A Teenager's Thoughts

This blog is dedicated to sharing with everyone my thoughts on the trials and blessings that come to me. I am going to try to be painfully honest, as much as possible.
Here is my first blog thought: Everything is a blessing. If you think about it, every single thing that happens to us is a blessing. You may say that there are also trials. But when you look at the big picture, those trials are blessings too. You may say that some people aren't blessings. But again, when you look at the big picture, you realize just how much they have affected you, for your good. There might also be opportunities for you to grow through them. God has placed people in our lives, not so that we can think about all their failures and how they are like a thorn in our lives. But so that we can think about how special they are. We are not to judge. Why think about the bad things in others when we could be thinking about the good things in others. Thinking about others' faults only puts us in a bad mood toward them. It also lifts us up, above them. But when we think about others' virtues we are humbled and seek to be more like those people. It is also hard to minister to people when all that we think about is their faults and failures. In order to minister to others, we need to focus on their virtues and good characteristics. So my conclusion is: Make an effort to see the good in others so that you may better bless them.