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Turn sorrows Into Joy!

I could sit here and go on and on for 3 to 5 paragraphs about how pathetic my life is, but I rather not~ I was sitting in my bed a week or so ago crying about how pathetic my life is! Sometimes I feel so useless like there is nothing I can do about it. I wish I could help my church more, get them more into it, but I don't even know where to begin with a church of 1000 people, give or take! I wish I had more money for school, the only reason I was going to a secular school to begin with was because I thought it was paid for, but its not completely and now I feel like I shouldn't be spending money on something God hasn't even called me to do! I wish I was more of an example to people around me, from family, to friends at school and church! AND BLAH BLAH BLAH!!!!! Like I said I can go on forever! But as I was sitting there freaking out about everything it hit me, a little voice, telling me to not be afraid and to stop worrying, "For God has not given me the spirit of fear...

"Stop Complaining"

My boyfriend is always telling me I'm too negative! Most of the time he's being sarcastic, but I have noticed at times I complain way to much! I started noticing every time I would say something negative and the thought about what I was saying. What if instead of complaining, I fixed whatever it is that is wrong!!!???? *****LIGHT BULB***** I was reading a book the other day about some of the worlds greatest known people. It mentioned Abe Lincoln, Martin Luther King, Eleanor Roosevelt, Albert Einstein, and my favorite Helen Keller. I started realize while reading these stories, I have no reason to complain! In fact I have all the more reason to rejoice!!!!! I have sat on the pews of church complaining for way to long about how no body here cares about God, or about the youth and blah blah blah and Im not the only one. A few of my friends have done the same so I went right along with them every time, but IM DONE! I don't know what I can do to fix this situation exactly, or s...