My Changing Experience

"When I was a child, I spoke and thought and reasoned as a child. But when I grew up, I put away childish things.” (1 Corinthians 13:11 New Living Translation) In all honesty, I am ready to for my teenage years to be over, however, it has been a growing experience for me. The worst parts of my life have happened during my teens, but some of the best parts of my life have happen as well. The years I have been in my teens have been anything but normal and conventional, however, I believe the quote from the German philosopher, Friendrich Nietzsche, is true. He says, “That which does not kill us, makes us stronger.” In my teens, I have learned about adversity, myself, and God. First, I have learned about adversity. Since the beginning of my teenage …show more content…
During these hard times, I have learned about myself more than ever. I learned how to be patience, appreciative, and many other things. I have lived in ten different zip codes in ten different cities over the course of my whole life, 4 of those over my teenage years. It is a struggle to find friends who have your back when you move all the time. Thank God I found two of those. This is best part of my teenage years. Mason and Bryan are my brothers from another mother. Even when I move, they’re always there for me. Almost every home leave, I take Amtrak to go see them and all three of us talk over Skype every night. I pray every day that I meet Jesus in Heaven with these two. I never had very close friends till I met Mason and Bryan. What I found out about myself is I need people that love me no matter what, otherwise my life feels …show more content…
Now, I knew who God was before, I was baptized at 11 years old, but I never knew what God is capable of until my teenage years. He was able to get my family back on their feet. There was a point where homelessness was probable if things didn’t change. My lowest point in my life was when I started looking for places to sleep under when that time came. Well, God is good and my father’s student loans came in quicker than expected so that those fears vanished. Another miracle happened when we were applying for food stamps and we had no money to buy food. The church secretly gave us the outdated veggie meat from their ABC store every week for over a year. You might think that is disgusting but for my family it was a blessing. God only wants the best for you. I am delighted that I am able to call him my friend and my Lord. God is good. I turn nineteen this coming March and I am very close from having my teenage years be behind me. I am ready to start my own life, have my own place, and be independent. I love my parents and we have gone through a lot, but I am ready to make all my decisions on my own. I think I am ready. My teenage years taught me a lot. I am battle tested. Now I am ready to be a man and put my childhood behind me. My past is my past and the future looks bright. I am ready to take