I am not religious but one of my favourite parts of the Bible is when Jesus didn't tell women to cover up, he told men to gouge out their own eyes if they couldn't control themselves
seeing your age group having the best time of their lives while you’re at your lowest trying to figures things out - is another type of pain no one talks about.
I found a prayer in Habakkuk 2:3 this morning...
Lord, for the things You have shown me that have not happened yet, teach me how to wait without losing heart. When the vision takes longer than I expected, keep me from assuming You have forgotten me. When I cannot see movement, keep me from creating movement out of panic. Give me the discernment to know the difference between a promise that needs my obedience and a promise that simply needs my patience.
When everyone around me seems to be moving ahead and my own life feels suspended, keep me from measuring Your faithfulness by somebody else’s timeline. Let me remember that something can be taking longer without being denied. And when I am tempted to walk away because I have waited longer than I thought I would, remind me that “though it linger, wait for it.” Lord, teach me to wait without turning the waiting into evidence that You are not working.
Oh to be disgustingly educated. To have a degree with your name on it. To enter rooms and raise the standard. To know your stuff and know it well. To have knowledge nobody can take from you. Such a big flex.