A Year Goes By

June 21, 2008 at just about this time, I was getting home from my very first Flyleaf show; the night that changed my life forever. Here I sit on my salvation's first anniversary, listening to Lacey's voice and thinking about how much my life has changed in one short year.

The past twelve months have been amazing. I can honestly say that I have never been happier, stronger, or more secure in who I am. In God I have found a strength that keeps me going, a love that makes me want to be alive, and a life worth fighting for.

I now know that God was there for me, watching as I defied Him. I look back on my life and see all of the times he tried to reach for me when I was too blind to notice. I pushed Him farther away with every obstacle and when things got tough; the times when I should have been holding on the hardest. I had given up on myself, but His love had him trying for me still.
God woke me up on this day one year ago, and He said, "Today will be your day. Today wou will truly be born again." Through Flyleaf He reached out to me once again, and finally I grasped His Hands back.
I will never let go.

No words could even begin to describe the beautiful feeling I hold inside. It's a love that will never break or waver, and the knowlegde that I will have it with me always is just overwhelming. I feel God especially strongly today, and I know that He is with me.

Take my hand
I give it to you
Now you own me
All I am
You said you would never leave me
I believe you
I believe

I can feel you all around me
Thickening the air I'm breathing
Holding on to what I'm feeling
Savoring this heart that's healed

Tags: 2008, 2009, 21, all, amphitheater, arkansas, around, bhattacharya, culpepper, faith

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Comment by Hayley on October 6, 2009 at 4:33pm: November 9th is my birthday! :D I'll be 17.

Comment by Gabriela Martinez on October 6, 2009 at 3:18pm: Congratulations on your anniversary. Mine is coming up on Nov. 9th. It will be 3 years. I can't believe it's been so long.

Comment by Cheyenne on June 26, 2009 at 3:13pm: This is beautiful. :D It makes me wish I had written an anniversary journal.
You creative little thing. :P

Comment by jem on June 22, 2009 at 1:59pm: I'm so glad you quoted those lyrics because they mean a lot to me too. I remember listenin to them on the train going to see Flyleaf in Germany, travelling all the way from my home in the UK - I was so desperate to see and hear Flyleaf live. I met some amazing people there and felt so uplifted when I finally saw them play. That was a day that changed my life - and I got a kiss from Lacey!! x

Comment by Ricardo Martinez on June 22, 2009 at 11:23am: Oh my goodness!
Sorry I wasn't on yesterday do wish you a happy
anniversary! :[
Hope it's not too late to wish you a happy one!
:3