Another advantage is The PrEaCher and I are able to spend time together like never before. To go on weekend getaways, take Sunday naps, and to eat out somewhere besides Cici's or McDonalds. After all that's pretty hard to accomplish when you are busy raising seven kids and are insuring a home, nine humans, and 4 or 5 automobiles. Its a good thing to make your relationship a priority while the nest is still full.
As Friday gets closer Im looking hard at season's past and trusting God as I hold close sweet memories of earlier days. I am determined to live in the moments of now. Admittedly it seems like just yesterday that I was busy raising a family. So where did the time go?
"yet you do not know what tomorrow will bring. What is your life? For you are a mist that appears for a little time and then vanishes." James 4:14 We are not promised another day so I want to make the most of what I have left of this life. I choose to live out the purpose God has for my life.
It has been a wild beautiful ride. And wow, it's hard for me to believe but my 30 year high school reunion is only months away. However, there is no denying it when I look in the mirror and see how time has drawn its stories on my forehead and between my brows. Stories of love and hate. Stories of laughter and tears. Stories of failure and redemption.
I am grateful for all of them because I know God has used them all to weave tale of my life on His loom. He isn't finished with me just yet because it's only Wednesday, but Friday is coming.
