As the end of the year is rapidly approaching I have found myself in a time of great reflection. Not only is the year ending, but we are entering a new decade; how quickly the past ten years have passed. The older I get, the faster times flies, in my younger years I never appreciated the true meaning of that phrase. I definitely get it now!
James 4:14-15 Why, you do not even know what will happen tomorrow. What is your life? You are a mist that appears for a little while then vanishes. Instead, you ought to say, "If it is the Lord`s will, we will live to do this or that."
If it is the Lord`s will, not my will, but the will of the Lord. During the past ten years, the clarity of those five little words have come to life with a powerful impact on my very existence. I now find it very difficult to fathom, that for fifty years on this earth, I thought that I was in control of my life.
Living and loving only to satisfy my own selfish earthly desires. Sure I was a good person, treated people with love and respect but.... Never missing what I did not have; an intimate person relationship with my savior Jesus Christ. Thank you God, for the people, places and things in the past decade that lead me to your open arms. The open arms of true peace, love and joy; the very things I could not find alone.
1 John 2:17 The world and its desires pass away, but the man who does the will of God lives forever. AMEN!
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