Fail.

Feelings are a funny thing, I think.

It's astonishing to me how God gave us the ability to feel so much, experience things in so many different ways. Even better, no two people react or feel the same way in certain situations.

I guess that's what makes life so complicated sometimes...what makes relationships so complicated. We're overcome with all these feelings, and we just want someone, somehow, to understand our point of view. To understand who we are, and why we're feeling a certain way. Sure, there are people in our lives that can do that, that can fill that need in our lives. God created us to form relationships and companionships with other people. But sometimes, people just aren't enough. They don't say the right things, or do the right things. And no matter how alike two people are, sometimes...words just cannot express feelings, and God is the only one who can help you sort through everything.

If there's one thing I've learned as of late, it's that people fail. Parents fail. Siblings fail. Friends fail. Significant others fail. Personally, we fail others. Time, and time, and time again. Not because we don't love, or because we aren't loved - but it's because there is only One who can truly understand us, who has our best interest at hearts, and who will never, ever fail us. You see, like many of you, I have a problem with placing too much faith in the people in my life. But I often forget that those people aren't always going to come through for me. Does that mean they love me any less? Of course not. Does that mean I stop loving them? Never. But sometimes I wonder how much heartache we would save ourselves if we relied less on the people in our lives and relied more on God. The God who created us, who knows our every thought, every word before we even speak it.

Because the bottom line is plain and simple: PEOPLE FAIL. GOD NEVER DOES.