Senior Journey

Through out my senior year I have gone through a lot of life lessons and have grown tremendously. As I approach my last semester I am trying to embrace any and every challenge that God throws at me because diamonds are made under pressure. I have grown physically mentally and most of all spiritually through out this year and pray that I continue to expand in those areas. I am going to take you all through some of the most defining moments within my Senior year.

Knowing the difference between who to CUT off and who to be PATIENT with!

Biggest lesson yet! It seems that this is one of the hardest things for people to do. We want to believe that because we have known someone for so long we must do our best to hang on to them. Let me tell you that is a LIE. There is no rule book that says because you have known a person for a certain amount of time you must give them all of your loyalty. Sometimes you can know someone from your childhood you could have gone through the toughest season with them, but once its time to let that person go......LET THEM GO. Here are some ways to know if its time to distance yourself:

1. There morals no longer match up with you

2. If they are constantly being negative

3. If you are always their cheerleader but never have been cheered for

4. If they try to deter you from goal/dreams

5. They've broken your trust numerous times

Quite honestly the list can go on and on but I will stop here.

Keeping God first in all you do!

This is a point I like to hit every year during my reflection, because I have to constantly remind myself of this at least once during a school year. It seems very obvious but when you hit your bottom sometimes it can be easy to forget that keeping God first in all you do is the answer to any problem. This year I had to serve in two prominent positions at the same time and juggle being a student and working all at the same time. I felt overwhelmed and felt that there was no way that I would make it through the year with my GPA still at a 3.0. All of these thoughts were streaming in and never once did I take into consideration that God was in control. All I needed to do was remain faithful and everything would have worked itself right on out. I began going to church every Sunday despite if I had a meeting later on that day or not. I joined a youth group and just started making God my number one priority. When I started doing this I began to realize how much of a calmness fell over me. It wasn't until I started taking time out of my "busy" schedule and started putting everything else on the back burner before everything started to settle down. Due dates began to be meet, events were being planned, my attitude was changing, and the relationships around me began to flourish. This is all because I began to change my priorities.

These two factors are the main factors that helped me get through such a hectic year. The two biggest lessons I have taken away from my senior year definitely.