Ian, I really appreciated reading this post and I'm so grateful that you took the time to write it! I turn 29 in a few months, and like you, I also have never felt the way I have about a year as I do this one. I was speaking with my college roommates last night, who I met when I was 18. Over 10 years later, I think the freshman-year versions of us would be surprised both by everything that has happened and everything that *hasn't* happened. As certain parts of life begin to crystallize, I don't feel like regret is part of the list of words I'd use to describe this soon-passed decade...but surprise is! My twenties have certainly surprised me. I suppose maturity is looking ahead and knowing that both good and bad surprises are most certainly coming, but that the same God who was with me before is still with me now and into the future. Peace to you in this year of transition, and thanks for putting words down about the next phase of life: the phase we give our lives away.
"I suppose maturity is looking ahead and knowing that both good and bad surprises are most certainly coming, but that the same God who was with me before is still with me now and into the future." Absolutely this.
Ian, I really appreciated reading this post and I'm so grateful that you took the time to write it! I turn 29 in a few months, and like you, I also have never felt the way I have about a year as I do this one. I was speaking with my college roommates last night, who I met when I was 18. Over 10 years later, I think the freshman-year versions of us would be surprised both by everything that has happened and everything that *hasn't* happened. As certain parts of life begin to crystallize, I don't feel like regret is part of the list of words I'd use to describe this soon-passed decade...but surprise is! My twenties have certainly surprised me. I suppose maturity is looking ahead and knowing that both good and bad surprises are most certainly coming, but that the same God who was with me before is still with me now and into the future. Peace to you in this year of transition, and thanks for putting words down about the next phase of life: the phase we give our lives away.
"I suppose maturity is looking ahead and knowing that both good and bad surprises are most certainly coming, but that the same God who was with me before is still with me now and into the future." Absolutely this.