discouraged?

I heard my pastor on Sunday talk about discouragement.... okay, honestly?  I don't remember what else he said.  I think this part of the sermon was directed towards me not just because I am speaking on motivation this week in our team call but because I needed that reassurance that what I'm doing is because He is asking me to.  I had been discouraged this past week because of certain circumstances that arose.  Then I heard pastor's sermon on how we may feel discouraged but God knows what's going on.  We also may feel uncertain.  Meaning, we may not see the whole staircase in front of us but we need to take the step of faith that we'll reach the bottom becuase He's there to guide us along the way!  That just resonated with me!  It was very powerful!  I may have my spouts of discouragement or uncertainty but WHY? God has everything in His hands.  I may not like the fact that I cannot see everything laid out in front of me but would I want to know what's coming next?  I'm sure we'd all like to say yes because we think of the good things that will happen in our future but what about the others?  Would we want to see the things we have to go through to get to the happy stuff?  I don't want to endure that.  Part of the reason why God doesn't allow us to see everything in our future now is because He knows that we cannot handle it all!  He takes care of it.  We just need to walk in the path that He's laid out for us and He'll walk us through the good and bad times!  So if you're discouraged right now (as was I), remember that God already knows what's to come and He already knows how we're going to handle it.  But, He's still there regardless of what we do or do not do!  Discouraged?  I choose to be blessed that I have today to live for Him!