Lyssa's inspirational thoughts for the day!

My week in Missouri is coming to a close tomorrow. Time has absolutely flown! ✈️ It’s bittersweet leaving Anna & Rylan. I am so grateful for them! 😇 They’re amazing! I have loved my time here, the friends I’ve made, and the places I’ve seen. It’s a beautiful state! 🌳 I have learned so much about myself this last week and wanted to share with all of you what I have learned. 💕  4 things I know! 👊🏻🥰 * God is our Father, we are HIS children and He loves each of us so so much ♥️ He does have a perfect plan for each of us. With specific things we each need to learn. * Trials and adversity are HARD. 😣 and downright suck sometimes. But these struggles we have, are meant to turn us into better people. You can either let it break you or you can let the experiences change you for the better. Your choice! We are meant to have JOY! But that doesn’t come without enduring to the end end learning from those hard things in the meantime. (We can do it!)  * Prayer is REAL. I know God hears and

In my life as of late, I have been thinking of the lyrics to the well known hymn “I’ll go where you want me to go”. The first verse says: But if, by a still, small voice he calls To paths that I do not know, I’ll answer, dear Lord, with my hand in thine: I’ll go where you want me to go. [Chorus] I’ll go where you want me to go, dear Lord, Over mountain or plain or sea; I’ll say what you want me to say, dear Lord; I’ll be what you want me to be. The conversation we have with God might sound something like this: ‘Heavenly Father, it’s me. I’ve been thinking a lot and I’ll go where you want me to go..... but I’m NOT going there. (Then we continue to give God stipulations..) I’ll do what you want me to do... but I’m NOT doing that....But Heavenly Father help me to grow and guide me to where I should be, and help me become the person you want me to become... and on and on. But so often we aren’t willing to take the jump and go places where we are uncomfortable. 😜 We love our comfort. Our s