I’m assuming most of you have Facebook… if your reading this blog, chances are; you do! A good friend of mine posted an ‘old school’ picture of us on his page the other day and it reminded me that I had been meaning to do the same. So tonight, I went onto my old photobucket account and started downloading. It’s kind of fun to see how much things have changed since 6 years ago or so..

One of my comments was in response to a friend who said “how i miss those days” and I replied, “i know! how bad we wanted to be grown and now that we’re grown, how much we would have wanted to do things a little differently. If i only knew back then what i know now.

Maybe we wouldn’t have dated that stupid boy (or girl), would have concentrated more in class, wouldn’t have worried so much about the petty things. Even more recent things like car choices, student loans,or making selfish relationship decisions….the list goes on.

It’s funny how you want to be GROWN when your young and when your grown you want to be YOUNGER!

Jump to a conversation I had with my mom about 6 months ago when I was living in Kansas City. I was listening to a preacher on the radio one day and he was saying something about your spiritual relationship with Father God and our natural mindsets. How it’s amazing that the more mature you become spiritually you become more dependent on God. Exactly opposite of how we think in the natural. You’de think the older you get, the more independent you become? Spiritually, it’s just not so.

I personally find GREAT COMFORT in the thought that the older I become, the more I can rely/depend/trust/lean on God. It’s so freeing!

In light of the blog title, ‘IF WE KNEW THEN WHAT WE KNOW NOW’ i can’t help but wonder what I (the 30 year old me) would tell myself (the 23 year old me) right now…

I guess when your living your life in light of eternity, the monetary, selfish, foolish, wordly pleasures seem to fade away in light of what life is really about.

I’m reminded of a song that says: turn your eyes upon Jesus/ look full in His wonderful face/ and the things of the world will grow strangely dim/ in the light of His glory and grace.

I don’t think that song could be truer. And that’s the best part about it….

So here’s to growing up and becoming dependent on the ONE thing that really lasts!

xoxo
M