Ever since I was little, I was told to "Trust God's plan for you", "God knows what he's doing". Since I went to a private, Christian school I was extremely used to it. If we had any sort of problem, "God's plan" was the answer. It didn't matter if it was major or minor, that was always the answer. It was something I had learned at a young age, yet didn't know the extent of it until later in life.

While in middle school, I was bullied and really doubted my faith. I didn't understand why God would let this happen to me especially being surrounded by the people that were supposed to life me up in my faith because it was a Christian school. Without that happening, I realized that I would have gone on to high school there and probably end up at a small Christian college.

I was able to go to public high school and for the first time in my life I realized God had been working in my life. I got to be my own person and I had so many good friends that loved and supported me. I was able to play sports and join a cheer team that changed my life forever. I met my mentor and my best friends through it and I graduated being so happy and so excited for my future. I found my home at WSU and found a perfect major. Without everything happening leading up to it, I wouldn't be where I am today.

Sometimes I wonder why things happen in my life and what I did do deserve the pain that I go through. I wonder what God's plan is for me, I don't understand why things aren't going my way and why they won't just get better or why it can't be easy. I wonder why he is punishing me .Then I remember that everything happens for a reason and that things will fall into place eventually. I can't sit sad when I know things will be okay and I remember the days I thought things were never going to get better and they turned out absolutely amazing. Having faith and trusting that God has a hold of your future is everything and I can promise that trusting God's plan is going to turn out a million times better than any plan we could come up with on our own.

Sometimes it's hard to believe that bad things happen to us for a good reason, but trusting in God's plan I've learned, is always best. No matter that struggle you are going through, there's always something better on the other side. The bad things happen so we grow and are able to prepare for the good to come. God will always take care of us and sometimes we need to be reminded of it. Whatever our worries are now, we just have to trust that God will do so much better than we could ever do without him.