dear younger me,
this will all sound crazy, but read until the end. listen. i promise that you won’t regret it.
stop and look around. take it all in. trust me, you’ll miss these times.
pay attention in math class. one day you will be across the world and won’t be able to figure out how much a jar of nutella is in usd.
remember what you learned at youth group last tuesday? use it. you know well that you are called to. for your friends at school that feel helpess, explain to them what makes you feel whole. what makes you whole. explain to them the never-ending love that holds you. be the light that you were born to be.
the moment that you step through the door from school you want to go straight to your room. trust me, i know. but don’t. oh, and don’t you dare roll your eyes at mom. she’s would give her life for you.
you are beautiful, made in His image. don’t let anyone tell you different. ever.
don’t forget to pray. please don’t. prayer moves mountains. + don’t forget that is what the Lord created you to do as well.
stop worrying about what everyone thinks. be your own person. it may seem like the opposite, but noone cares if you buy your clothes from abercrombie & fitch. target has cuter ones anyway.
you gotta crush on a boy? i have the real solution. put his name in first corinthians thirteen: four through six. — “love is patient. love is kind. love does not envy or boast; love is not arrogant or rude. love does not insist on its own way. it is not arrotable or resentful. love does not rejoice in wrong-doing, but rejoices in the truth.” still have that crush? oh, and don’t forget to put your own name in there too.
hang out with your sister. i know that she is young, but as you both grow up, she will become one of your biggest role models. her strive to work hard and be the best person that she can for others will begin to impress and inspire you.
when mom + dad want you to stay home for dinner, do it. you only have so many nights left to spend laughing around the table with them. there will be nights when you stay up thinking about moms home-made tacos and spaghetti with tears streaming down your face.
i know that you feel like it’s the end of the world when you get into a fight with your bestfriend, newsflash, it isn’t. some will stay and some will go. but let me tell you this– God has some big plans for you and the ones that stay.
love big. love others when it’s hard. show people what you are made of. the love of the Father.
He has always been right beside you, always will be. He will hold you when life becomes too real, too hard, too much to bare. He feels what you feel. He was scared too, but He gave His life for you. because of love.
so share it.
xo,
–aberz.
