Good can come from the bad.

Greatness can come out of bad situations.

This same time last year my soul ached.

It was around the same time I was told, "If this was the business world you'd be fired."

It was the third time I got threatened to be fired.

I went to God daily in anger, "Why am I going through this? Why do I have to deal with this? I thought you were over the situation?"

Daily I felt like a knife was going through my stomach.

I felt miserable, I started to question why I was in ministry in the first place.

What would it be like for someone to ask a minister on Sunday how's it going and responding, "My heart is crushed and honestly this is the last place I want to be."

My actions took a toll on my family and my personal life.

I dreaded going to the office every single day and soon I was taking that out at home.

At times I was lethargic, overly depressed and not knowing what the future held for me.

My close family and friend saw this and helped me through it.

I would ask God, "Is this truly what you wanted me to do with my life?"

I went to my mentors for counsel.

What a difference a year can make.

Hailee and I are doing great in a place I never thought I would be.

If you would have told me at this time last year I'd be living in Terre Haute, Ind. I would have laughed.

I didn't think God wanted me outside of Michigan.

But God has a plan.

I hear stories of friends that are going through a hard time and my heart just aches.

We never want to hear a friend that is struggling.

What's even harder to imagine is even through the bad times in our lives, God is still over the matter.

I am living proof that there is light at the end of the tunnel and it's not a train.

Through the worst of situations can come the greatest results.

Matthew 2:6…

"But you, Bethlehem, in the land of Judah,

Are by no means least among the

Rulers of Judah;

For out of you will come a ruler

Who will be the shepherd of my

People Israel."

Out of the least comes the greatest.

God has been like this throughout history.

Great people have been born of prostitutes.

The smallest and weakest of brothers have become the strongest of leaders.

Out of the least of Judah comes Jesus.

Great things can come from bad situations.

Personally, we are thankful when the storm in our lives is over.

God is over all.

We have to trust in him through the worst of situations.

We all go through rough times.

Yet God delivers us, he took me to a place that I love going to every single day.

I look forward to going into the Church everyday and the people I serve with.

I am so much more thankful of where I am at now from where I came from in the past.

What are some of the rough times you have went through?

How have you come from rough times and since the light?

Hopefully that will help lift others spirits.

God gave us Jesus to cover all of the world's sins.

He cares for each and every one of us.

Have a great weekend.