What I learned in 2016
What I learned in 2016 This year will end in one day (at least in the place where I live) and we will enter 2017. There were a lot of things I learned in 2016. This year has been a roller coaster of emotions for me. It has been a brutal year for me, no kidding. I learned that God wanted me to be honest with my emotions, in front of Him. I was trapped in my way of thinking, and assumptions that some how I could manipulate Him if I just said the right words. If I pleased Him by saying the things He wanted to hear, then I would get what I wanted. It's a silly way of thinking. Another wrong way of thinking was that if I was being honest to God about what I felt, that God would be surprised and admonished me like my parents are used to do. You know, like those others religious people who have good intentions, I imagined God would say that it's not OK to feel that way or this way. It's not OK to think like this or like that. Sometimes I was struggling to express what I