Welcome to a glimpse into my heart - a vulnerable blog post! If I’m being completely honest with you all, these past few months have been hard on my heart. I have been wondering if I made the right choice by choosing to go on the world race. With all of my friends getting accepted to college, I can’t help but think how exciting that would be for me, to receive a college acceptance letter, or go to my first college football game, or do all the wonderful things that come along with going to college. Thoughts like these have made me struggle a lot with my future plans. However, I’ve slowly learned that college is not the end all be all of life. The Lord is telling me that it is okay to be different! It is beautiful to not do what everyone else is doing.  Through all of this though, the Lord has taught me a whole bunch about friendship - how it can be so beautiful to lean on our friends when we are struggling. He has taught me about the importance of friendship. 

One of my best friends, Emma has been the constant in my life through this entire process. She is continuously pushing me to do what the Lord wants. Even when I begin to question my decision, she has always reminded me of why I chose the world race in the first place, because it is what the Lord called me to do. This is one of the few friendships that has kept me grounded. There are other friendships like the girls on my squad who continue to pursue my heart no matter what is going on. They are a group of people that wants what’s best for everyone around them. Friendship is something that is so beautiful and fragile, and something that I always seem to take for granted. With Lent beginning tomorrow, there is a lot on my heart for these next forty days. I am going to learn how to pursue the Lord more and through that learn more about what it means to be His disciple. 

Tonight, I pray over your heart and mine. I pray that the Lord will fill your life with beautiful and fruitful friendships as he has done for me. You are beautiful and you are loved.

Forever His,

Celia