked a lot of "why me" questions. When things went wrong in Sam's life, it was really hard to see how God was working in that moment too. When he didn't have a place to live, when his roommate left him with over a thousand dollars worth of damage to pay for, and when he felt lonely...it was hard to see what God was doing behind the scenes. However, I have recently thought about a lot of these things. One hard situation that has happened recently was that the new used car we got last year became DEAD DEAD. The transmission went out, the radiator went out, and six other pages of issues to add to that. We had to share one car for a while, but God really turned this situation around. We praised Him each day, even when it was hard. We praised Him because we did have another car to share. We have been incredibly blessed and it is up to us to take the time to praise God for everything He has done for us. So I started thinking about all my hardships and trauma. I obviously did not praise God in the moment (although I am trying to get better at that). However, I praise God now and thank Him for everything He has done through me. I praise Him that I am alive. I praise Him that I can drive. I praise Him that I can walk. I praise Him that He has mended all of my broken pieces even when I did not see how it was even possible. So, whether you are in a hospital setting, at school, in the car, at the park, or going through a really hard situation...giving God the praise and thanking Him for everything He has done and is doing really truly makes you feel this incredible peace that is not otherwise possible. It won't always be easy. And it is okay to be angry. I can't count the number of times I have yelled at God. Eventually we can get to a place though where it becomes easier to see every good thing God has done, even in hard situations. 

I am giving you all of my love,

Lauren