At twenty-two years young, I can honestly say that my life has been Toad's Wild Ride, and it is far from over (hopefully). There are many people and situations that have gotten me to where I am today, and for the most part I am happy with my position in life.
I came across an old Youtube video my mother posted a few years back that made me realize how much I have matured and changed in the past three to three-and-a-half years. In 2008, I would have never imagined being 22 years old at Auburn University (of all plaves) and still having a year and a half left before I graduate college to receive only my Bachelor's degree. I had planned to be on the straight and narrow 4 year track when I graduated high school in 2007. But if there is one thing I've learning, it is that God laughs at our own plans and inserts His own.
On my journey to where I am now, I am well aware I've made many mistakes. That's part of life though isn't it? You do something the wrong way to figure out the right way...because as we all know, Life doesn't come with an official instruction booklet. The closest we have to that is the Bible. I attempted to follow the straight, "smooth", care-free path of the "on-fire Christian," but to be quite honest, it didn't get me much of anywhere. I became stagnant with school and was too busy waiting to hear God rather than seeking out what He had for me. So I stopped going to church and started living life on the outside rather than within the confines of sheltered holy walls.
I still love God, and from being in previous positions, I know His strength and love for me will never fail. I simply don't feel the need to tell everyone every single day I have a breath in my body. Regardless of the decisions I make or the paths I choose, He will love me just the same as He does everyone else.
And I love Him for that.
http://youtu.be/AIKFBVpjjgA
