Today begins a new chapter in my life. Today I turn 30!!! I know, many of you will probably say it is only 30, you are not old but I have been blessed with this weird infatuation with numbers and for some reason 30 just "doesn't feel right". I probably make turning 30 sound more traumatic than the transition will actually be. I think the only hard part is actually saying those words.....I am 30!
I have been really encouraged over this past week by my friends. My best bud Amy pointed out to me that not only is 30 going to be a great decade but it is off to a fantastic start (ie: party with my friends and a trip to Maui). Over the rest of that day Amy's words soaked in more and more and the veil was lifted from my eyes. This really IS going to be a great new chapter in my life. God used Amy to reveal heavenly truth to me. All will be okay and it is as if God yes, it is your birthday but look at what blessings and beauty you will get to enjoy in just one a short week, calm down and trust me. Yesterday God used someone else to speak to me, Pastor Will . During Sunday school he said, "the only reason you wake up each day is because God has something important for you to do still. If not, you would leave this earth and head to your heavenly home." With these two resonating reminders of God's grace and love, I woke up today with a new attitude. An attitude of gratefulness and a renewed spirit to seek a closer relationship with my Lord as well as a willing heart for the challenges and blessing that lie ahead.
So today I will hold my head proudly and admit it is my birthday because I am special and beautiful to God and he is not through with me yet. No, no, no, my ministry time is still ahead of me and that is exciting.
I want to leave you with one last thought. It's a neat quote I read years ago: "The beauty of a woman isn't who she is, but Whose she is." Amen to that!!!
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I should first admit that I have probably been “less than sensitive” toward Alethea’s plight to 30, but I can validate that she has not been looking forward to the change. I’m very grateful for her friends and family who showed her over the last week how special she really is!
ReplyDeleteI’m also grateful that God continues to challenge and grow her as well as me through her. I’m blessed by her desire to learn, understand and most of all to be genuine. For better or for worse, there isn’t room for hypocrisy in her world and I truly believe that is a result of her love for God.
I too appreciated Pastor Will’s candid explanation that “the only reason we wake up each day is because God has something for us to do still.” God is impressing this on us more and more with each day (year, decade) that passes and I think we both feel the urgency that brings with it. I pray that God uses our family to further His kingdom in a mighty way. Like Alethea says, I pray that He gives us the strength to do it with “an attitude of gratefulness and a renewed spirit to seek a closer relationship with my Lord as well as a willing heart for the challenges and blessings that lie ahead.”