09/27/15 Letter from AJ to Bryce

09/27/15

Hey Bro!

This week was really a good and busy one. School is in full swing with mid-terms coming up and tons of homework! Today in church I was reading some of my old notes and I found a story from Sheri Dew about when she was at BYU. So she had always wanted to play basketball for BYU and never received any attention after high school. While she was at BYU the team had some injuries and was holding an open try-out. She unfortunately doubted herself and never tried out. Years later she met the coach and talked to her about that particular year and her unfulfilled dream of playing collegiate basketball. The coach told her that they held tryouts and never ended up picking up any of the girls and that year they were shorthanded because they needed a player of her type(I think she was a guard and none tried out that fit the description).

So long story short is that the Lord opens up opportunities that are specifically for us and that may go EMPTY if we don't take advantage of them.

So I read that and I was thinking about how HF has little plans like that for me and then I was thinking about Dallas, Bryce, Katie and Holly how they each have little plans that HF is making for them and then I realized another reason how it is impossible to completely understand God in this life because he has those intricate little plans for everyone of his children and he is fulfilling ALL of them simultaneously.

Wow! It just blows my mind trying to comprehend how God is able to be in each of our lives all at the same time!

What was the highlight of your week?

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