In the days immediately following my graduation, I began to notice this emptiness I felt. Between the graduation parties while driving my mom's car it would hit me: I'm graduated, my grade is never going to be all together again, everyone is going on to new and greater things, and I'm still stuck at home for a year. My eyes would tear up a little but I had to be strong. God put my class on my heart for so long and I know I won't ever stop praying for them. But, God is calling me to new and greater things as well, even if I am staying at home.
The work God began at my high school has had closure. Now I need to embrace this new time of my life, fearlessly. This next year, I can really make God my everything- not friends, not achievement, not even missions, but God. I realized that the emptiness I felt inside was because I had my priorities in the wrong place. I had put friends and memories first. I had put my identity and success before God.
When you make God your everything, you have nothing left to lose. Once God is your all, no one can ever take Him away from you. Yes, this means dying to self, but it also means truly living. I want to learn this in the months to come. I think this year to come is definitely a good time to do just that.
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