young and free

dear candice,
im tired of being told what i can't do just because of my age. does anyone realize that i can actually function on my own? i mean, this is ridiculous. all of these adults keep saying that age is just a number when they look condescendingly upon my generation. i could change the world if i really tried. other kids have done it. i mean look at michael jackson. he was the "king of pop" and he started performing at the age of like 5. justin bieber got his big break off of youtube videos at the age of 12 and now he has his face on everything from stickers to watches to tshirts that 13-year-old girls wear. for goodness sake! mary, the mother of Jesus, gave birth to the Savior of the world at age 13! now if all of these people can shake up the world and essentially turn it upside down, why can't i? no one stops justin bieber from making millions of dollars of of a three minute song so why would they try to stop me from telling the glory of my Creator and helping people come to Christ?
something is stirring in my generation. i just know it. but why are we fighting back? why would anyone want to hold back kids from trying to do the will of God? are they embarrassed because they aren't willing to step out? whats the deal because i obviously missed something.
paul tells timothy, "don't let anyone look down on you because you are young, but set an example for the believer in speech, life, love, faith, and purity." {1 timothy 4:12} so here paul is saying not to let people talk smack to you because you're just a kid but be an example to them in the way that you live.
God tells jeremiah, "do not say, 'i'm just a kid.' for to all to whom i send you, you shall go, and whatever i command you, you shall speak. do not be afraid of them, for I am with you to deliver you." God is telling jeremiah that his age doesn't matter the least bit. so whatever God tells him to say, he will say and wherever God tells him to go, he will go.
is God just not saying this anymore or are we not listening. i highly doubt God would just decide to take a break and tells us to do whatever we want. im pretty sure that God still wants the whole world to hear His name. we are just so busy with school, sports, and boyfriends that we aren't making time for God.
im tired of procrastinating. i don't want to keep saying, "ill do it when i get out of high school." im doing it now. im going where God wants me to go now and im saying what He wants me to say now.
you aren't just a kid. you are on a mission.
i love you.
love,
sara

ready to break free

dear candice,
candice, i feel like im locked in a box or trapped in a bubble and i just can't get out. everything seems so fake. this world that im living in is so deprived. it's so hypocritical, jugemental, beligerant, condesending, and selfish. im really getting tired of it. i want to get out to the real world. when some people say that, they mean they want to grow up and do everything themselves and they dont want anyone to tell them what to do, when to do it or how to do it. they want it to be perfect. but for me, i feel like my world is too perfect. i have way more than i need, physically and emotionally. i dont care about growing up. i want people to give me boundries and obsticles so that i can push my way through them with the help of my God so that i will come out stronger. i want my world to be totally screwed up. am i crazy for hoping for these things? am i being compleatly irrational? should i just shut up and be thankful that im even living? am i out of my mind for thinking this? no. the answer is no. im not crazy. everyone else is. if no one else in this entire world wants to acctually experience the spirit of God from dying to themselves and giving up all that they are and all that they have for the Kingdom of God, then they are all crazy. if everyone else in the entire world would rather go through the motions and be so caught up in the few little days they will spend on this earth instead of the eternity that they will potentially spend with their Creator, than am i really the irrational one here? i want to be set free from the chains that this world has bound me with and go crazy for God. its hard though. its hard to just totally randomly start talking about God in the middle of a conversation with someone else who doesnt have the same passion that you do. its hard to go out and tell every soul about the freedom that comes from believeing in a greater picture of salvation when you cant even drive. its hard to talk to people about how you feel about this world when they just build up a wall and totally ignore you. its hard. but hey, if nothing in life was hard than we wouldnt need God to give us strength.
im ready to go and do the hard things- no matter the cost. im ready to go and go and go and not stop until the whole world His name. im ready to serve. im ready to do Gods will in all of us, even if im the only on who steps up to the plate. im ready.
let's go.
i love you.
love,
sara