I've been thinking a lot about graduation, and life after, and it became apparent to me just how fast this life zooms by.
It feels like not long ago I was excited about starting high school, and now it's almost over. People that I met when they were 16 or 17 (my age now) are now turning 20. I have friends who are getting married, getting close to it, or working with major companies now. Children whose birth announcements I remember are now starting school, or even entering middle or high school for some. It's crazy to think about how quickly this life goes by.
I've been praying a lot lately about where God wants me after graduation. I'll keep all of that personal for now, seeing as there are no set plans yet, but some areas that I feel I might be called to would involve me moving out of state.
That thought is hard for me, and though I have no set plans, (and would like to remain in my home state if I could) I realized that my friends will all be doing the same after graduation.
Moving away...
Starting college...
Getting married...
The friends I have now may not be in my life long after graduation. At least not in the same way they are now.
This life that I live now will start to look very different in just under a year in a half's time.
This life that I live now will start to look very different in just under a year in a half's time.
That sounds like a very depressing thought, but when you think about it, it doesn't have to be.
Yeah, life won't be the same forever. Change happens, and sometimes it's bittersweet.
But that's not a reason to be depressed, it's a reason to thank God for the season He has you in now, and do your best to live all out for Him in it.
Seasons change, that's natural.
But in every season, there is beauty.
This life goes by in a breath, a blink.
Sooner than we think, we'll be old and grey, looking back on it all.
What do you want to see when that time comes?
What do you want the people who've known you to see?
What do you want the people who've known you to see?
What do you want your legacy to be?
You don't have to wait for life to change before you start leaving your legacy. Your legacy is being written today. How do you want your children to remember you? What about your friends? Co-workers? Strangers?
You can start right where you are, in this season you're in.
Only God knows how long each season will last.
Sometimes He surprises you, and seasons you don't expect to last come around again, or stay a little while longer. Other times... a season ends and stays that way.
So while you're here, right where you are, living this life you live...
Live.
When I look back on my life one day, I want to see that I lived.
I lived when I was in high school, I lived with every goodbye after.
I lived when I was working, I lived when I was (God willing) raising children.
One day, I want to look back on my life and see that with every season, starting younger than the world values, I lived.
Because I let Christ live through me.
This life doesn't last forever.
Don't forget to live it today.
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