Grow old along with me!
The best is yet to be,
The last of life, for which the first was made:
Our times are in His hand
Who saith "A whole I planned,
Youth shows but half; trust God: see all, nor be afraid!''
Whether I want to or not, I realized that I am growing up. I used to, and kinda still am afriad of growing up. When I was young I wanted to stay a child forever. I associated height with age and so I prayed that I wont get tall, and well...I guess the Lord answered the prayer I made when I was young! hahaha
Fears of decisions after graduation and other life decisions are creeping up on me. (ha its funny how I am also taking a course called "Tweens to Twenties" where we discuss anxieties and health issues of this age range)
However, in recent days, the Lord has been revealing His care and love to me. He also shows His authority and planning in my life. I dont need to fear. All things are in His hands. My every day, my every decision, my every action, my every step. He takes care of it all. And how precious that I can always have His grace and love following me all my life! Everything is the best in Him!
Through my experiences with the Lord in these years in Vancouver, where I've learned to become independent, to take care of myself, and now learning to take care of the ones around me, I've learned what maturity really is. Maturity is to trust in God's plan and choosing Him above all else.
When faced with life's decisions, when I choose to follow God and choose to follow His will, that is a mature decision.
With age, I've realized that I have more freedom to do what I want, yet what I want to do at one moment may not be what God wants me to do at that time. Learning to heed His voice and obeying Him, also being patient and wait on Him, has been important parts of the process of growing up.
I treasure and give thanks for God's patience with me. I feel like the Lord has always been waiting for me to grow up and realize that I am not as young as I think. Growing up in the church, brothers and sisters have watched me grow, therefore I always feel young around them. But now I realize that I am not "young" anymore, at least in spiritual terms. I can generate food for myself. Now I need to provide for others, I can actually take up more.
Most of all I give thanks that the Lord accompanies me all my life! His companionship, His presence, His words, His love is so true at every stage! He makes me glad to live my life!
Isn't He the greatest! Lets treasure our everyday with Him!
Now I gotta get back to doing my online course! What a huge distraction haha...but its a good break to think about God's work in my life!
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