“For everything you gain, you lose something.” ~ Ralph Waldo Emerson
What truth this is… I have gained so much in the past couple of months! To be honest with you thought I limited the amount of insight, love, and experience I could have gained, because I was drowning in the sorrows of what I lost. I lost something from this summer that I thought the Lord had put in my life to stretch my heart and to teach me dependency on Him. Just when I thought it was a cool unique thing that the Lord put in my life for a “lifetime” I found out it was for only but a short season. Now I have regrets for sitting around wondering about this loss instead of making the most of those things, people, and memories I could have been embracing.Thankfully, the Lord allowed me to gain something even greater than what I lost. 
Thanks Mr. Emerson for stating something so simple, but so profound!
