• Aug. 18, 2006 - Life in the Fast Lane.....
I remember being twelve years old, and life being so simple. I thought it was fast-paced then, and I remember thinking, if my life never changes at all, it's bound to be the most enjoyable life a person has ever had.
Of
course, God chose to bring a myriad of changes, some bad, most good.
But I realize, overall, that this year my life has gone so quickly it
makes all the other years of my life pale in comparison. This Summer
has flown by so quickly; we went camping the first week in June; two
weeks later we had an incredible time in Sacramento where I felt like
God showed me a glimpse of what eternity promises to be like. A week
after that I had the one experience I think I had dreamed of since I
was six years old; my brother and I got to lead an entire Children's
Institute, and God blessed so abundantly that I am almost brought to
tears when I think of that week. My Aunt Middy came in from Florida and
has been staying with my grandmother. I've written hundreds of pages on
various writing and correspondence projects over these summer months.
On Monday, I leave for another Children's Institute, in Hacienda
Heights, California, and the following week I have all four of my
Wisdom Teeth removed. After I recover from that, I'll begin gearing up
for my trip, and in September I leave for Texas and the dawn of new
opportunities and adventures. I'm excited about the stay, and a bit
apprehensive, but truly see that God is directing, even when I'm unsure
as to His plan. He reminds me often, as I think of those
twelve-year-old days when the world seemed to go quickly, that His ways
are "higher than our ways" and that to have served Him, and to have
seen Him in His glory, is to have already rejected any lesser passions.
What an incredible God He is! And, yes, I can still say, with a full
heart, six years later that if my life never changes at all, it's bound to be the most enjoyable life a person has ever had. I
have a wonderful family, godly brothers and sisters in Christ, and an
incredible church. I don't know what God has planned for the future,
but these moments are moments I cherish, remembering how little I
deserve all that He has brought, and how infinitely gracious He is to
have showered me with such blessings.
I love You, Lord.
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• Aug. 18, 2006 - Untitled Comment
That was beautiful, Niche!! It almost made me cry! :) Aren't I sentimental... :P :D