my defining years

 September 26 London, England.

I have so many dreams this year

and I often wonder,  am I making the most of it?

This is a once in a lifetime, 

this is a shooting star year.

so am i flying? soaring through endless possibilities with Him,

or am i hiding? fearing disappointment and heartbreak.

i want to one day look back and say,

in my twenties, in my year in England–

i chased big dreams,

i raced toward impossibility 

and i trusted Him with every ounce of my life.

so may these years take me by endless surprise 

may they undress new hope and etch into hidden places of my heart

how good–no, how wonderful, this life can be.

but more than anything,

may my twenties be the years that define,

my soaring into the unknown.