Who Will You Be When You’re 30?

How do you feel about the adults in your life? I bet there are some you think are amazing and some you think are jerk-faces.

Do you realize you can decide what kind of adult you’re going to be? I’m not talking about whether you’ll be rich and famous. I mean what kind of character you’ll have.

When I was your age I decided I wanted to be a person who loved God and who made a difference in the world. I wanted to marry a Christian man and serve God alongside him with all my heart. And guess what –all those things have come true, because I’ve been working toward them for a lot of years.

Do you want to be…

· Joyful or unhappy?

· Trustworthy or flaky?

· Loving God or ignoring Him?

· Making a positive difference in the world or living for yourself?

· Kind or crabby?

· Hardworking or lazy?

I would encourage you to make yourself some hot chocolate and go sit in a cozy corner of your house with a notebook and pen. On the top of the paper, write “When I’m 30 I hope to be…” -then make a long list of what kind of person you plan to be. You should pray, too, and ask God what kind of person He wants you to become.

You know what would be cool? Ask each of your parents to make a list of who they would like you to be by the time you’re 30. Wouldn’t that be interesting?

Once you’ve made your list, then circle one of those character traits and decide what you need to do differently this year to make that come true.

Leave me a comment here –I’d love to know what you’re going to work on!