This was my first reaction when things recently started changing.
A month ago, everything was really great. I was settling old relationships, getting and giving forgiveness for the things I had done to everyone (and what they had done to me), raising my grades up to a normal standard, finally getting used to being 16 years old and a new Washington State driver...I was finally getting comfortable, settling in to my life.
A month ago, everything was really great. I was settling old relationships, getting and giving forgiveness for the things I had done to everyone (and what they had done to me), raising my grades up to a normal standard, finally getting used to being 16 years old and a new Washington State driver...I was finally getting comfortable, settling in to my life.
And then God hit me with a brick.
Not literally, that's the...euphamism I often use to explain a situation in which God throws a ton of emotional, mental, or physical change my way.
Not literally, that's the...euphamism I often use to explain a situation in which God throws a ton of emotional, mental, or physical change my way.
And in this analogy, he threw several bricks my way.
The people in my life started rotating, disappearing, changing. They were growing just as fast as I was, when all I wanted them to do was pause until I could catch up to them. People were going off to college, and I was getting ready to do the same.
My seventeenth birthday is coming up really soon. I've dreaded this birthday for almost my entire life, up until about four weeks ago. There are reasons for this, but I won't go into them.
The people in my life started rotating, disappearing, changing. They were growing just as fast as I was, when all I wanted them to do was pause until I could catch up to them. People were going off to college, and I was getting ready to do the same.
My seventeenth birthday is coming up really soon. I've dreaded this birthday for almost my entire life, up until about four weeks ago. There are reasons for this, but I won't go into them.
School is getting harder. It's not staying the same difficulty as I grow into it.
Friends who have shaped my life in the past two and a half years are leaving.
And my best friend, who has been gone for almost as long, might be coming back.
People who I have given passing glances whilst walking around my church ever since I started attending have all of a sudden become some of my closest friends.
Friends who have shaped my life in the past two and a half years are leaving.
And my best friend, who has been gone for almost as long, might be coming back.
People who I have given passing glances whilst walking around my church ever since I started attending have all of a sudden become some of my closest friends.
I've recently been given an open door to go explore YWAM bases.
I've recently been in close contact with the admissions person from Life Pacific College.
I've recently been in close contact with the admissions person from Life Pacific College.
I've recently jumped on board with the Kairos leadership team, and have engaged in an internship position under my youth pastor, Dustin.
Life is moving fast. Seasons are changing at an abnormal pace.
But in all of this? God stays the same.
He is the constant.
He is the one thing that will never change.
His love is always abounding.
His grace is always sufficient.
He is the constant.
He is the one thing that will never change.
His love is always abounding.
His grace is always sufficient.
His timing is always perfect.
And I will always trust in Him, even (and especially) when I cannot see two feet in front of me.
All of my life,
In every season,
You are still God,
I have a reason to sing...
I have a reason to worship.
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