Now that I have started school, I looked back over the past year. Wow, so much has changed since the first day of school last year. I go to a different church, new friends, and I'm not nearly as shy as I used to be.
I feel like this past year, I've grown closer to God in many ways. That's the biggest change I feel like. I have gone through many things this past year. Challenges. Trials. But even through those things, I knew Who was with me. They brought me closer to Him.
I believe that those things happened for a reason. I may not know the reason now, I definitely didn't know then, but He always has a plan for these things.
Going on Missions Trips helped me a lot to. If you haven't gone on one, I definitely recommend going on one. For me, it showed just how much the world needs God. It made me want to follow through with the Great Commission. It kindled the fire inside me and made me want to show others the glory of the Gospel even more. It was an awesome thing.
Even if you can't go over seas, you can still go on one. Your school can be a mission field. My student pastor Jason is always telling us that, though hard for me because I'm home schooled, it probably applies to you.
There were times this year when I thought I couldn't go on. I wanted things to go back to normal, but I knew they couldn't. My life is different now than it used to be. I don't think I could ever be that same person again. My life is centered on the Cross. I have my own Jesus now. I'm not looking at Him through someone's eyes, I see Him through my own! You can read more about that part of my life in my posts 'My Change' and 'My Testimony'.
I'm still growing closer to Him. I hope to keep growing in that way until I'm actually with Him, I don't think we can get any closer than we are then ha-ha.
After this past year, I can't wait to see what God has in store for me this year.
