I wish they would have told me...

Do you ever read or hear something and you think, "MAN...I wish someone would have told me this _______ years ago." I"m currently reading Erwin McManus' Soul Cravings and this quote just dug deep into my heart and pained me for who I used to be.

"The most powerful evidence that our souls crave God is that within us there is a longing for love."

In high school and my first two years of college I was constantly "in need" of a boyfriend, a group of friends, a place to belong. I couldn't stand to be alone. Then when I got saved during my sophomore of college, a deep, insatiable thirst for belonging seemed to be filled in such a miraculous way. I began to see that love that I received from the people around me as Jesus in the flesh, the body of Christ loving on me.

But I wish someone would have told me sooner. I wouldn't have given myself away the way that I did. I would have sought God's love rather than the world's definition of love a lot sooner and avoided a lot of mistakes...

BUT

I wouldn't be who I am today. And for that, I am thankful. I am thankful for who I am in this moment because I am a child of God--and SO blessed, because of HIS perfect plan.