I am still in my 20’s, early 20’s to be
exact. As I reflected back and thought about
the last few years I realized they weren’t what I thought they would be. I
certainly don’t mean that in a negative way but they haven’t been like that
picture in my mind I had when I graduated high school, was getting ready for
college, and getting ready for my twenties.
Let me explain. My married life is synonymous with my 20’s.
I got married to my a-maz-ing husband 10 days after I turned 20. This was
definitely not what I expected. I love my husband to death and would not have
it any other way but I definitely did not expect to get married 2 years out of
high school.
Here is the picture I had in mind when I graduated high
school:
Graduate College à
Get a Great Job à
Get Married à
Start a Family
I think that is what a lot of people generally expect
because they are not necessarily told otherwise. First your go to college,
after college get your good job, then your get married and then start your
family. Life is all good.
Here is what my timeline actually looks like:
College for 2 years à
Get Married à
Wish I could finish school à Jobish… à
Stilling figuring out my career à Back to School?? à Family someday, but hey
who really knows
Things don’t always turn out how they are “suppose” to but
that is ok. I have had to let go of “the mold” of how things are suppose to be
and my expectations to be able to embrace this bigger journey (and joy!) that
God had planned for me. One with a path that has had some crazy curves and is
defiantly not lit all the way. Everyone will take a different path. It is not
always direct and the whole path is not always visible in the moment.
People also don’t always tell you that on your path you will
fail. But again, it is totally a good thing. I look at each failure as just a
try again moment. I have “failed” at quite a few things, ideas, career choices,
etc. But God has brought each circumstance into my life to teach me more and
more the direction I need to go.
I am thankful for the things I have tried and
the dreams that I have had that have not worked out because they have brought
me to the direction I am going today. It may not be on that straight path I
assumed I would be taking but the path I am on is the path of growth and that
is even better.
The moral of the story is people don’t tell you, as you enter
your twenties, that your path will be uniquely yours. It will not be the same as
your best friend’s and it will probably not work out the way you plan for it to
work out, you may even fail a few times. But good news! This is ok and even
good! God is all about leading you and growing you into an amazing person for
His purpose.
-Christina
