Project Danielle

I’ve been saved by a Father’s love.

How beautiful, how glorious. How outrageous is Your love.

I’m overwhelmed by the kindness You have shown me all my days. There’s nothing more I desire than to see You face to face.

You will go before me…

I was the funny goofy kid with braces. 

I was the girl wearing clothes two sizes bigger than my friends. 

I was the girl who got a fringe to hide her acne. 

I was the kid who used humour as a defence mechanism to hide her insecurities. 

I was the one who wondered if God had made a mistake when He made me.

I was the girl who tried to find love in the wrong places. 

I was the girl who knew better, but needed someone to be straight up with me. 

I was the child who needed someone hug me and let me know that ‘this too shall pass’. 

Imagine how different things would have turned out if a wiser older person had taken you under their wing and been there for you. If you had someone who knew what was going on with you and could have helped you avoid certain situations. If you had a person who was simply there for you when no one else was.

I think us young adults should take a look at our past hurts and become the person we needed when we were younger to the generation rising now. 

I say this because i have seen too many teenagers in situations that could have been avoided if they had just had a wise friend to lean on, a person who had been there to talk to, a face who offered love and encouragement not judgement and dismissal. I think it is time for us, who have been through stuff, are still going through stuff, but know that the trials of teenhood and tweenhood do pass and things can be okay again, let God place us into a situation with a younger person who needs some love and encouragement that we can definitely give. 

It’s time for us to step up. Love our communities like we wished someone loved us. Lead by example, and be the person we needed when we were younger. 

The torch has been offered to us, now it’s up to us to run with it.