Graduate High School, check. Enroll in College, check. Get financial aid, check. Set future plans, check.
Seems as though my life is set before me. I have everything planned and ready to go, now I just need to succeed. For some reason the thought of succeeding is almost scary, but why? Because it includes failing. I am determined to excel, I believe that I can therefore I will. The only thing that stops me from getting lost in the dream, is the fact that along the way it is inevitable that I will stumble and fall.
Failure.
Amongst success.
If I can jog without my throat going dry, why would I appreciate water? If I don't bleed after a cut, why would I want or need a band-aid? If I don't fail amongst the success, how can I give God the glory? If I always win "on my own" what is stopping me before I boast in "my strength"? I am who I am today, because of the one who died for me on the cross 2 thousand+ years ago. I live today, because of my Abba Father's everlasting grace.
What am I without my failures? Those moments when I fell, were the moments He rose to the place He deserves in my life. Will I fail? Absolutely. That's not the question we should be asking though. The real question is, when we get to that low place will we stay there and learn to bow before the Lord while we are there? My life is set before me, God has already told me what it is I am called to do... 1. Do justice, 2. Love mercy, and 3. Walk humbly with my God. (Micah 6:8b)
I am excited to see what God has in store for me... Where my place is in college and furthermore where He will take me after. My life has only just begun!
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