Do you know the saying, "time flies when you're having fun"?
It is true.
It seems like yesterday we were picking my sister up from the airport, and tomorrow she is leaving with my aunt to go back to Dallas. Not quite sure how I feel about this, but I can't believe how fast time hast gone. It's been so awesome to relax, take a break from everything, and spend time with my family. I am so richly blessed.
A verse that I was reading tonight is 1 Chronicles 29:11:
"All that is in heaven and earth is Yours; Yours is the kingdom, O Lord, and You are exalted as head over all."
I read that in my "Our Daily Bread" booklet sent by a dear, dear lady at my church in Milwaukee. Aaaand...I don't think anyone my age is reading it, but when we all turn 60, we'll start. Ha ha. It was so sweet of this lady to think of me, and she has been a tremendous blessing on my journey. I've really enjoyed what I used to call "the old people packet". (This name comes because when I was very young, we would visit my great-grandma Miller, and she would always have them out. I loved to thumb through them because they were like baby books, but they were always really confusing. She would explain to me what she was learning from them though, and I always listened because she was very wise. She had white hair & she smelled so good, and she made me feel like a million bucks.)
All that we have belongs to God: our time, our family members, our spiritual gifts, our purpose, our possessions, the very breath that we breathe. It is all his. And he is so graciously generous, isn't he? He gives with grace. There is no awkwardness. I cannot believe all that he has lavished on me; I can't believe he gives such amazing gifts. Healing. Passion. Words. Change. Love. All that I have is his, and I'm so thankful that he gives generously.
I pray that if my family were taken away from me, or house were taken away, and I didn't know where I was going to turn for food or clothes, or if something happened to me that was worse than breaking both legs that I would still have the same thought-process. That I would still be completely reliant on him.
I am incredibly thankful for the time that God has gifted me with. Is really does fly, but I'm so thankful that he has given me what he has. It is such an amazing gift.
