Advice For My Younger Self

1. Don’t leave God. He’s your father and protector. Life will be easier if you let him guide you. You’ll avoid much unnecessary heartache. You’ll never find another love like this.

2. Enjoy every season of life. Life is a journey and you will have ups and downs as long as you’re on this Earth. So choose joy because you won’t get those moments back and when you look back on your life you’ll realize how beautiful those moments really were.

3. Don’t allow the world to turn you cold; it’s not who you are, and it’s not who God wants you to be. Instead, decide that despite all the bad, there is also good moments, good circumstances, and good people. It’s takes too much energy to be cold.

4. Heal. Decide to forgive others, forgive yourself, and receive God’s forgiveness. Choose to be uncomfortable for a season just so you can be free of whatever hurt is burdening you. You don’t need to live in condemnation. Heal because it’s accessible to you. Heal because it’s the only way through, otherwise you will continue in the cycle.

5. Nurture your friendships a little more, because a lot of them genuinely care for you. Don’t be quick to assume the worst.

6. Trust yourself. Trust the voice of God in your life. You have been equipped, from very young, with much wisdom and mentoring. You know what you need to do. Don’t let the voice of others cloud that. Most people don't know what they're doing anyway.

7. Don’t stop working out girl; you’re going to need that good habit as you get older. Lol

8. Learn to control your emotions because, as an adult, no one is going to come save you but Jesus. So just give your feelings over to Jesus and stop throwing tantrums and pity parties; no one wants to come to that kinda party.

9. The perfect man does not exist but know that a man who loves God and is submitted to Him is worth waiting for. So wait. That man will love the hell out of you.

10. Stop your controlling ways. Stop being fixated on this idea of how things ought to be and allow God to lead the way. Flow with the Spirit of God.

11. You are more capable than you know. Stop selling yourself short.