Maturity

I got the privilege on Monday to hang out with an awesome girl, but in addition to that, I got the privilege to reminisce and look back at my life and see how much I have changed, or matured, over the past three years. When I went to college, I was a young'un. I was 17 years old, fresh out of high school, still believing everything my parents had taught me. That first year was an interesting year. I was on my own. Granted, Freed controlled a lot more of my life that what most colleges do, but at the same time, the freedom was a new experience to me. I dated some girls. I didn't know what I wanted, much less know who I was. Monday, I was able to look back and see how much I have grown. To be honest, it made me really happy to see how far I have come. When I got to Freed, I had been a Christian less than 2 years. I didn't have my own beliefs yet; I was definitely still a "babe" in Christ. I wasn't a leader at all. I couldn't be the boyfriend that the girls I dated needed/wanted because I was still so immature that I was like in high school. Over the next two years though, it all changed. I had some amazing friends, I met so many amazing people. I had some awesome classes and participated in some awesome activities. To be the leader that I am today (humbly, of course), it makes me so proud of myself. Spiritually, I would say I am 500x better of a Christian than I was when I got to Freed. By no means am I anywhere near perfect, but I feel that now I can be a man of God and be that person in a relationship, as well as in the church setting with peers and Christians and general. I am teaching the college-age class at church on Wednesday nights (Leviticus). I am so excited about that. I love life. I know I pretty much tooted my own horn a little bit in this post, but sometimes it is good to have pride in what you have done and accomplished. Am I content of where I am now in my life? Not at all, but that is human nature, to want to improve. There are people in my life now, opportunites in the future, and a God who has an awesome plan for me and my future, and that is what I am excited about.