Dear Little Girl,
One day you will wake up. You will look in the mirror and see the adult
you have become. Your eyes will reflect
the memory of painful moments but your smile will hold to the hope of
tomorrow. It’s not that your life will
be hard, for hardship is merely a state of mind, but it will have times when
you are put through fire. However through each of these said fires you will
gather strength, knowledge, and humility.
For you my dear are a diamond—pushed to extremities to be made into a sparkling
jewel for His glory.
People will let you down, those you
trust will prove to be untruthful and you will be forced to make some very
grown up decisions but don’t lose your childhood because of that; hold fast
darling you’re still a child in His eyes.
Other people will leave you, and you will feel alone battling off the
world, but know this: the battle is not an earthly one and your Father is right
there, arming and strengthening you for each fight.
Now little girl, after eighteen
years you’ll feel like you are ready for the world, and you are. God has used your parents to mold you and
shape you into a shining light for Him, but that doesn’t mean the world will
not be rough—it will push and pull you till you feel like you can’t finish,
till you want to give up, but it is in each of those weak times you look
up. Look up to Him lovely; He is your
strength in every one of those times.
You aren’t made to fight on your own and He will never let you.
In these years you will find your
purpose; some say it is a calling, others will say your passion. Your eyes will shine with excitement and your
lips will speak fervently of His desire in your life. But you will soon face a battle unlike any other—a
battle of Job, where you are left wondering if you chose wrongly. Don’t question Him, you are attacked because
you speak truth, you are bruised because Satan wants you to fall and you are in
pain because he will use people and circumstances to make you feel like you
have failed—but you haven’t. “For every
one of Satan’s lies God has a beautiful truth.”
At the end of some days you will
cry of exhaustion from fighting, you will feel empty from questioning, but you
look to the cross and remember what He did for you, how He suffered,
innocently, for you. My dear He didn’t
only die for you, nor did He only give you a purpose, but He gives you comfort—He
gives you friends. There will be many
who will help you, guide you, and love you.
And at the end of those days when you are ready to give in He uses those
friends to give you that extra push to fight, to comfort, and to love. Dear, dear little girl the church will become
more real and more alive to you as you see it used in your life. So cherish your life darling, be adventurous
and fight your battles looking to the Author and Finisher of your faith
cherishing every trial, triumph and friend you make along the way.
“and
who knows whether you are come to the kingdom for such a time as this?” Esther
4:14b
When the waves are taking you under
Hold on just a little bit longer
He knows that this is gonna make you stronger
The pain ain't gonna last forever
And things can only get better
Believe me
This is gonna make you stronger
What ever You're doing inside of me
It feels like chaos, but somehow there's peace
Though it's hard to surrender to what I can't see
I'm giving in to something Heavenly
"For we were saved in this hope, but hope that is seen is
not hope; for why does one still hope for what he sees? But if we hope for what
we do not see, we eagerly wait for it with perseverance." Romans 8:24-25
