31 Letters – Letter #30

To: My 30-year-old self

From: Me

“Reflecting on the year of 30”

It hasn't been very long since we crossed paths (29 days ago or Oct. 2nd to be exact), so many of the things I will tell you are still fresh on the brain. 

During the year of 30, God revealed to you His master plan for your life.  He literally opened your eyes to show you a world that somehow had been hidden to you all this time.  There are a lot of things that you probably wanted to try out or adventures that you wanted to experience, but God…God has a way of placing you exactly where He wants you to be. 

Greatness is where you are headed.  I think that it was easier to write to you at 21 because there were so many lessons and so many years of experiences to discuss.  In this one year you took a leap of faith of allowed God to direct your steps. 

You learned that no job, man, woman, or child can define you.  God is the captain of your ship, the author of your life, the man of your house and the King of your Kingdom.  In order to be transformed you realized that transformation starts from within.  You realized that old hurts can no longer harm you.

There is a pile of broken bricks and God has shown you just how to lay them in place.  The foundation of every house must be laid so that all other entities may stand strong.  God showed you your foundation. 

God showed you the babies that have been neglected, hurt, and mistreated by the enemy.  You have seen the dark cloud that is engulfing our men into sin.  And you have seen the women who are hurting and verbally abusing one another all because they lack the love of their Father.

Green is your color.  He has set you out in front of the pack not for you to be timid and afraid, but to stand firm on your beliefs and tell others about His grace.  There were those along the way that doubted you.  There were those along the way that turned their back on you.  There were those along the way who mocked you, but they don’t see what you see.  There is a race to be run and my friend, God has shown you that leaders run from the front.  No matter how hard it seemed to push through the pain you did it!  You made incredible strides in a short amount of time.  The beautiful part about it is that God has only shown you a snippet of what He has in store.  The most important lesson here is to just surrender… It’s a simple statement, but can be a very difficult path. 

You are special.  You are a divine creation embarking upon a new beginning.  NO ONE can take that away from you.

 

You did good!  Now bring on 31!!!