Well, like I said on the "About Me" page, I messed up my 8th grade year and the summer following. That's true. I got myself into some stuff the summer before 8th grade, during 8th grade, and the summer after 8th grade that I shouldn't have gotten myself involved in.
During Edge Camp in June the summer following 8th (my church's youth camp for students 6th - 12th grade), I recommitted my life to Christ and made a promise to Him to try my best not to get thrown off track my 9th grade year; to get my priorities set straight and keep them that way.
I've been praying since Edge that God will bless my 9th grade year and I won't get in over my head, fall into any more traps (which is what I happen to be very good at), that I will be able to focus on HIM, and I will know what's REAL and what's not. And also that only the Lord will be able to "animate" me - not anything or anyone else.
You know how sometimes we make decisions based on what we feel or see? Well I do that a lot. I'm not gonna lie, one thing I need to improve about myself is consulting God about doing things before I just jump in because something "feels" like the right thing to do or it "looks" to be okay. That's how I get myself into a lot of trouble; not consulting the Lord (who knows everything, including what is going to happen). That is also something I want to change my first year of high school.
Notice the title of the blog is "Ninth Through My Eyes" Your eyes can certainly deceive you....trust me. I want to look at my first year of high school through fresh eyes, a fresh heart, a new perspective so I can be deceived as little as possible. Which is what I got at Edge Camp - a new start, new eyes, a new heart, and definitely new perspective.
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