Forever Now
When you’re sixteen years old you feel like the world is going to last forever. You don’t have ability to look ahead yet and so you feel, in a sense, control. You feel that you have control over time and where you are headed. After all, high school isn’t even over. And then, you’ve got college. Man, adulthood is forever away. But boys and girls, forever is now.
A couple months ago I turned twenty one. A hallmark age. I can now truly kiss the teenage/youth years goodbye. Don’t get me wrong, I’m still young. But I’m beginning to feel the weight of the world a little heavier than before. I’m starting to realize that I’m losing control. Time is speeding by me like a whirlwind and I can’t even catch my breath to keep up. All I want is to slow down. To stop and think. But there’s no turning back now.
With this fear curling up inside my mind, it’s got me thinking more about my life, and in what direction its headed. I’ve been thinking about the future. That future that not so long ago seemed so far away. Where am I going to be five years from now? Seven years from now? Ten years from now? Will I be fulfilling my purpose in life or still sitting around wasting time? I certainly hope the former. But for that to happen, I have to take action. I have to find out what I’m meant to do and pursue it with everything I have. It won’t happen in one easy step though. You have to set yourself achievable goals and take many steps in the dark to reach the top of that mountain. The “how” isn’t always so certain. When you have a passion or a dream, sometimes you have no clue how you’re going to get there. You just have to keep putting one foot in front of the other and moving in the right direction. That’s all you can do.
Forever is now. Don’t put off anything important but start out doing what God called you to do. It may take a long time to get there but time only seems to be getting faster. Dream and pursue with everything you have.
