What would you say to your younger self?

[AnnaBanana]

What would you say to your younger self?

In ONE sentence?

I think I would say-

Your life is full of different seasons, embrace them and trust the Lord.

 

[Ask Mr. Religion]

At each of those times at important crossroads of your life wherein you denied your instincts and went in another direction...don't.

 

[Cymro]

Lean not on your own understanding but seek the wisdom from above.

 

[AnnaBanana]

Just before anyone else writes in this thread:

I am always very eager to hear wisdom and guidance from elders (or whomever it may be). These responses will be treasured!

 

[timfost]

to your younger self?

Shut up, slow down and listen.

 

[Steve Curtis]

Shut up, slow down and listen.

This is in line with what I was thinking I would write to my headstrong and foolhardy younger self...

 

[Southern Presbyterian]

“It’s so easy to be misled when you let someone else do your thinking for you.”

 

[LilyG]

You are far more sinful than you think you are - really know and hold fast to His Gospel!

 

[Edward]

to your younger self?

In ONE sentence?

Buy Microsoft

 

[Pergamum]

How young are we talking about?

 

[AnnaBanana]

Maybe..... 13-25 years old? That seems like the growing period.

 

[OPC'n]

Stop, back up slowly, turn around, now run!

 

[Grant]

to your younger self?

In ONE sentence?

I think I would say-

Your life is full of different seasons, embrace them and trust the Lord.

”Take the red Pill”

 

[timfost]

A really, really, long run-on sentence, making use of lots of commas, colons, dashes, parentheses, and semi-colons to circumvent the inconvenient one-sentence limit.

Hmm, that really wasn't that long. Study more Owen.

 

[Pergamum]

I'd give my younger self the address of my future wife and go meet her sooner.

And then we'd have more kids sooner.

 

[Alan D. Strange]

What Jeff said: Proverbs 3:5-6.

But I would not choose for any single thing to be different in my life, to paraphrase the late Jim Boice, for if I did, sinful though I was in so many respects (as Lily rightly notes), my choice(s) would be far poorer and worse than my Heavenly Father has chosen perfectly and unerringly for me.

Peace,
Alan

 

[Von]

Start reading the Puritans.

 

[Taylor]

Maybe..... 13-25 years old? That seems like the growing period.

Am I allowed to comment since I am only six months into my twenty-sixth year of age?

 

[JimmyH]

I'm pushing 70 in three months, Lord willing. I would tell my young self the same thing I tell young people now, read The Book of Proverbs and live according to those precepts.

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[ZackF]

Buy Amazon and Bitcoin.

 

[Krak3n]

You have time for what you make time for.

 

[Jo_Was]

Find a Godly, Christian community with genuine believers whom you can depend on as family in Christ.

I was lost for a long time without very many role models in the faith, and was very isolated because of it. I was brought to the realization as I helped mentor a young girl in my church recently on a matter in life...I wish I had had a me, when I was, well...younger me. As it is, I can be the person I didn't have, but part of me wishes I had someone to look to for aid. Of course, my want of such a thing may be what also has led me to be a teacher and mentor that I was not...so I know it was all in God's providence. It still hurts to think of hurting past me, though.

 

[Ryan&Amber2013]

I would say to myself "Be innocent and pure, and don't commit sin, for it will bring great sorrow and regret for years and years to come."

 

[arapahoepark]

Am I allowed to comment since I am only six months into my twenty-sixth year of age?

So you're younger than me? Scary...should I be concerned?

On that note, I would say to myself, seek God and his face more.

 

[AnnaBanana]

Such good, good responses. Thank you all for writing in here. Much encouragement and laughs especially the Matrix reference .