21.

I have done this a couple of times already but i like to do it every now and then as my life changes. Also i am 21 now so this will be one thing to count for each year. 21 new things about me you may or may not have known or noticed.







1. I am an avid blogger.



2. I am no longer afraid to talk to people about my past or present. I am an open book now. Read me!



3. I have finally relinquished control of my life over to my best friend and love of my life, Jesus.



4. I am no longer afraid of God.



5. I am learning to have complete peace and joy in every circumstance.



6. God and i are in conversation constantly and i get the weird looks form other people to prove it. (I prefer to talk out loud often)



7. I have learned not to put all of my trust and faith in others not because people are completely untrustworthy but because we are human and God alone is the only one we can have complete trust in. We all let each other down and that should not stop us from having relationships it should only teach us not to put unnecessary strain on them with unrealistic expectations or stress.



8. I have finally learned what it feels like to love uncondtionally, without expectations or even to get love in return. To love simply because we are called to love.



9. I have learned that i was controlling and unloving and i have accepted it was who i was, given it to God, and know i am a new creation. The old has gone the new has come! I have also accepted it may take a long time for others to be willing to see the new me and accept me. All in God's time.



10. I have learned i can encourage people through my life in my blogs. In the beginning it was for me. I wanted a way to track growth. But others began to find encouragement through some of the most painful parts of my life because in the midst of pain they saw God was still there and i still hoped in Him. They have been a huge encouragement to me. Who knew my life could matter to strangers?



11. I have learned to cherish friendships without putting unrealistic expectations on them.



12. I have not only learned to accept pain from God but thank Him for it. Too often we ask "Why me?" and we should. We should seriously contemplate what God is trying to tell us through this pain.



13. God has given me the blessing of putting many people in my path for very specific purposes and i am loving the opportunity with every one of them.



14. I have found my identity in Christ as a women and i love it!



15. I have learned to be financially content with little or much. There has been more "little" lately lol



16. I love my family more than i ever have before in my life.



17. I love how i look and have learned that i am beautiful.



18. I have learned God has put a special burden on my heart to help youth through this time in their lives. I wished for someone to guide me through high school and my teen years which were the darkest time for me. I want to be to them what i needed so much.



19. I have absolutely no idea what God has in store for my future. It is a big blank, a huge question mark right now. Before i would have freaked out and tried to find something to control or plan. I am absolutely content in my lack of information from God right now. His will is only perfect when it is also in His time.



20. I am in love with the Bible right now. Especially the old testament.



21. I was saved in 2009. In 2011 God captured my heart. Oh and i captured His <3