Happy New Year everyone! I hope your 2013 was filled with good memories that will forever stay in your heart! I hope each and every one of you can look back and say that you saw God work! I know I have!
Today, January 2nd, I turn 16! I've been so excited for the past few months.. I'll soon be getting my license, I can date now (when my daddy approves 😉) and I can say I'm one year older.... But it just hit me, at 12am, that maybe I don't want to be older... I've been laying in my bed for almost an hour trying to think of every memory I possible could! I want to write it down and cherish it, because it goes by so much faster than I thought it would. I can remember being 2 or 3 and my mom was sick, so my dad took me to his side of the family for Easter.. That's the earliest I can remember bonding with my daddy... Ever since then, we've had so many other memories! There have been nights where he stayed up until 1am talking to me and answering questions about the Bible, and about God, and boys, and everything else! We get in his car and sing Selah to the top of our lungs like no one is listening. He's held me in his arms when dumb boys break my heart, and He's held me and told me it would be okay when I didn't feel good! My daddy has always fought for me, even when I was in the wrong... I will cherish those memories forever! And I know there are so many more to come! I remember when I was in kindergarten my mom would sit in the school parking lot all day long until I was out of school.. She would come eat lunch with me and I can still remember my friend asking, "why does your mommy sit in her car all day?" I answered, "because she loves me.." and even in first grade, she ate lunch with me every single day! I can remember getting in the car in tears in 4th grade because I was the only girl not invited to a girl's birthday party.. It was my mom who held me and used that moment to teach me how to treat people.. That even though she didn't invite me, I should just turn my cheek and forgive her... My parents have always been there for me! When a teacher picked on me, who left that school by the next week? Me! Because my parents always did their best to keep me away from anything unchristlike! They will never know how thankful I am for that! And maybe that's why I don't want to grow up! I don't want to lose my parents as my mommy and daddy.. Both of my parents are my best friends! I couldn't live without them... And my little sister.. I don't know what I'd do without her! If I don't feel good, she's the first to try to make me feel better. I will always cherish the late nights of watching tv, making bracelets, and watching movies with her! I have the best sister in the world.. I only hope and pray that her childhood would be as amazing as mine, and that she too will have the desire to stay innocent and pure and young hearted before the Lord!
•Please Lord, never allow me to grow out of my childhood innocence. I want to be Yours forever! Please keep me young at heart, and only allow me to grow in YOUR wisdom! Allow me to never be full of myself , Lord, but full of You! Thank you for bringing back such amazing memories tonight! I love you, Jesus!•
...... Only gotta be up in 5 hours 😉
I've reflected on many memories other than these, such as cheering, dancing for the Lord through MSPT, old birthday parties, leading worship, beginning the ministry, and all of the friends made, but I just wrote what came to my heart! I hope you enjoyed... If you read this all! :) God Bless! And I pray that this new year would be full of blessings from above!
-Brooke Pruitt
Beaming for Jesus
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