When I was young…and naive…I thought life got easier as you got older. Oh how wrong I was. Part of me misses those innocent days of mine but another part of me has learned to appreciate responsibility. If I only knew how life was as an adult when I was in high school I would have probably given my mom an easier time. I have a great mom, I am so blessed that she had so much patience with me and loved me enough to let me outgrow my flaws. I give her the credit for everything I am today and the driven person I have become. My sweet mom lost her mom when she was just 12 and her dad not too long after that. I wouldn’t have survived that. She spent her life caring for her siblings, husband, and then me and my sister. She never did worry about herself and still never does. I adore her and can only dream to be half the woman she is. My awesome mom is besides the point of this blog, she is just incredible and deserves to be mentioned.
Life for me hasn’t gotten easier but one thing and one thing alone has remained. Jesus. People fail you, hurt you, leave you, lie to you, deliberatly tear you down, decieve you, talk about you, forget you, envy you, bring you down, and put you last. Jesus is everything we are not. If we leave it up to people to satisfy us, make us happy, fill our needs, and makes us feel secure we will be searching for something that does not exist forever. We will drain people and make others around us miserable. Trust me, I know from experience. Jesus is constant. He is our giver, our provider, our joy, and everything people cannot be for us. Turn away from this world and people for your fulfillment. I promise you, that fulfillment doesn’t exist in men, only in the Lord.
