28 years old and still going:-) Yesterday I watched an old, grey-haired woman drive in the lane across from me and I started wondering if she remembered anything from the year she was 28.
So much has happened this year that I had to just take a step back in order to see things in perspective.
The scripture from Habakkuk 1:5, "Look around [you, Habakkuk, replied the Lord] among the nations and see! And be astonished! Astounded! For I am putting into effect a work in your days [such] that you would not believe it if it were told you." came alive, especially the part about not believing it if it were told you.
Sometimes I try to remember what I imagined my life would be like in my late twenties but I honestly don't remember. What I know for sure is that if anyone had told me the things that would happen in my life the last 8 years of my life, I wouldn't have believed them! I thank God because He is a faithful God and He has plans for each of our lives. I thank Him for the woman He is moulding me into, as the potter does with the clay. I thank Him for His everlasting Love without which I would not have stayed sane!
Another scripture that came alive for me this year was Proverbs 16:9, "A man's mind plans his way, but the Lord directs his steps and makes them sure.". When I say this scripture came alive, I mean it brought me back to life. There was a time in this year (2011) where I seriously felt lost; adrift; like I had no idea where I was going and I think a big part of me thought God also felt the same way about me (I know, right?!). When it hit me that I did not create myself and that I am not the Creator of heaven and earth and the One who is Omniscient - I relaxed (a tad!). It's a battle to not be anxious about the future sometimes but believing Jeremiah 29:11, "For I know the thoughts and plans that I have for you, says the Lord, thoughts and plans for welfare and peace and not for evil, to give you hope in your final outcome." gives me such peace.
So, as the year 2011 comes to a close I have a grateful heart to My Saviour who has brought me through it all and who continues to lead me as I prepare to walk into 2012. Jehovah knows, Jehovah sees.
