Twenty Years From Now....

I've started visiting my face book page more lately. Michael and I both have added many new "old" friends to our pages. I also joined my high school reunion group on face book since my twenty year reunion is this year....even still as I type it, I can't believe it's been twenty years. I'm amazed at the journey called my life and what the last twenty years has brought. For Michael and I both.Good and bad it's been amazing. The very fact that we arrived where we are, together with three amazing children still takes my breath away. Even though I do feel older and wiser at the same time I still feel a lilttle like the young girl who graduated with so much possiblity and hope for the future. I still have hope for my future, but since my priorities have changed I see myself evolved from someone who as a young 18 year old often does, thought I was the focus of my life. As I'm older..and wiser....a little grey and more weather worn I know the focus of my life is not me. What I mean by this, is not that I should ignore me and my needs, I just should not be so focused on them that I don't see the big picture, what's important. Just as soldiers don't focus on just themselves, they focus on the mission and what is best for the mission. So I guess you could say I have discovered my mission, my focus. Christ is my focus. I see HIM in Michael and the kids. I see Christ in my friends and my family. Christ wants us to have a relationship with Him first so that we can have better relationships with others. He will love us through eachother. Hopefully this is coming clear , as I'm sharing my heart. I feel I've seen a glimpse of the larger picture of life. My perspective is limited therefore I must rely on my faith to see me through and guide me.Today in our morning devotion Rick Warren (purpose driven life author and pastor) wrote....The fact is, God is not limited by time. He’s able to be in the past, the present, and the future all at the same time. Think of it like this: if you were in the Goodyear Blimp looking down on the Rose Parade, you could see the beginning of the parade and the end of the parade all at the same time.

So here I am thinking through my day, my mission, my focus. I'll do the dishes and the laundry because it is needed to help run our house, but that will not be my focus. I will not stress if I don't finish the laundry or my todo list. I know that in twenty years I won't ask myself "Why didn't I wash and fold more clothes?" So thinking on these terms, I decide to read to the kids sometimes when I should be washing...because in 20 years they will no longer be little and I don't want that part of the "parade" to pass without me truly noticing every detail that I can, every wave and smile and laugh out loud.

So twenty years from now where will I be? Prayerfully growing old with my sweet husband and family in the center of God's will!

The photos above are of our fun lately in this "parade" we call life! Just like any parade do your best not to step in the horse poop if you can help it!