Have you heard of She Reads Truth? or on Twitter #shereadstruth? While I am not the most religious person, I do enjoy a good bible study. When I first heard of She Reads Truth, I was a little skeptical. I tried really hard to follow along with the first plan “Soul Detox”, but sadly could not keep up as life got crazy with our wedding.
Last week, when the new plan “Living the Surrendered Life” was announced, I was ecstatic to get back on board. I really like this plan as it touches on a lot of points I personally deal with all the time. Tonight I want to bring light to day 7 which highlights James 4:13-15.
The devotional talks about wishing away your life. I don’t know about you, but I have spent a lot of time wishing for “my next big thing”, whether I was an anxious senior so ready to head off to my dream school (Boston University) or being anxious to graduate college. What I think is very ironic is usually when I find myself the most anxious to move on, I end up in not the idealist situation. But of course, everything happens for a reason, and I would never trade in my experiences at Boston University.
So while I may wish away a moment here or there, I am glad I have very little regrets. I think it is very important for a person to own their actions. There are very few mistakes in life, but many opportunities to learn. Boston University was a huge learning experience for me. I even dare to say I learned more about myself in that one year than I did at the University of South Carolina. Don’t get me wrong, I matured and learned a lot at USC, but that learning process was very different from my previous experience.
I mentioned this Tuesday, but being a newly-wed brings on a whole new variety of wishes. While I may not know my fate, I am embracing my present life and enjoying these last few weeks of living on my own. I love living with Jay, I mean I did MARRY him. But I have also learned so much about myself living on my own. I know (or hope) these are the last few weeks I’ll be living alone but I also want to embrace them.
