Dear Little Girl

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