I cannot fathom the fact that I've been living this life for 25 years! It seems crazy. I think back to childhood where each birthday felt it would never come. But now they come and go with apparent ease. I can't believe that I have only been at 1st Assembly for four years now. It seems like I have always been a part of it.
I have been trying to think about what things I should have accomplished by the age of 25. They tend to be thoughts like this:
-I should own a house
-I should be married
-Most of my friends have kids (OMG, what are they thinking?!?)
-Shouldn't I have my degree by now?
-What do I really have to show for the past 25 years?
All I can say for sure is that I'm probably too hard on myself. I know I have done a lot of good things in my time. But in the big picture of life, I want to make a bigger difference. I intend to make the next 25 years mean much more than my first 25 years. I want to be a difference-maker. I want to be a world-changer. I want to let go of the past and start pushing for a better future.
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I am excited about being a world-changer too. I don't know why people have stopped wanting to change the world so much. Of course it's a huge task, but I look forward to NLR First going worldwide with worship cds and messages and videos and campuses, etc. I want to show the world who God is and what He can do and how He loves every soul! Cool ambitions, Chris!
Hi Chris, you don't know me... and it was just kind of... interesting to say the least, that I came across your blog. I have been searching for God more than I ever have at this point in my life - and I was looking up a quote about how knowing God makes your problems seem smaller... and your blog came up. I'm 26, and I had some similar thoughts about the things I should've accomplished by now. But then I read your entry about wanting to make a difference, and it was inspiring b/c I want the same thing. Maybe we can have conversations over facebook sometime? God works in funny ways - regardless of keeping in touch, thanks for the inspiration and openness about living for God. I am certain your faith will never let you down... - Kelly
Thanks Kelly.
It's good to know that what I have to say means something to someone - even a passerby. I hope that you join me and together, with God, we can change the world! I really believe that.
-C
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