God knows what's best...

recently i took a hiking trip to the mountins, the Smokey Mountains this time. i believe God led me to those mountains. He needed me to be there to learn what i needed to learn about myself, about my path. All of my struggles and adversity and hardships are preparing me for lies ahead. it's not an easy path. i was so drawn to the paths when i was hiking; their shape, their obstacles, everything about them. He knew i needed to view the paths myself and have serenity so i would receive what he has been telling me. And so i would gain focus. Just like when i fell on the path the first time. my face hit the ground, i felt beat up, but in order to get to where i was going i had to get up and brush myself off and keep going. the second time i fell on rocks and ice. I was hurt actually pretty bad, my knee was screaming in pain. but i was literally on the side of a mountain. in order to get back down, i had to get up and keep moving. no one else would do it for me. i had to press on despite adveristy. this is my path. i have great work to do. God has specific plans for me and only i can do them. i have to stay focused and press onward no matter what. this is the only way to get to where i'm supposed to be. the paths literally mirroed my path in life. some parts may be easier, some will be steep and filled with obstacles, but if i am to reach where i need to be, i must move through them, past them, over them and press on. only i can do it, no one can do it for me. i must find a way to do it. anyway, it was quite the revelation for me. quite the experience. i am happy and blessed i was able to be in the place where i was and to be so tuned into what i needed to be focusing on. i am glad the lessons are still revealing themselves to me.