I am officially an adult...

...and wondering where the time went. I couldn't be 18, could I? Oh wait, I am. When I was younger I would complain that being this old would take forever to come my way but my mom would tell me, and I didn't believe her, that I would be a certain age before I knew it; mom was right. I'll quote a Nationwide Insurance commercial by saying, "Life comes at you fast." You see that cupcake picture on the side of this post? It has twelve candles, at least from what I can see but you're welcome to comment and correct that if you count otherwise, and six years ago when I blew out twelve candles I didn't know what lay ahead but God did and he has been there through every step of the way. There has not been one moment since my life began that God has not been with me and that is such a gift. Before I was born God had a plan for my life as he has a plan for your life too. I do not know what the future holds for my life but I do know that the Lord is always with me and he always will be. On my 18th birthday I want to thank the Lord and my parents for putting up with me all these years even though I haven't always been easy to love. I am truly blessed by the people in my life.

"Go forth today, by the help of God's Spirit, vowing and declaring that in life-come poverty, come wealth, in death-come pain or come what may, you are and ever must be the Lord's. For this is written on your heart, 'We love Him because He first loved us.'"
-Charles H. Spurgeon