Dear future me,

I am writing you this letter hoping this is how things will turn out. It is not every day that we can have a few quiet moments to ourselves and just think about our past or our future. I hope you are doing great. I hope you are doing more than great, actually. My dreams turned into goals and I hope they are completed.

You see, I hope you graduated college and got the degree you were planning to get. I hope you got the job that you were always trying to explain to people what it actually was. I hope you succeeded in that area of life. I hope you are chasing after Jesus more than you now as I am writing this letter. I hope that you used your gifts from God and expanded those talents in more uses than just one. I want you to also know that I prayed for you every single day.

I prayed that when you went through battles, that you would look to the Heavenly one and not to the world for advice. I prayed that you would remain strong in your faith so that maybe one day you could reach many others for Christ.

I can only have hope and faith that you did not fall back on your old ways. You are beautiful, kind, smart, talented, loyal, and humble. I hope these words are still true and that maybe you added some more along the way. I do not know what trials and temptations that you will go through, but I do know that Jesus will never leave you nor forsake you.

I hope you published that book of poems you were planning to publish one day. I hope that you were able to help other young girls who might be going through the same thing you are. I hope you are still friends with the new people that you have made because quite frankly, these people are amazing and I enjoy being in their presence today. I hope that you found the man of your dreams and the man that God made just for you.

I pray that your relationship with your husband is strong and that he loves God more than he loves you. That is how a relationship will work. I pray for your children every night that they will be a vessel of God in this life. I pray that you have the ability to be a good mother, wife, and friend. I really hope that you will not give up on different things because that is when we truly find our character.

To finish this letter, I want you to know that when this letter was written, I was going through a fuzzy spot in life. Confused about relationships and what I should be doing with my life. I want you to know that I will be ok because I know that you will be great.

Sincerely,

Your 2018 self