learning.

20 things I've learned since December 5th:

1. Priorities priorities priorities.
2. Balance is always a necessity.

3. Regret will eat you alive, so do everything you do for God's glory. And when you mess up accept His grace and live in that instead of regret.
4. Life is about a) loving God and b) loving people. It's not about me.
5. "It's not an easy thing to learn to play a game that's made for two; that's you and me. The rules remain a mystery."
6. Life gets hard when you leave home, but the experiences are what makes it beautiful.
7. I'm only 19...I'm not an adult.
8. People who are older than me really do know more than I do.
9. "Consider it all pure joy when you encounter trials of different kinds, for you know that the testing of your faith produces endurance."

10. God loves. And that love knows no bounds.

11. Love should never be a battlefield. And if it is then something's wrong.

12. Putting people on a pedistal always ends badly, because if they're lifted too high then their only way is down.

13. It is possible to literally become "sick with worry." So I won't worry. Life's not in my hands.

14. Men and women are different and they love differently. The only reconciliation between the two loves is Christ, so for any relationship to work He must be the focal point.

15. It's easier to say in your head that God is in first place than it is to really have him there in your heart.

16. Sticks and stones may break my bones, and words really can hurt me.

17. People don't complete me. Christ does.

18. Thoughts are powerful and influential. So dwell on whatever is true, honorable, just, pure, lovely, commendable, excellent, and worthy of praise.

19. There's air in my lungs, a savior in my heart, a Bible beside my bed, and people in my life. I am blessed. So blessed.
20. Christ became my knight in shining armor 2000 years ago when He died in my place and defeated death by rising again...He's all I need.

Funerals always make me think about where I am and where I want to be when I die, especially when it's a funeral for someone as amazing as Keri Wright. It's time to take these lessons I've learned and apply them, because death can come suddenly and I don't want to leave without getting it right and making an impact.