There comes a time in your life when you know nothing will be the same. A certain 24 hours will mold the rest of your life. A wedding day. Your first kid being born or adopting one. And graduating from college.
It is not a bad thing by any means but it is so weird to me to think about my life inside a classroom with peers and papers are over. I’ve known this life since I was 5. I understand this life. In one day, May 5th, this will be gone.
I remember parents in high school saying those would be the “best times of your life”. I remember graduates saying college would be the “best time of your life”.
People saying this really annoyed me. Why were these people living lives only wishing they could live in their pasts?
I know. I know. Responsibilities just become greater the older you get but what a blessing it is to be entrusted with those things! I truly believe if you are giving your whole life to God you won’t be wishing to live in the past. God has exciting things for each of us to do, to be passionate about, and to see great things we couldn’t have imagined otherwise.
Now, it is easy for me to say that now, when God is sending me all over the world right out of college. If you knew me though, you’d know when I’m excited about something I don’t want to wait. For example, when I have thought about a Christmas present for a while and I have it wrapped, I hate waiting for Christmas to give it to them. I actually beg them to open it Christmas Eve because I don’t want to wait to see their expression.
So my problem isn’t really with looking at the past but the future, but believe it or not God has given me excitement for where I am right now. I have such amazing roommates and classes I love. I get to be a part of a wonderful college ministry that has forever changed me. I am so ridiculously excited for the World Race in September but right now MTSU is where God wants me to share his love.
I’m learning to be where I am and focus on what is in front of me instead of wishing I was some place different. I want to encourage you to pray for God to give you excitement and passion in your life, right now, with the people you live with, and the coworkers you see daily. Who knows what He’ll do or how He will change your heart.
