All of Who I Am.........unwanted years?

Unwanted years........ Some have many,........some have few and some have none. 

Unwanted years , not waisted years .  Why would God do this? Why would He put these years in our lives just to be meaningless? 

He doesn't. We are the way that we are today because of our past and if that's what it took to get us here, then so be it. It is God's plan but we can't always see the big picture. And within this perfect plan are some painstaking years for many of us. 

But I've come to think of these as  learning years. 

Years of Disciplines, maybe to make me stronger.

 Years of disappointments, to keep me humble.

Years of confusion, to educate me.


And years of being alone, to make me more compassionate.

 I kind of think God does this to see if we just give up or turn to Him and persevere. 
Our victories  in life aren't always measured by our successes,  but by our failures. 
You have to take the bad with the good .

 And that's why today I can stand here and truthfully say "I thank you Dear Lord, not just for all the great years in my life, but for all the difficult ones also, because they are the ones that strengthened me and made me who I am today. And I know that it was only through the  love for your children  Holy Father, that made it possible not only for  me, but for everyone  who has tasted your conviction  but can still feel your benevolence." 

I still ask myself , "why me?", and it always takes me back to the day I accepted Jesus into my life, and He welcomed me with open arms.

"All of who I am , is everything in you God".

Gino