Beginning of understanding

It is a beautiful moment when you can look back at a difficult time in life and begin to see a small glimpse of the protection that the Lord has placed over you. I can't explain it because I still do not fully understand it myself, but I do know this; The Lord protected me last summer from a path that would have been very devastating had I pursued it much longer. I am thankful for the protection He has provided to me, thankful for the ability to look back now and fully know, with my head and my heart, that I was saved from my own imulsivity.