I Wish and I Choose

The front window of a house, with a vine growing all around leaving only the middle of the window clear to look through.I wish I had known …
I was God’s beloved child
I wish I had known …
I did not have to earn His love

I wish I had known …
I was wonderfully made and fully accepted
I wish I had known …
Grace and love were more important than rule-keeping

I wish I had known …
I could be anything I wanted to be
I wish I had known …
God had uniquely gifted me to bring Him glory

I wish I had known …
All the broken pieces would be mended
I wish I had known …
All things would one day be made new

What I didn’t know then … I now know, in part

So, I choose to …
Stop doubting
I choose to …
Stop striving

I choose to …
Start growing
I choose to …
Start thriving

I choose to …
Seize the day and start dreaming

I wish and I choose, by God’s Spirit …

To start being all He created me to be …
Because it’s never too late … the best is yet to come!

“For now we see only a reflection as in a mirror; then we shall see face to face. Now I know in part; then I shall know fully, even as I am fully known” (1 Corinthians 13:12).

  • Susan PageSusan Page is the daughter of the King, His beloved child, wonderfully forgiven and blessed! Susan longs to age gracefully, becoming more like Jesus as she seeks the hidden treasures revealed to her through Scripture, literature, the arts, humankind, and nature.