Growing Up..

Remember the days when guys had cooties, when being high meant being high on the swings, when you would tell your mom and dad that "when I grow I want to be a princess" or "I want to be a rock star". 

Then we would change our minds to doctors or veterinarians. Then, you hit middle school when you have to learn a little responsibility at a time, when you start learning how to do things on your own and school work gets a little harder and they don't "spit out" what you need to know. High school is next, which is when you have full freedom; whether you study or not, whether you pay attention during class or not.  

Next year I will be making the decisions for college and what I want to do with my life. It's scary thinking about the real world and being let loose; from taxes to bills to college homework to job. 

Growing up means letting go of the pointless drama and realize what matter the most. Growing up means finding out who will be there with you through thick and then who will be there for you when no one else is. Growing up means that when you make a mistake you take the consequence either being good or bad and “take it like a man”. Growing up means that you take the bad with the good; learning that no matter what the situation is that it will come to God’s glory no matter what because it is in HIS hands. Growing up is becoming more and more real to me each and everyday this year for some reason; when something happens you have to learn to take responsibility and start helping around the house and taking care of you and someone else. In a blink of an eye something life changing could happen. You can either take it as a good life change or a bad life change.. It depends on how your perspective of the situation is.  

Jeremiah 29:11

For I know the plans I have for you," declares the LORD, "plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future.