Embracing The Season

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Well, another week has came and gone, and here we are again at another Monday morning. The older I get the faster the days,weeks, and years fly by. I have heard this from other " older " people as well..it must be true because so many experience this feeling...of  time flying. When I look back just a few years ago...it seems to me only like yesterday...in a sense! This year 2013 ( seeing that still seems unreal )  is almost behind us...winding down to be sure. October is upon us....the holidays just beyond there...just around the corner...so to speak!
I will admit...my mind has been going there.....the holidays , I mean! This time of year has always been my favorite! Its like I spend the beginning through the middle of the year...waiting for this part of the year....the ending...that last quarter..to unfold. And my life, as it is now.....I too seem to be in the beginning... of that last quarter of my life....here... in the here and now!  What is to remain...will it be the holidays of my life? Could I have some of the happiest days,years... just ahead ?  I think this could be so...if I allow it! I wish to savor this season of my life ! To stop looking back ...yet, not fret or be too concerned for the future either. It...my future is in God's hands....as well as my past, and my present. And this present day...this day....will I let it be the gift of my life...my living?  May it be so Lord ......may I live each day as a gift from you Lord. The greatest gift...if you will! You gave your life...so I might live, and live a life...more abundantly...a full , overflowing life!  Everyday has so much to offer...if we choose to open our eyes, our mind and see all that is good around us.
In the beginning...he ...God created, and it was GOOD!  How much have I wasted Lord.....help me to glean from this season of my life.....each day to gather that which is good! May I NOT waste another minute, hour...another day of this precious time that seems to just slip away. May I learn to savor this time.....this here and now...while I wait for you...for the hereafter. There, in the hereafter... time will not exist...for eternity will rule there where you are...where I long to be also.....,but only in your timing dear Lord. While today...remains...may I live it to your glory! For truly ..today...this day...is a gift. May I make today count...may I not toss today out the window of  the shattered past ,but invest this day into the bank of  my hopeful tomorrows.

Guide me in your truth and teach me, for you are God my Savior,
and my hope is in you all day long.  Psalms 25: 5

For I know the thoughts that I think toward you said the Lord,thoughts of peace,
and not of evil, to give you an expected end. ( Hope in your latter days ) Jeremiah 29:11

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Looking forward for the Holi - Days !  Blessings on your life...dear friends

No Regrets

Because of the very hot summer,I was so tempted to cut my hair,but its been years since it has been this long. I just couldn't do it.  My granddaughter Jalyn loves playing beauty shop and brushing my hair. My little grandson Jaxon wanted to take a picture of me, thus the picture above!   My daughters have been after me to color my hair, I had rather just let it go gray naturally. They tell me over and over that I am not old. But I feel old,very old at times, and not so old at other times! I think because I started my adult life so very young at just 15 years old, keeping house,raising children, tending to the demands of a very controlling husband. Could this be why I feel older than some friends my own age or even friends older than me? Not that I regret my life, mind you.  I do have a few regrets from my past,but I loved being a mother and the keeper of our home. I cherish those memories, those years spent at home with my children. God must have had a reason for having these hairs turn gray, so for now....I shall let them be.   I am in a different season of my life now. I do not regret growing older. There is a spiritual gift that comes with aging, it seems so to me anyway. I can see and feel more with the spiritual aspect than when I was a younger adult. I have a much greater appreciation for so many things in life in general today, than I had years ago.Yet, my body has aged much faster than what should be normal for 54 years. While my body has grown weaker...my spirit has grown stronger. And still there are many questions I ask myself...about myself. Questions... I cannot answer for myself! Not at this time anyway....maybe in another season of my life. So what does "Aging Gracefully" or Gratefully, if you will, mean to you?  To me it means accepting the natural changes in your body that come with natural aging. No covering up or hiding those changes in order to present yourself as younger than what your true age is. And in the same sense, is it wrong to appear or act older than what our age truly is ,as well? Maybe the phrase is true after all...One is only as young or as old as they feel. To be honest, I don't think I ever felt my correct age. At 15, I felt much more mature, but looking back now...I see what a child I still was, in so many ways. I learned very quick what I needed too though..I grew up fast ,but gracefully too!    All my life I have felt different in some ways...being an "old soul" is how I describe this feeling, and in no way am I referring to past lives, as some persons understanding of an old soul is,because I don't believe in such. I know there are some things I need to change to benefit my body, to make it more healthier. I only pray I find my way through his way. I want to live as long as the Lord wills me too. I know he has a future for me....what that exactly is,I don't know yet. But I do know it will be good...for all that God does is good. And all that he does will work out for my good just the same.

 Though thy beginning was small, thy latter end should greatly incease. Job 8:7

No,I don't mind growing older at all.

Hair that is turning white is like a crown of honor. It is found in the way of being right with God.
Proverbs 16:31 NLV

Guess,I will continue to wear my crown proudly  :)
I will embrace each new day of my life as one more stepping stone toward eternity...I know my days are numbered. I pray I make each one count for God's glory.

Time to Gather......

This beautiful vintage vase was a recent yard sale find.

Wishing you all a very blessed Lord's Day. It's raining in my neck of the woods today! I was up this morning at 4:00 A.M. "Day Light Savings Time"......you didn't forget to "Spring" your clocks forward ,did you?  :)  Today we have an afternoon fellowship and meal together at the church after morning services. I always look forward to gathering with my brothers and sisters in the Lord! I have been a member of my church family for over 20 years...dear friends..I love them all! And you dear souls,I have met here,through my blog...I call you friends. Jesus called us friends as well (Matt. 15:15)....those whom he made know the ways of the Father......he is a friend that sticks closer than a brother! Oh, what a friend..........

Where two or three are gathered together in my name, there am I in the mist of them. Matt. 18:20

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I was Glad..........

I was glad when they said unto me...Let us go into the house of the Lord........Psalms 122:1

The Lord's Day, The Sabbath, Day of Rest...whatever you call it...may you find it ...a blessing!

Snow pictures......

My little snow bunny!

Snow on the pines.

Do you notice any difference in these pictures,are they more clear? That is because I received a new camera  from my daughter Regina and her family for Christmas. Once I learn all about it...maybe I can share some really nice pictures with all of you. The snow was such a Christmas blessing! Today the sun is shining beautifully and the snow is melting.