My grandmother always told us...
Youth is wasted on the young.
And every time she said it, I was just glad that I was young.
I never thought about the meaning of it, I just knew she was old and I was young.
Youth is wasted on the young.
If was a younger version of myself today would I like me better?
It is all about how you define young.
If you are 57 then I am young
But if you are 30 I am old.
The clock keeps ticking and I will never be as young as I was when I started writing this sentence.
So if youth is wasted on the young,
is that why Jesus tells us to become like children?
If so, then I will always be a youth and nothing will be wasted.
I would be born again.
I would be ever so
Trusting
Humble
Free to be me
Unafraid.
I would remind myself in a letter.....
Dear Younger Me,
I AM VERY LOVED! John 15:9; Rom. 8:35-39; Eph. 2:4-6; I John 3:1a, 4:10, 10
I AM ACCEPTED! John 15:15-16; Eph. 1:3-6
I AM RIGHTEOUS! Rom. 8:31-34; I Cor. 6:19-20; II Cor. 5:21
I AM ADEQUATE! II Cor. 2:14; 3:5-6; 12:9; Phil. 4:13
I AM VICTORIUS! Rom. 8:37; II Cor. 2:14; I John 5:4
I AM FREE FROM FEAR! Ps. 4:8; 27:1; 32:7; II Tim. 1:7; I John 4:18
I AM CONTENT! Ps. 4:8; 37:5; Phil.4:6-7, 11; Heb. 13:5; I Pet. 5:7
I AM STRONG IN CHRIST! Acts 1:8; II Cor. 12:9-10;Eph. 1:19; 3:16; Phil. 4:13
I HAVE GOD’S WISDOM! John 15:15; 16:13-14; I Cor. 1:30; James 1:5;
I John 2:20-21, 27
I AM FREE! John 8:32, 36; II Cor. 3:17; Gal. 5:1, 13a
I HAVE BEEN ADOPTED BY GOD AND AM HIS CHILD! Rom. 8:16, 17; Gal.4:5-7;
I John 3:2
I AM TOTALLY FORGIVEN! Ephesians 1:7; 2:13; Col. 1:14
I HAVE THE JOY OF THE LORD! John 15:11; 17:13; Rom. 15:13; I John 1:4
I HAVE BEEN CHOSEN, SET APART BY GOD!
John 15:16; I Cor. 1:30; 6:11; I Peter 2:9
I HAVE ALL THE HOPE I NEED! Rom. 8:20-25; 15:4, 13; Col. 1:26-27;
I Peter 1:3
I AM BLAMELESS! John 3:18; 5:24; Rom. 8:1
I AM NEVER ALONE! Rom. 8:38-39; Heb. 13:5
I HAVE ACCESS TO GOD Eph. 2:18; Heb. 4:14-16; I Peter 2:5, 9;
I John 5:14-15
I HAVE AUTHORITY OVER SATAN! Col. 1:13; I John 4:4; Rev. 12:7-11
I HAVE ALL THE CONFIDENCE I NEED! Prov.3:26; 14:26; 28:1; Eph. 3:12; Phil. 1:6;
Heb. 10:19; I John 5:14
Love, ME
Are you wasting your youth away?
What do you need to tell your younger you?
And He said: "Truly I tell you, unless you change and become like little children, you will never enter the kingdom of heaven.
Matthew 18:3