Dear Younger Me   

(by Mercy Me)

We just returned from an Appalachian State football game this weekend where our grandson is a Freshman on their team.  As we were driving back I was thinking about all those young college kids we saw, including our grandson, that are facing so many life challenges and choices. About that time, this song came on the radio and the lyrics really ministered to me. I hope it ministers to you and yours. Click below to listen. The lyrics are below.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zoO0kyPRu3M

Dear younger me, Where do I start

If I could tell you everything that I have learned so far

Then you could be. One step ahead

Of all the painful memories still running thru my head

I wonder how much different things would be

Dear younger me 

Dear younger me, I cannot decide, Do I give some speech about how to get the most out of your life

Or do I go deep, And try to change

The choices that you'll make cuz they're choices that made me

Even though I love this crazy life, Sometimes I wish it was a smoother ride

Dear younger me, dear younger me

If I knew then what I know now, Condemnation would've had no power

My joy my pain would've never been my worth, If I knew then what I know now

Would've not been hard to figure out, What I would've changed if I had heard

Dear younger me, It's not your fault

You were never meant to carry this beyond the cross

Dear younger me, You are holy, You are righteous, You are one of the redeemed

Set apart, a brand new heart, You are free indeed

Every mountain every valley, Thru each heartache you will see

Every moment brings you closer, To who you were meant to be

Dear younger me, dear younger me

You are holy, You are righteous, You are one of the redeemed, Set apart a brand new heart, You are free indeed (x3)

Songwriters: Barry Graul, Bart Millard, Ben Glover, David Garcia, Michael Scheuchzer, Nathan Cochran, Robby Shaffer, © MUSIC SERVICES, INC.