Dear Freshman Self,
Freshman year is scary. Its new, and hard, and different. But let me tell you, these will be the next best four years of your life.
These next four years will fly by. Whether it is the countless basketball games, the dreaded math classes, or even school lunches, every moment should be cherished. These are years, months, days, hours, and minutes you will never ever get back.
So this is what I’m going to tell you:
Your school will become your home. The day you step onto Windy Gap you will feel like you belong, because you do. Your classmates and teachers, before you know it, are going to be your second family. Go to class and appreciate it. Learning is a gift and knowledge is something that can never ever be taken away from you. Go to every basketball game and yell. Yell as loud as you can and support the team and people you love, no matter how bad they are. Try out for everything because in the end you wont regret it. Failure will grow you, not hurt you. Build relationships with those younger than you. They will look up to you in more ways than one. Say Hi to everyone in the hallway no matter what. Everyone is lonely in their own way. Go to the school dances and leave it all on the dance floor. No one is judging, even if you feel like they are. Little do you know that Covenant Day will turn into more than just a school, it will become your comfort.
Be appreciative of your friends. You will meet some of the most loving, kindhearted, people of your life. Your best friends, your confidants, your soul sisters. These people will cry with you. They will laugh with you. They will hurt with you. They will rejoice with you. There is no one truly like them. They accept you as you are and will love you fully for it. They pick you up when you fall and raise you higher when you succeed. They will show you just a glimpse of Jesus’s love each and every day because they are just that special. Hug them often. Tell them you love them sincerely. Be vulnerable with them because they care, they really do. Pray for them. Let them know they have hearts of gold that can never, ever, be replaced.
Grow in your relationship with Christ. High School will be hard at times, it will. I can’t say it won’t be. Use that time of weakness to grow and to learn. He is there, waiting, with open arms. Don’t be afraid to place your identity in Christ, to understand that He is the only one that can truly give you value. Start going to Youth Group. You will get to have a time of peace and stillness every Wednesday night for the next four years that you will never get back. You will cry most Wednesdays but you will also laugh. You will be surrounded by prayer warriors, girls who fight for you and your soul and will never back down. Christ is there for you with overwhelming grace. His mercy endures forever: remember that.
Some days you are going to want high school to be over. You are going to wish away minutes of that class. You are going to be sad for no reason and just want to go home. You will cry over stupid boys. You are going to be rude to those you love the most. But just remember to never take high school for granted. It’s a place where you will grow more than you could ever believe and learn more about yourself than you ever thought possible. It will become a part of you that you will have to leave in a blink of an eye. So don’t let the days just roll by. Appreciate your high school. Cherish your friends. Love deeply and often. Most importantly, love your Creator.
In the end, everything will be okay.
Yorumlar