something from my devotion about a month ago... was just looking back at my journals, and found it quite apt as a reminder to myself, and hopefully encourages you too(:

deut 8:1-8
"...led you all the way... to humble you and to test you..."

#1:
God leads me ALL the way. specifically to me, throughout my four years here in sydney. there is no need to worry cos He leads, guides me through ALL my steps. To be led, is the reassurance that you CAN follow someone (who knows the way), and know that you WILL NEVER be alone.

#2:
in the desert... to humble you and test you.
my four years here can be likened to be a desert: being away from the comfort zone of life.
God uses such occassions to HUMBLE and TEST me; to put me through the fire to refine me. it is the hottest and most pain-staking process, and yet after that, you know you'll be totally purified (in a sense).

learning humility, and being tested may be a difficult journey. but i'm thankful for God's promises that He will LEAD me ALL the way. for He is the Creator, who existed from everlasting to everlasting. He knows the way, knows the path that we are treading on. Most of all, He knows everything about us. (Psalm 139:1)

i may not know exactly and understand what each of you are going through, but please remember: God knows and understands<3