Confirmation

I don't know about you, but the beginning of each year for me is filled with resolutions. After all, that is what each year is supposed to represent, right? New beginnings, and a fresh start. But why do we need to limit those resolutions, which often fail or drift away before Spring even gets here, to January?

This time last year, my life was completely different. I was working towards a presidency in a club I felt passionate about. The completion of my undergraduate degree was just over the horizon. I had jobs I loved, a great apartment, and friends who had my back through anything.

All that is gone now. People change. Mistakes are made. LIFE happens. I get it. And right now, without a job or my own place, after gaining back the weight I lost earlier this year, and with more debt than I ever wanted to have... things seem pretty bleak.

So I'm making a new resolution. My younger brother is starting his confirmation classes at church in two weeks, and I started to wonder... You can get re-baptized. Can you be re-confirmed? Can I get a second chance at something I didn't really put effort into when I was 11?

I called my pastor with these questions, and I can. So Sunday I'll get my study bible and a study guide. And then, on the 23rd I'll be starting confirmation classes with my pastor and a new mentor. I'll be doing the two-year process with my little brother, too. That might be the best part, because I get to explore my faith with my favorite person in the world beside me, asking questions and being curious just like me.

So that's it for now... Look out for a post tomorrow on Suicide Prevention Week. An issue indefinitely close to home. <3