somebody said life wasn't fair; well somebody else was saying a prayer

so i was looking through xanga's today and came across this girl who i felt needed gods love so bad, cause i know she had it she just needed to be reminded and to know that some random person in some other part of the world gets her and is praying for her. and i told her that she was loved and yes things get hard but we woundn't know the good with out the bad, love without hate, smiles with out tears. nothing would have as big of a meaning. and on her page she had wrote two paragraphs that really broke me and where just so real. here they are:

"today in sunday school we talked about prayer. i want to write out how i feel about what we talked about. you can whine all you want. God is going to listen. no matter what, he always does. he's not someone that turns his back on you just because you stole his cookie or something. no, God is there all day, everyday. so often we only go to god when things are bad in our life or we really, really want something. yeah, god says he'll be there through all that. i mean, we're not perfect. but do you ever just slow down and thank god for letting you get home safely? or for a beautiful day he's blessed us with? maybe we should stop taking advantage of god's love for us. maybe we need to pay attention to him more than we do. maybe we should talk to god everyday and not just when we're whining or our mascara is running. "

"a couple of months ago, we did this activity at our youth group thing. (oh yeah, that sounds professional. thing, haha.) we were handed slips of paper and a brown paper bag. on the paper, we were told to write the biggest obstacles in our life. or things that were keeping us from god. at the time, my depression problem was just getting worse everyday. so on one of my pieces, i wrote depression, and i dropped it in the bag. i had another piece, so i wrote peer pressure. if i go to a party with alchohol, i don't care who tells me not to, i'm going to drink. that's just what kind of person i am. i dropped that one in the bag, too. this was supposed to represent us giving it to god and letting that worry and stress be lifted from our shoulders. maybe i wasn't paying enough attention or maybe i didn't let go of it. it didn't work. over time, i've noticed that those issues i've been struggling with are becoming less and less of a worry to me.

i'm so glad i can finally say that i know in my heart that i'm going to be okay."