Year 28

This past Wednesday, I officially turned 28! It was such an amazing day with new adventures and a whole lot of shopping! Every penny spent on that day was well beyond worth it. On the drive to our first destination, my sister had asked me, “What does year 28 hold for you?” For the past years, when a question like that was posed on my birthday, I would be able to answer with a few things as to what I would like to see happen for that particular year. Year 28 though? I replied back, “I don’t know. I honestly do not know.” Since the start of this [2023] year, I have experienced so many downs. Every door that I thought would have been an open door turned out to be a closed door.

We are only a month and about 2 weeks into 2023 and a few days into me being 28, and it hasn’t been easy. Despite the huge disappointments I’ve encountered, I used the day of my birthday to start new. I did every single thing that I had planned and more. I enjoyed every moment of Wednesday, February 8th, not at all thinking about what just transpired within the last 5 weeks since the start of the new year. I stayed in the present. I did not worry about the day before that nor did I worry about the next day to follow. I could have but I chose not to. It would have been useless harboring over something that was completely out of my control.

I personally cannot tell you what year 28 holds for me. All I can tell you is that I am learning to be content everyday whether I have what I need or not. I am also learning to be okay with not knowing. I believe that God has me in a season like this so that I can learn how to be more dependent on Him and less on self. Depending on God means that every bit of pride, control, and always having to know has to leave. Being in a space where all you can do is take it one day at a time, unable to even think about what tomorrow holds is hard. However, that is when your trust in God has to grow like never before. Even though you may not be able to see what God sees for your life in this year, you have to continue walking and allow your faith to take you to the other side of blessing, favor, and victory in Jesus Name.

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