Stephanie Pollock:
CLASS OF 1983
Bethany Christian High SchoolClass of 1983
Camp hill, PA
Stephanie's Story
Went from OCD perfectionist, to not sweating the small stuff (and trying to figure out which is which). Have learned that you will never be more young or beautiful than you are right now, so you better enjoy today!
Realized one day, I think the other day, when I woke up, that life REALLY IS SHORT, and that I better make the best of it - whether I wake up and my ankles now snap, and my legs hurt...that my children will remember me for the way that I treated them TODAY, not tomorrow...and that tomorrow truly is never promised. Ask many of our friends, oh forgot - we can't talk to tombstones. Realized that the way people see me, really IS who I am to them and the rest of the world, no matter how I may perceive myself, or how good I may feel about me inside. Life is all about relationships, and he who loves the most, last...wins!
I have decided, at this point in my life, to not worry so much about everyone in the family "matching" in the family photos, or having new outfits when we show up at church for the Holiday events...that my floors don't need to be so "spic and span" or my dishes all done. I need to spend time with the people I love, and quit pursuing the dream to prove to myself and others that I have worth by what I "do" for a living, but rather who I "am" for a living.
Older, a bit wiser...but young at heart. Much more tired, but don't stress so much by caring too much about what people think. Worry more about what God thinks...I have to sta...Expand for more
nd before Him, sooner than later, and will give account alone. I want the "well done", att-a-girl! Not the depart from me, I never knew you. I have learned through life, that people can be trusted to an extent, and people change...they fail, and they die sometimes, in the middle of us needing them the most. But God is faithful, everlastingly FAITHFUL. He is true, honest, just. I have learned to lean on his everlasting arms, that do not fail in time of ANY storm life has brought. He has always been there for me, seen me through, brought me to victory, in spite of any and all odds. Has always been Jehovah Jireh, my provider. I can say now, with GREAT conviction, having come through many storms, He is my rock, my shelter, my source...in Him I do trust!
Other than the love for my children, there is nothing other than loving Jesus, that brings me much joy in life. Everything has "care" with it, burdens...toil. And the fruit does not remain. But in the inner, secret place within, He is ever with me, renewing me day by day. He has made me to see with new eyes...to forgive the unforgivable, in myself, and in others. To show mercy, to those who do not deserve it...esp me. He has taught me faith, trust, and hope. Thank you, my friends, and my teachers from BCA for your great, and lasting influence in my life. You truly have formed and molded each one of us, and put us on the path, solidly, that made us who we are today. Standing strong in the LORD!
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