10 years ago, I could only dream of being a leader at Forest Edge. This past week I lived out that dream. This past week was such a dream-come-true, that I still don't believe it was real. Since when was I older than 8? Now I'm so close to being 18.
When I was 8, I used to listen to the song "This is Your Life" by Switchfoot, and hear the lyrics in the chorus that say what the title to this blog says. "...Is it everything you dreamed that it would be, when the world was younger, and you had everything to lose?" I would hear that line and think it couldn't apply to me, since I was still the young one; I was still living out the part where I had 'everything to lose'. But suddenly tonight, as I was in the car on my way back home, watching the sun setting behind me, I listened to that song. And the question sounded different this time, as though it suddenly did apply. And it does now. I know I'm still young. But it's 10 years later. 10 years later!
10 years ago, I wished more than anything that I could one day be some big teenage leader at Forest Edge. And that's what I am now. I'm actually one of the older leaders there, even though this was my first time leading on a camp. It felt so bizarre to sit in the same spot Steph and I sat when we used to wish we could be leaders - that was 9 years ago, and we were 9 years old. It's ridiculous to see that double that after another 9 years, our wishes came true.
Funnily enough, I was right on the ball when I said I'd want to be a leader on that camp at 8 years old. That place is my home. It's where I have always belonged, and I pray I always will belong there. I know it's where God putting me.
Is it everything I dreamed that it would be? It basically is. Maybe better. And now I've got so much more life to live. I would say that I can't wait... but really, I can. In God's time, everything is beautiful and everything is right. So so happy tonight. Thanks God for showing me a bit more of my life's path in this world.
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