I have said it many times: I am SO incredibly glad that facebook was not around when I was in junior high and high school. That time of life is so difficult. I was part of a trifecta in jr. high. I had two best friends. Oh man, that is tough. We would go back and forth asking each other who was the #1 best friend. Ha. It seemed to change daily, and there were many tears and hurt feelings during those days. Thankfully those girls are my life-long friends, and I love them both dearly. We made it through and none of us care anymore who is #1!~ :)
Then there are love relationships. Being in a small Christian school it seemed like everyone knew everyone's business (or at least they thought they did....;)) and that would have only been compounded if we had had access to facebook! I read my old journals every time I move and am highly entertained by the drama they contain. But those are just for me, and no one else is fully privy to my immature outlook on life and what I deemed to be "important."
My jr. high and high school problems make me laugh now. Will I look at earth with that same viewpoint when I finally get to talk to God face-to-face? I thought of that the other day. The drama, the questions I had, all the "problems" of this life...will they even seem important when I am a fully mature Christian able to talk to Him? I think not. Perspectives shift as we get older. We realize that friendships are amazing, but that being someone's #1 doesn't matter as much as knowing that when you need to talk to somebody that person will be there for you. Your boyfriend letting another girl wear his jacket doesn't ruin your day (oh many a day of mine was ruined by that...haha). There are many things that I don't understand about this world. The "whys" can overwhelm a person....but my perspective is shifting. I'm leaving behind my jr. high mentality and letting (ha) God take over. Oh wait, that's not my job and I have no control...right, I forgot.
It is refreshing to know that we don't have to have all the answers. It is enough to know that God IS the answer.
